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| zemd |
Posted - 10 Apr 2003 : 12:36:04
I was wondering if when you play you have some 'rituals': food, drinks, what you do before and after,... |
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| The Sage |
Posted - 26 May 2003 : 11:02:43
Very funny Rad.
No, in most cases the dishes consisted of exotic flavors and ingredients not used on a regular dinner tables.
In fact sometimes the meals and gaming would complement each other nicely. For example, when we once ran an adventure in Calimport, my chef friend tried to prepare several dishes that would be similar to what the citizens of Calimport would have at their dinner table. It works well sometimes, and it adds to the role-playing experience.
Or other times, when the party was at an inn or tavern, we would eat similar meals much the same as what has been served in some of the inns and taverns covered in FR novels and some adventures.
Good learning...
- The Sage of Perth: For all your Realms Lore needs
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| Lord Rad |
Posted - 26 May 2003 : 10:43:05
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Originally posted by Sage of Perth
One of the PC's in my gaming group is an award winning (in Australia) chef, so sometimes when he can make it to a game (and not at work) he offers to try some of his latest creation dishes on us before we play. So we pool our money together so we have enough to purchase the ingredients or items he will need, and then before our regular gaming session, or most of the time during, we try some of his latest creations, and normally get a great meal afterwards if we give good remarks.
Good learning...
- The Sage of Perth: For all your Realms Lore needs
Hope its not a dish done in the flavor of the adventure youre playing at the time, Sage. "Eye of newt" or "wing of bat" doesnt sounds too appealing to me!   |
| The Sage |
Posted - 26 May 2003 : 10:13:54
One of the PC's in my gaming group is an award winning (in Australia) chef, so sometimes when he can make it to a game (and not at work) he offers to try some of his latest creation dishes on us before we play. So we pool our money together so we have enough to purchase the ingredients or items he will need, and then before our regular gaming session, or most of the time during, we try some of his latest creations, and normally get a great meal afterwards if we give good remarks.
Good learning...
- The Sage of Perth: For all your Realms Lore needs
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| unixx |
Posted - 26 May 2003 : 09:53:53
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Originally posted by Elrond Half Elven
Eilinel my heart sobs for you. 2 whole weeks how will you survive? . Saying that ive not played D&D for 2 weeks on wednesday. Crap im going throught Cold Turkey! But i do get to play on Thursday... well hopefully, My first 3E campaign. Im really looking foward to it. I got the DMG through today my god it is far superior to the 2nd edition one. I love Chapter 4: Adventures, Im stil not to sure if i like the new 'simpler' Experiance rules but i havent read them in full yet just skimmed them. But one thing that annoying me is that wizards left out one of the funniest magical items in the game:
The Deck of Many things
How could they leave out this very entertaining item- I mean come on what else is the DM meant to set up to put the player in a percidicament (I normally us a Pack of cards for drawing them). Howcould the deprive me of this form of entertainment!?!?!
Hanx
(A rather Sadistic feelling) Elrond
well first off i feel i need to voice a personal opnion yet again. SACRALEIGE!!!! tou says a sacred book be better in 3e than 2e!!! *shudder* may AO have mecry on your soul. But to get to the point of this note. If you look on Page 237 of your 3e DMG. you'll find the deck of many things. enjoy, i love 'em too. |
| zemd |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 22:23:09
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Originally posted by eilinel
Europe is tange too
Especially English! |
| Artalis |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 21:29:59
A mid-session order of chinese food is a must. |
| eilinel |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 16:30:35
When i say US is strange...
When i buy some juices, i buy real juices -except that its almost ten times more expensive than the regular one...-
And when we play, we buy regular juices, which come from Germany... Why? i don't know, there is no orange, ananas, grapes for juice ...
Europe is tange too |
| Cult_Leader |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 16:14:30
Depending on what game I am playing in. I drink three diffrent things. When playing in One of Nick's Second Ed games I like to drink a lot of Mt. Dew. Its the Holy Liquid for the night over there. When Playing in one of the random games that we always toss to gether when we are all bored... I just drink Telly. Its the best you can get in the US. Unless you like to go to Scott Land and buy their things  . And last. When Playing in a Third Ed game, I actually like to drink .. well ... water. But to be exact ... Juice. Yes I called it water.... no juice is 100% unless you make it yourself. Ever notice on the bottles where they say " Its 100% juice..." .... Yet on the back it states that is is more water then anything else.
Anyway those are my small drinking rituals. I have other rituals ... but ... they tend to be "I sit here, I lay here" that sorta thing. Anyway im out for now. |
| Bookwyrm |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 16:08:13
Oh, I know it, believe me. |
| eilinel |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 16:06:17
yep, of course, u may not know that since U are in, living everyday in...
It didnt tell that its a nice country, don't make wrong hope...
Im just kidding, i like US, especially California, but i dont know very weel the rest, so... |
| Bookwyrm |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 15:59:34
You're telling us that? |
| eilinel |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 15:54:38
ts ts, well done... the problem with US is that they always put a origin on their products, like italian pizzas -even if they are made in US-, French bread -same thing- and so on... Thus u cannot know anything about the product itself... if one day, u taste French bread or italian pizzas ull see the difference, and u know what? France is the biggest producer of pizzas in Europe...
US is really and definitively a strange country |
| Bookwyrm |
Posted - 16 May 2003 : 09:59:20
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Originally posted by mournblade94
(CHEDDAR CHEESE? On PIZZA!!!)
Well, at last I find someone who agrees with me! Cheese on a pizza should NEVER be chedder.
Though I do disagree in the sense that the average American pizza rivals that of Italy's . . . the average is a poor imitation. Even the so-called "Italian" pizzarias don't usually come up to par on them.
There are a few exceptions, though. There's a place a few miles from my house, called Dominic's, that makes a thin-crust that's pretty authentic (they used to have a chef from Napoli, but he retired).
Then there's the Pizza Villa near my college's campus -- that one's good. Surprising for a mall's food court.
And 3 Brothers' Resturaunt upstairs from that one -- that's the one I go to a lot. It's a good balance between price and taste. They seem to rotate the cooks, as the slices can be okay or really well done. (I had one there that was perfect though -- felt like Italy again!)
I also make my own. It's not really that hard (this from someone that is normally dangerous with food that doesn't have step-by-step directions), even though I don't have an oven that's made for this stuff. I usually make a thick crust (making it thicker actually compensates for the oven), with spices baked right in. Smells good, tastes better.
Unfortunately, my mother recently developed an allergy to gluten -- which is in wheat. Which is in pizza. (Or nearly any Italian food.) So it's a bit cruel for me to make that with her in the house.
Okay, enough pizza talk, I guess. |
| Mournblade |
Posted - 13 May 2003 : 23:48:18
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Originally posted by eilinel
and burgsbier? Who knows it? 3 euros a 24er. Thats pretty cheap. I can't tell u how bad it is, my stomac will make me suffering just remembering...
And i drank a lot of that... AAaarrrrrrrgggggggh
TESTERS:::
It is KENYAN beer, about $1.50 a case. SO VERY VERY NASTY. Definitely made with Elephant piss!
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| eilinel |
Posted - 13 May 2003 : 18:22:32
and burgsbier? Who knows it? 3 euros a 24er. Thats pretty cheap. I can't tell u how bad it is, my stomac will make me suffering just remembering...
And i drank a lot of that... AAaarrrrrrrgggggggh
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| zemd |
Posted - 13 May 2003 : 10:57:03
They should add in the book of Vile Darkness in the poison chapter: Lucky Lager |
| Yasraena |
Posted - 13 May 2003 : 04:04:26
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Originally posted by zemd
You drank Koeningsbeer remember? (imagine one of the worst beer ever!)
zemd, you obviously haven't had the pleasure of drinking Lucky Lager. It's made by a chain of supermarkets here in the states called Lucky, and it has to be the most hideous brew I have ever tasted. They actually put rebus (pictograph) puzzles on the inside of the bottle caps, I guess in an effort to take your mind off of how bad it was. It was pretty cheap though (around $5 a 12er) and it definitely got you buzzed, but OMG it was vile! |
| Mournblade |
Posted - 12 May 2003 : 22:30:25
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Originally posted by eilinel
Yep, u could drink some like Well Scotch or Gavroche but its too much expensive... Anyway, even if im done, i won't drink bud or corona!
Corona is so HIDEOUS!!! Americans drink it alot and think they drink imported beer. No they are drinking Chihuahua Urine!!! Any beer you have to drink with a lemon (that is not brewed IN the beer) is a fake beer.
Rad, Strahd you guys ORDER pizza? I had something vaguely resembling Pizza in the UK...
It was orange, (CHEDDAR CHEESE? On PIZZA!!!), had a weird sauce, and the toppings were like a salad. Now the food in the united states may be bad but one thing we do well is BAD FOOD. Pizza here is incredible, it EVEN rivals Italy. Siena and Firenze have us beat in Italian food, but if you cannot get to Italy for Italian food, New York is a CLOSE second. I see why you switched to Curry... I love curry. But you guys are really Pizza deprived!
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| zemd |
Posted - 12 May 2003 : 18:30:49
You drank Koeningsbeer remember? (imagine one of the worst beer ever!) |
| eilinel |
Posted - 12 May 2003 : 14:21:38
Yep, u could drink some like Well Scotch or Gavroche but its too much expensive... Anyway, even if im done, i won't drink bud or corona! |
| Strahd Von Zarovich |
Posted - 12 May 2003 : 10:41:19
Mmmmmmm............Root Beer!!
I would say that Rad is slightly more addicted to the stuff than others. I manage to pace myself, but Rad seems to get only halfway down his glass when he has to top it up with more beer, or should I say makes others go and top up his glass 
As for the mini poppadoms, alas they are no more.
Years ago it was always the case that we had to stop at a predetermined time, wake up our cleric who has fallen alseep on the couch, and order either 2 things.....Pizza or Chinese.
These days we are more sophisticated.......Curry & Chinese are the order of business
Strahd Von Zarovich
www.strahds-library.co.uk |
| Lord Rad |
Posted - 11 May 2003 : 12:53:03
Well our latest addiction is root beer!! we'll drink no end of the stuff to wash down the numerous bags of mini poppadoms with mango chutney
This all wraps around our big food break part way through the game of a curry or chinese take-away |
| zemd |
Posted - 11 May 2003 : 12:48:29
We drink 33 export. (Not the best but not the most expensive)
And for some Orange Juice and Coke |
| Mournblade |
Posted - 07 May 2003 : 22:48:29
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Originally posted by eilinel
tsss too bad!
What do u use to drink when playing : coke, beer, wine, water?
I know that im dry very quick, i have to drink something... i may talk too much...
Guiness
Corsendonk
And Fraoch Heather Ale!!!
Oh and I forgot: Orkney Skullsplitter!!!!
You would never know I am from the US by the beer I drink
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| eilinel |
Posted - 07 May 2003 : 16:16:46
tsss too bad!
What do u use to drink when playing : coke, beer, wine, water?
I know that im dry very quick, i have to drink something... i may talk too much... |
| zemd |
Posted - 07 May 2003 : 07:29:39
Their PCs made drunken dreams |
| Mournblade |
Posted - 07 May 2003 : 02:11:17
THere was one time I DM'd while under the influence. DUI.
Well the party was 4th level and they beat all the skeletons. Not being in my right mind, I then said WRAITHS rose out of the skeleton.
SHUT UP YOU DRUNK! THey said. And I said Roll your dice you drunks!!!
And then they died. But In the morning I said it never happened anyway.
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| eilinel |
Posted - 06 May 2003 : 10:15:05
I think we don't need alcohol to play RPG but the last time, i was so close to death that the beers i drank before throwing the dice were very very very very good!!! (i had to roll more than a 17 or die... Gasp, imagine just few seconds!)
Since, the dice i rolled is protected by all the spells in the world, because yes i rolled it! the other players were waiting me for five minutes during which i ran everywher i could.
I like to take with me my box of dices, which is almost 160 years old, crafted in wood with an old map of the world on it.
How looks urs? I know that gamers like to have beautiful boxes, pockets...
(Yasraena, ure always welcome ) |
| Targon Moonrise |
Posted - 18 Apr 2003 : 00:05:24
Yasreana, that sounds like an awesome ritual! I'm going to make a comment like that to Sadon and Enialis. I really hope we can do something like that. |
| Yasraena |
Posted - 17 Apr 2003 : 07:14:33
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Originally posted by eilinel
u know what? she plays with several groups. And i did also, when i had the time.
If u like the good stories, i have a pretty one : it was three years ago -already!- i and a friend put posters in every RPG shope of the town -not a lot in fact- to get players.
I do hope for u, rpg is so great!
That sounds exactly like when I was living in Lake Tahoe, Eilinel. My group that I play with now was founded there, but I was playing with two other groups at the time as well, which I met from putting up a flyer in the local game store. I was mainly playing music for a living back then, so I had A LOT of extra free time which enabled me to do that. These days, the time just isn't there anymore.
The only decent gaming store here in Sac has weekly games with GM's/players that are more to my liking, I just have to wait until a spot opens up in one of them.
And thanks for the kind thoughts. Maybe they'll help me get a spot in one of those games now! 
To get back on topic, I just thought of another ritual that my friend and I do as GM's for the group. Whenever we GM, we create a soundtrack to enhance the story/game, so we always make copies of it to give to the players at the end of the game. We create the cover and disc art too. We now all have (so far) 4 CD's of music that was made specifically for the games we've played in. |
