4d20 Pill Rations

Sloooooowly, in drips and drabs, I'm working on my Buck Rogers-inspired Black Hack (so slowly because, this summer, I'm putting out a weekly webcomic and trying to finish the pencil-draft of a new graphic novel).

One of the special pleasures of writing this ruleset is trying to capture the feel of not just science-fantasy, but science-fantasy from the 1930s. I always find food to be very evocative of time and place. I've bored many players by providing a little too much description of the villagers' dinner.

Anyway, there's Pill Rations. They provide you with the experience of an entire meal. Roll to see what 1930s-style vittles are on the menu.

1d20	Appetizer	Vegetable	Main	Dessert
1	Bouillabaisse	Baked Potato	Beef Steak	Anise Cookies
2	Canapés	Boiled Chestnuts	Braised Sweetbreads	Apricot Sponge
3	Clam Broth	Buttered Beets	Corned Beef	Caramel Layer Cake
4	Consommé	Candied Yams	Filet of Sole	Charlotte Russe
5	Cream of Barley	Chopped Apples	Fried Chicken	Cheese Plate
6	Cucumber Soup	Eggplant Fritters	Grilled Kidneys	Chocolate Éclairs
7	Devilled Eggs	Gherkins	Halibut Soufflé	Cranberry Sherbet
8	Fruit Cocktail	Glazed Carrots	Ham and Eggs	Figs and Nuts
9	Leek Soup	Green Peas	Lamb and Mint Sauce	Grape Meringue
10	Oysters	Hearts of Celery	Liver and Bacon	Honey Nougat
17	Pigs in a Blanket	Pickled Beets	Oxtail Bourguinonne	Mincemeat Pie
11	Salmon Rolls	Ripe Olives	Pork Chops	Peaches in Jelly
12	Sausage Dumpling	Roasted Potatoes	Rabbit Fricassee	Persian Cream
13	Shrimp Puffs	Sauerkraut	Roast Ducking	Petite Fours
14	Split Pea Soup	Scalloped Turnips	Roast Squab	Pineapple Custard
15	Stuffed Mushrooms	Stewed Tomatoes	Scallops in Wine	Plum Pudding
16	Tomato Aspic	Stuffed Pepper	Shepherd’s Pie	Rhubarb Fool
18	Turtle Soup	Succotash	Stuffed Lobster	Strawberries and Cream
19	Vichyssoise	Wax Beans	Veal Cutlet	Vanilla Custard Ice Cream
20	Watercress Soup	Zucchini Casserole	Welsh Rarebit	Waldorf Pudding

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