It definitely pairs better than vodka, but vodka is a staple in the liquor setups regardless of where we have a session.
Vodka is the typical option cause you can take it near, on the rocks, or used with a mixer. People know their limits at this point and can adjust safely.
As far a sushi we used to rotate getting takeout, but overtime we started to default to sushi. There tends to be enough variety to mix up the type of sushi each week, it keeps people from getting too full/hungry, and typically is contained enough to fit with all our play supplies.
My main crew typically goes with vodka and sushi on our biweekly session.
When we have a younger/new player we go with seltzer and mixed veg/fruit/nuts.
Also if you got the money to spare a wet dry vacuum is a life saver when your kid barfs I the middle of the night.
Ours got daily use for the various messes the kid and cats would make.
I think it is a solid game. Sunk about 30 hours into it a few months ago, but life got busy and I what free time I’ve had I sunk into Pokemon infinite fusion.
If you want the gist of what it is like to play without sinking in the money “Real Civil Engineer” on YouTube has a Timberborn playlist with hours of content with him just fucking around. Unless you find your own way to build a narrative or make your own challenges you may find that you have done it all by around 60 to 80 hours of gameplay.
Emudeck was my main reason for picking up a steam deck. Figured I could get an archive of retro games, and then build up a library of indie games over time.
I have to do some troubleshooting to get PS1 and PS2 games working, but that is probably just getting bios files. Just downloaded so many games that I am working through that even when something doesn’t work immediately I have more than enough options to be entertained.
I tend to do theater of the mind for probably two thirds of my play sessions.
In combat I use a folding dry erase grid, some coins and markers to whip a board. If I have time to do a bigger fight I might prep some verticality by hot gluing some cardboard together. Having the terrain being low cost and effort gives me the option of breaking it down mid combat.
So a while ago I was looking into metal coins for a portable DM kit. I ended up going with the following sets.
Character class double sided metal coins for about $42 or $3 a pop. This was the most expensive set since this would be what I handed out to the players each session. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1015859072/14-dnd-character-tokens-1-inch-dungeons
Some large coins for inspiration counters. $7.5 for the set of 6 or $1.25 a pop. https://www.etsy.com/listing/770748066/ancient-greek-themed-gaming-coins-jumbo
Smaller coins for tracking opponents. $7.5 for set of 15 or $0.50 a pop. https://www.etsy.com/listing/785742769/mythological-monsters-themed-gaming
And tiny tokens for tracking conditions or smaller enemies. $7.5 for set of 18 or about $.42 a pop. https://www.etsy.com/listing/785741109/mythological-monsters-themed-gaming
Those 4 sets fit compactly into a 2oz tin that came with some loose leaf tea. I was looking for general purpose, somewhat consistent art, durability, being compact. The biggest downside is that they can be heavy when all together.
I do like the artwork that you have for your sets, and the color choices makes things stand out well. For the price point you list on the wooden tokens I would hope to maybe see the bottoms have a plain white side that could work with dry erase markers. That might also let you use them to mark terrain/objects or use them in other game systems like creature tokens for Magic the Gathering.
No sales tax in NH either.