How Many Beers per Gaming Session?

[I'm A Banana]

Kind of depends on the game I'm playing.

If it's OD&D, I'll brew my own beer from a useful baseline.

If it's 1e, I'll drink three different beers, depending on the situation.

If it's 2e, I'll start with -3 beers, and I'll drink up to 0.

If it's 3e, I'll only drink the beer after I study the label very closely.

If it's 4e, I can only tell what beers I've drank after I'm already drunk.

If it's Call of Cthulu, I'll drink beer until my SAN drops too low.

If it's Paranoia, I'll try to get someone else to drink the beer first, just so I know it's not poisoned.

If it's FFZ, I'll drink until I'm sharing my feelings with everyone.

Our generic food metaphor has evolved?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Beers currently in my fridge: Harp, Shiner (Bock, Blonde, Helles), Newcastle Brown, Killian's Red, Warsteiner.

Other faves: Chimay, Duvel, Lindeman's Kriek Black Cherry, Guiness (albeit usually used for marinades), Shiner Black, Dragon Stout, anything by Razin Brewery (St. Petersburg, Russia- owned by Heineken, last I checked)- the last 2 of which I haven't been able to find since 2005.

 

[S'mon]

Okay, at least you do not get drunk. You have restored a small part of the faith lost. However, if it makes you aggressive and adversarial, one could still argue that you are quite affected by the rather modest amount of alcohol.

Indeed. What with having a 17 month old baby son to look after, I'm not much of a regular drinker.

 

[Switchblade]

One group; no one drinks, no one smokes.

Other group. 2 smokers. 3 rarely drink at the game, other 3 go through a few drinks though that varies on who's GM, what deals are on at the local off licences, phase of the moon etc. Usually between 2 and 4 bottles/cans.

You're not referring to Newqy Brown, are you? I'm hoping against hope here that "New Castle" means something other than "Newcastle Brown Ale" in the US. Or, as it is more commonly kown, the crappy beer that students drink because they can't afford anything else...

Hang on a sec.... Are you implying Newcastle Brown is cheap swill? It's only marginally cheaper by bottle than Speckled Hen and London Pride (and often priced the same) and more expensive than better drinks such as Rev James, Abbot, Firestoker etc. NB doesn't get drunk because it's cheap, in many pubs the choice between that, lager and John Smiths/Bods/Worthington. Lesser of several evils, and usually more expensive than everything else in a student bar ('sept stout). Given a decent choice it doesn't get a show in.

 

[Vancian Magic]

I don't drink. Most of my group are also non-drinkers or only very light-drinkers. Every game in recent memory that has had a player drink has ended in spillage or some similar annoyance. So no booze now. It's been banned, just like the loathesome cancer stick and the irritating audience of S.O's and offspring.

 

[Baumi]

None, but with the exception of Special Events (Campaign-End, Birthday,...)

But there was a time when I played daily at the place of a friend who only had beer in the house, so I drank 6-8 beer a night (without getting drunk, I had definitively more con when I was 16)

 

[steenan]

We nearly never drink during game, nad even if we do, it's rather symbolic and a part of acting (like, half a glass of beer or a single sip of wine). Alcohol, as our experience shows, generally makes people worse players and worse GMs (passive, prone to arguments or full of stupid ideas).
Quite often we drink after a game, while discussing it, but even then it is 1-2 beers a person at most.

 

[Switchblade]

You say full of stupid ideas like it's a bad thing

Stupid ideas are the best bit of any game.

 

[La Bete]

Currently the games I play in are at a pub. Since I think it's immoral to go into a pub and not have a beer, I generally have 2-3 pints of Guiness over the evening.

IIRC, most the other players have a couple of alcoholic drinks, with a couple of others sticking to water/tea/soft drinks. I believe that neither DM drinks alcohol while DMing (not sure about while playing).

When I used to run a game at my house, we would occasionally have some beers during the session, but more often we would decamp to the pub after the game. The guys would normally meet at a pub beforehand while I was getting my daughter ready for bed. This was onyl a problem once, when they had spent 3 hours in the pub first....

Back home in NZ, I don't think we ever had alcohol during games at people's houses - just not really part of that groups culture. I did run a (12 person)game of Shadowrun at a pub for a while. Interesting.

And Newcastle Brown is filth. I don't even drink it when I go to Newcastle.

 

[WhimsyTheFae]

I believe that I voted incorrectly. I voted "One", but my beer of choice is Miller Lite, and I'm not sure that counts.