twenty three here. I'm not much of a veteran, been playing since 10th grade, which would be something like 7 or 8 years of d&d, but gamer all of my life.
This thread makes it clear why I feel amazed at the fact most sentences link together. Occasionally, useful information is even imparted!
Mostly it's all about whinging about your joints and "The state of RPGs today!" though.
Geezers. ODD (1974) Geezers, whinging about how in your day the Keep on the Borderlands is what you got and you liked it when your first level fighter had three hit points...
(21. My group members range from 18 to 24.)
Sniffles: It'd be fairly frightening to play with someone only a few years younger than my own mother. I'd keep imagining you'd bake scones .
As for keeping the hobby alive: IMHO, most of the people I see in my local gaming store are around the age of 25 and there's a heap of younger kids around all the time. The fact that several stores have opened up recently shows there's a growing market for RPG's, not a lessening one.