Potato Bar Night

For our Thursday game group last week, we had Potato Bar Night.  One of the new guys eats like a machine so when I saw this potato, I had to get it for him.  The picture is a little misleading, due to the big one in the foreground.  It was 2.5x the size of and of the others.  Inside the foil was olive oil and sea salt.  We loaded them up with cheese, bacon, sour cream, chives, black olives, and cheesy broccoli (plus a few others I don't remember).  And he ate every bit...

DnD Recap

The chamber right before the boss fight. Privateer minis pull double duty.

Last Thursday, the players finally made it to the boss fight.  They descended the slippery, blood-soaked chains into the ritual chamber, where the Demon Lord Orcas was about to break through.  The Priest and the Warlock were able to seal the rift while the the Warlord, Rouge, and Fighter were able to fight off the hordes of undead that kept coming back to life.  The main boss, Kalaral, turned out to be a pansy in a fight, though he had a ton of hit points.  In his pocket was a note describing payments for humanoid slaves taken from the area.  Next week, the players plan to track down the slave traders.

Our recipe for the week was simple.  We provided the salad and everyone brought their favorite toppings.  We had everything including:

• Artichoke hearts
• Cheese
• Turkey
• Boiled eggs
• Pepperchino peppers
• 10 different dressings
• Black and green olives
• Croutons
• and more stuff I don't remember

No one spent more than 5 dollars, we ate a great dinner, and the root beer floats for dessert were fantastic!

Shopping and Girl Fights

Post Game for DnD Night:

The Food: Hearty Queso
Ingredients-

• 1 Can Black Beans
• 1 Can Corn
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 jar of queso
• 1 bag of corn tortilla chips

Directions:

• Cook the ground beef and season with salt, pepper, garlic, and onion.  Think taco meat.
• Drain the black beans and corn.
• Drain the meat when it is cooked through.
• Pour the beans and corn in the same pan as the beef and mix on a medium temp.
• Turn the temp to low and add the queso.  Stir.  If you let it sit, the cheese will burn to the bottom of the pan.
• Serve with corn chips.
• This also works well in a slow cooker at parties!

Thursday night is our DnD 4E game.  We have been playing for a couple of months now and the newbies are hacking their way through hobgoblins and undead like pros.  Well, at least like competent amateurs.  Last week, they ran head long into a patrol of hobgoblins that were able to roll 18-20's on most of their attack rolls.  The fighter, was knocked into his second death saving throw (3 strikes and your out).  This week, the fighter and the cleric were both absent, leaving the party with just the female players.

Girls Night!!!

They decided to leave the dungeon, sell some loot, and buy healing potions and some AoE alchemist fire.  Girls after my own heart.  When they made it back to Winterhaven, they found that the dead in the graveyard had risen and the town needed them to fight off their dead relatives.  Once in the graveyard, they ran into the female elf who had given them bad information and nearly caused their demise.

The alchemist fire bombs quickly dispatched the decrepit skeletons while concentrated attacks took out the Elven B****.  They found a note on her, giving them more reason than ever to return to the keep and stop the evil plans at work.  They also learned the name of the one trying to open the portal: Kalarel.

Five Minute Chocolate Cake

I thought I would post this as a fun side note.  This chocolate cake takes me five minutes to prepare and cook.  It's not pretty when you tip it out of the cup (thus no pic) but it is very tasty.

4 Tbsp Flour
4 Tbsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tbsp Milk
3 Tbsp Oil
3 Tbsp (or more =) chocolate chips(optional) - I have also used toffee bits to good effect
a splash of vanilla

Mix together in a cappuccino cup or large coffee mug and microwave on high for 3 Minutes.  I know it looks like it's going to go over the side but I have never had it happen.  Be fearless!

Enjoy with a dollop of icing, ice cream, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, or whatever you want!