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[overgeeked]

My youngest is now going through the stage where the consequences of being a picky eater for years are catching up with her. She is super-bored with the foods she's eaten over and over -- rejecting what everyone else was having for dinner most days -- but is having a hard time admitting that, gee, maybe she should try the stuff the rest of the family assures her that she'll like.

He elder sibling came through this phase and is now an adventurous eater, so I'm confident that she'll do the same. It's just amusing watching her white knuckle her way through this phase.

I was a super picky eater as a kid. My kid was just like me in that. Would not try anything. Finally we made a deal. Try one bite. If you don't like it, put it in the fridge, and find some leftovers.

 

[prabe]

My youngest is now going through the stage where the consequences of being a picky eater for years are catching up with her. She is super-bored with the foods she's eaten over and over -- rejecting what everyone else was having for dinner most days -- but is having a hard time admitting that, gee, maybe she should try the stuff the rest of the family assures her that she'll like.

Her elder sibling came through this phase and is now an adventurous eater, so I'm confident that she'll do the same. It's just amusing watching her white knuckle her way through this phase.

I'm a picky eater in some ways--I always have been--but I'm an adventurous eater in others. I'm also very much mostly responsible for making my own food choices at this point, though I'll admit I don't always make great ones.

 

[dragoner]

Bell peppers give me heartburn, I am pretty good with food otherwise.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm a picky eater in some ways--I always have been--but I'm an adventurous eater in others. I'm also very much mostly responsible for making my own food choices at this point, though I'll admit I don't always make great ones.

That was the deal I made with my kids: I won't make anything for the family that I don't genuinely think you'd all like -- I have plenty of bad memories of eggplant and Brussel sprouts from my childhood -- but if you don't want it, you will need to make your own food.

 

[prabe]

That was the deal I made with my kids: I won't make anything for the family that I don't genuinely think you'd all like -- I have plenty of bad memories of eggplant and Brussel sprouts from my childhood -- but if you don't want it, you will need to make your own food.

That makes sense. I'm the primary cook for my wife and me, because I'm the pickier eater by far--though it's really about there just being some ingredients I will not eat. I try to make stuff we'll both enjoy, but the fact she enjoys some of the ingredients I will not eat does mean she doesn't often get to eat those.

 

[overgeeked]

That makes sense. I'm the primary cook for my wife and me, because I'm the pickier eater by far--though it's really about there just being some ingredients I will not eat. I try to make stuff we'll both enjoy, but the fact she enjoys some of the ingredients I will not eat does mean she doesn't often get to eat those.

We have a similar set up. My wife's more adventurous eater than I am but I'm the primary cook. When she wants something I don't like or using ingredients I don't like I'll make two separate dishes or two smaller batches of the same thing, one for her and one for me. It's not always possible but it seems to work well enough.

 

[Saracenus]

And then there are those that make their own pizza at home, now you can have your pizza exactly the way you want it. The issue becomes do your friends and family want to partake in it.

 

[overgeeked]

And then there are those that make their own pizza at home, now you can have your pizza exactly the way you want it. The issue becomes do your friends and family want to partake in it.

Individual pan pizzas. Yes, that metaphor also works for RPGs played together at the same table.

Thread 'Different Games for the Referee and Players'

May 17, 2025

Here’s a recent video from Sly Flourish about playing multiple 5E variants at the same table.


The video reminded me of a thought experiment I was working on a few years back based on the story of Dave Arneson running players through a D&D game with players having characters from different editions of the game.

Could you play every edition of D&D at the same time, at the same table?

Impossible?

Hardly. Mike hit on the core idea during his video. The game the players are using doesn’t have to be the same as the referee is running. Further, the players don’t even have...

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[Scribe]

I feel this in my very soul.

It's so bad right now.

Guess what folks.

September is coming, and then it's not too far till November and US Thanksgiving.

My clients and coworkers better get their naughty word together, because this year is over in a blink.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Some of y'all didn't get enough hugs as a children and it shows.