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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StupidSmurf" data-source="post: 2800062" data-attributes="member: 35893">Observations:1. Sometimes people bring their dinner over. One of our players is Vegan, sometimes others just want something different than what we're ordering (we usually order pizza, or subs, or some such...). That stuff, clearly no one expects to share.2. Sometimes, our gamers bring big bags of chips, Doritos, beef jerky, whatever...and put it out on the game table for all to consume. Drinks are an exception, since it seems that everyone in the group seems to like something different, so people pretty much BYOD.3. This fall/winter, my wife and I have put out a large crock pot full of spice hot cider for our group. We've also fed our gamers on occasion, and at times have served spaghetti, chili, and once even a turkey dinner. But then again, our gamers have also sometimes given us presents right out of the blue...one of my gamers GAVE me an Underdark miniatures package recently!4. We've had one of our gamers host every game over last summer because he has a house with lots of room, plus a back deck and BBQ. He's sprung for the steaks and other goodies, although others brought stuff as well. Awfully generous guy. Another of our gamers actually PAID for the entire order of pizza and subs our group ordered during one session.5. This all having been said, I guess one can see that in our group, we all share as much as we can. No one keeps track of who's done what, but somehow it all comes out in the wash, you know?6. It's considered a serious breach of etiquette to refuse to share your goodies and yet you help yourself to the general stuff. One of my former gamers did this until someone else dressed him down. Chastened, he repented.7. Another former gamer was a real cheapskate. Once upon a time, I used to keep a gallon bottle of cheap cianti or burgundy around, and sometimes during a game I'd have a glass or two. Cheapskate's girlfriend enjoyed red wine too, and so I ended up sharing with her, so she would often drink a bunch of glasses as well. Well, one day, before our game, I realized I was out of cianti, and I knew cheapskate and GF would be passing the liquor store. I asked them to swing by and pick up a bottle. They did, and of course, the GF had a nice share of it, and of course, Cheapskate approaches me and wants the full price. Cheap astardbay.</blockquote>

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