Drinking and RPGs - do they mix?

[sanquin]

A few drinks is fine. Can make things a lot more fun even. But people getting drunk while gaming...big no no. Even with pc/console gaming. Your focus and reaction is just gone, and it isn't fun for the others. That being said, D&D is about having fun. You shouldn't take games like that too seriously. I'm a huge fan of tabletop games, but taking it too seriously will end badly with or without drinking, imo.

 

[Deathlyphil]

I think it depends entirely on the group and how they work together socially. A drink or two is fine, but getting drunk too much.

On the other hand, I recently had a group of non-drinkers get stinking drunk in-game on Bugman's XXXX just because I found the "affects of getting drunk" table in Warhammer Fantasy RPG. That was a brilliant night, but they did completely ignore my plot. The apprentice wizard outdrank the dwarf, and the zealot ended up with a very nasty rash. Good times.