Age Demographic

[Allanon]

22... darn, with all the old geezers playing 3rd edition my claims of it being a young, hip and fresh are never going to be fly.

The age demographic is probably skewed due to all the old-timers from the USA and England playing it . I've never met anyone older than 25 playing D&D, in whichever incarnation it was in, here in the Netherlands :\ . Kind of a shame actually 'cause from what I can gather them old, pickled DM's are the best ones out there

 

[Sunglar]

22... darn, with all the old geezers playing 3rd edition my claims of it being a young, hip and fresh are never going to be fly.

The age demographic is probably skewed due to all the old-timers from the USA and England playing it . I've never met anyone older than 25 playing D&D, in whichever incarnation it was in, here in the Netherlands :\ . Kind of a shame actually 'cause from what I can gather them old, pickled DM's are the best ones out there

Well see here young man, back in the day we didn’t have dice with numbers marked on them, we had to use a crayon to fill the numbers… (But I never had to use chits to substitute dice though!)

On amore serious note, you are probably right Allanon, we “old geezers” have had the game around for longer. Although I do not live in the USA (I’m in Puerto Rico) our closeness to the US means we’ve had the game around pretty much since OD&D. One of my players harkens back from that mist shrouded times.

 

[Ghostknight]

Well see here young man, back in the day we didn’t have dice with numbers marked on them, we had to use a crayon to fill the numbers… (But I never had to use chits to substitute dice though!)

Ahh, the good ol' days. But I made dice from cardboard with a friend of mine when we wanted extras. They were actually pretty good (with the exception of the twenty sider)

On amore serious note, you are probably right Allanon, we “old geezers” have had the game around for longer. Although I do not live in the USA (I’m in Puerto Rico) our closeness to the US means we’ve had the game around pretty much since OD&D. One of my players harkens back from that mist shrouded times.

I don't know, I'm in South Africa. We only got our first RPG shop circa 1982 (out of business in 1983). But there were copies of Od&D, the red box/blue box circulating already in 1979 (when I got involved). And we were suffering from sanctions on top of it!

 

[Algolei]

That actually brings up a theory that I have.....

People get married at about 1/4 of the current max expected age. People always got married early when they though they would die sooner. Anywhoo I thought I'd say that. No reason.

I have a different theory: It skips generations. These days, it's suddenly fashionable for young people to get married again (or at least to have babies). Twenty years ago...not so much.

I remember telling my friend that the peak of human female fecundity came at the age of 24, so she should get married by 23 and start having babies. But she disagreed with me at the time, and is apparently waiting until she turns 48--perhaps thinking she'll be twice as fertile. (She's a lawyer. What can I say?)

 

[Veritas]

I'll be 35 in about a month (been playing rpgs since I was 11), and as far as Ferret's theory goes, I waited until I was 31 before I got married (not by choice though, haha).

My wife is now 26, and she was 23 when we were married. I think she likely follows your theory better than I do... however, I wouldn't mind living to be 124... or 421 for that matter. hehe.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

IMO I am old. I may be 28, but I'm am generally referred to as old geezer by my 10 year old niece. So I may not be young physically, but at heart, I'm still a kid. And I hope that never changes.