Drinking and gaming?

[Aaron L]

How common is this? I always read about "beer and pretzels" games, and about people having a beer while they play, but isn't something that anyone I've ever played this has eve done, except for a few very unusual times. We just don't do it and never have. The one time I remember actually drinking during a game we got so drunk we just stopped playing before very long because we couldn't keep it together any longer.


So, is drinking during gaming actually really that common? We drink coffee, tea, or pop (or soda, or whatever you barbaric outlanders call it ) We'd never even think of having a beer during a game (especially not me as I despise beer *YUCK* it tastes like urine.)

 

[Thyrkill]

You, sir, are drinking bad beer!

Seriously though, I partake in a bevy every once in awhile...warm mead being the current favorite.

Matt

 

[takasi]

Sometimes we drink during our weekly game. Well, some of us do. And we only get plastered at conventions.

 

[Sound of Azure]

The taste of a beer depends on the recipe the company uses. Not all of them are awful (though I prefer wine).

That being said, I don't tend to drink during a game. In the early days, it was because I had to have a nil blood alcohol reading to drive (since I had a provisional driver's licence). These days, it's just because I'm not in the habit of doing so.

I'd count coffee (and iced coffee) as my vice.

 

[crow81]

Moderation is Key

If the goal is to unwind with friends then sure have a beer or three.

Save the rest for the bar afterward when your sharing your war stories.

 

[Kanegrundar]

I drink while gaming most of the time.

 

[Jdvn1]

Hm, why not?

 

[Felix]

In our group's 9 hour sessions, we usually break out the beer when the pizza-pie arrives.

Usually something like Red Hook IPA, Dogfish Head 60-minute, or something similarly hoppy.

 

[Aaron L]

You, sir, are drinking bad beer!

I've tried to find a beer that didn't taste horrid, lots of them, in fact, because when my friends would get drunk they'd rib me about the Mudslides and other girly drinks I like (that, and the mild wings I like to eat, too... ), and I'd always say it still gets you drunk, but it tastes good too, so who're the dumb ones there?

But until very recently I couldn't tell the difference between any brand of beer at all. I've finally gotten used to Yuengling, and it's what I drink when I go out, but only when I don't have the money to afford a good Mudslide or a Rum and Coke. (plus it's brewed only a few hours from where I live, so it's kind of the local hometown type beer. I tried a Yuengling once when I was out of state and it tasted totally different, so bad I couldn't finish it. It cost an arm and a leg, too. I'm used to $1.50 drafts and I think it cost me something like $4.50 for a draft in Baltimore!)


Now, on dollar draft night on Mondays at the local bar, I'll drink beer without complaint (well, not much complaint, anyway.)



I just wish the bars in town would serve mudslides. The best thing I can get is a Purple Grimace, which the girl who bartends introduced me to (and slips me a free one most nights when she makes one for herself.)

 

[EyeontheMountain]

Well, I don't drink at all, and neither does one of the other two I game with, so it is a moot point. The last guy, who drinks semi-regularly outside the game, has only drunk with us at the game two-three times in 10 years.

So for my table, I put never.