Once upon a time, RPG meetings I was in were noteworthy for three things.<\/p>\n
First, good gaming.<\/p>\n
Second, good times with friends.<\/p>\n
Third, good God, the amount of chips and beer we consumed.<\/p>\n
Lots of Doritos. Lots of Nacho Cheese Doritos. A goodly number of regular potato chips. Dip and salsa. And, for special treats, cookies and brownies. Oh, and bowls of M&Ms.<\/p>\n
Folks would arrive with chips, as well as a sixpack — sometimes of soda, usually of beer. And most of it would be consumed by the end of the day\/evening. Lots of dead soldiers, watching over the dead orcs.<\/p>\n
Last night, at Doyce’s Star Wars RPG …<\/p>\n
I drank one beer. And drank ice water the rest of the night.<\/p>\n
Everyone else drank soda, or water, or (in one case) a (shudder) Red Bull (on the rocks).<\/p>\n
We had a yummy relatively healthful dinner up front, courtesy of Doyce (at the grill) and Jackie (at the store and propane place). And that was it. One lonely bag of chips came out, late in the game, was nibbled on sans <\/i>salsa, by some of the players. The ones who weren’t on various diets, or just full.<\/p>\n
Not a complaint, mind you, certainly not at the hospitality or the provender provided. Just sort of an interesting observation about how … well, how we’re all, er, getting, ah, more mature. That’s it. More mature.<\/p>\n
Well I <\/i>think it’s interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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