Today being Saturday I know what everyone wants to know about food for your gaming event. PIZZA IS GREAT, it's cheap, you can get away with just getting the five buck kind and everyone will like it. YEP no matter what in your gaming group cheap soda and pizza can be the way to go. Now things that you might not want. A: Food with BEANS in it. If you are going to sit in a room for several hours drink soda pop and what ever else things that contain or promote methane are OUT.  There is a long list of reasons for this but basically your having enough problems as it is meeting once a week if you can, so let's just say if it's got beans in it you can expect no girls to show up a second time.  B this is strickly for southern locactions...If you see a waffle house on the break time, skip it. It might go in smoothered and covered but it comes out scattered and splatted and you also don't need that.  C Our group loves to go to 7-11 because of location is ever so close, but you might think to just head them off at the pass, have some stuff on the table that doesn't have peanuts and things that people are allergic too. Cookies often have things in them that can cause bad things to happen. Ask people if they have allergies in notes if you have to. Also I havent' noticed a lot of vegetarians that do RPG's but make sure you always have something for everyone. People come to have fun, and also if you are going to someones house , bring a few things. No one gets mad about chips and a couple of two litters. It doesn't have to be expensive but it's nice.

If you are going to have food make sure you have NAPKINS.  Just paper towels will work.
Also have a rule about no drinks on the gaming table. People spend days working on characters and notes, and a spill is just bad news.

Many Gaming groups(not mine 100%) opperate on the 3c principles :Carbs, Caffine, Ciggerets. Now we don't smoke, but if you have a gamer that smokes have break times like every 30 minutes or so. Make everyone HAPPY.  Also even if you don't smoke break times are plotting and scheming and backstabbing planning times. Let everyone have that time to socialize outside of facebook.

Ok here is a big trick if you want your gal to come play make sure she knows that she can help make stuff for the PARTY. She knows you are going away for three to five hours and hates that. If she can be a part of it though and everyone says nice things about the things she made she will like that much more then' I am going to leave you for several hours, and hang out with strange people you don't know." The power of inclusion is very important. This is a very social occasion, and even if she doesn't play now might just want to be around the people. Well they are YOUR friends,so that might be a stretch. Just make sure she knows that you want her to come anytime and if you get desperate say you could be like other guys and watch football at hooters if she doesn't like this. :)

Hey that's all for now...got to work on the material for next week. HANG IN THERE GANG!
Michael Tanner.