Committed Hero
Adventurer
For me, the reality is that my time is limited and the pool of players I have to try new stuff is small. I was lucky to play/run 6 different games this year, and they were all games I had played before.
Aging and Gaming
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Garrga
Villager
In terms of age, well i think that also have some problems related with my eyes, as i guess i need some glasses. Also i might find that my reaction is slower than it was. And maybe i need more time to get through all of these manuals and rules As for experience, well i think i might still have as much fun as i had befor, when i was younger
dragoner
KosmicRPG.com
I'm 57 and the game I made has big fonts, and is relatively rules light, so it tracks. I bought the new PHB just to check it out, though tbh probably something like Shadowdark is more my speed. Other new games are fine, I just don't see what they add, the ones I play tell the stories I want to tell.
64 now - I look at my collection of game books and wonder where I can sell them for retirement.
MNblockhead
A Title Much Cooler Than Anything on the Old Site
Done with gaming or just wanting to prune the collection and focus on the one or few games you really like?
Not done, just look at them all and think I should prone
Longspeak
Adventurer
I turned 57 a few months back. But aside from a few months in the late 90s where I tried to "Grow up and be responsible" (My wife made me stop that, said it was painful how miserable I was), I've gamed since I was 12.
Prior to me stroke in July, I was running five games a week. People said I was a freak, but it's all I lived for; it was easy to throw myself into it. The stroke halted that for a while, but I'm back to three games a week. My groups tell me to take it easy, but getting to play is how I keep it easy.
I never had a major issue with accessibility before. Reading glasses that I update every year or so, too much glare on screens. But... since the stroke it's been harder to hold a book. I do all me game reading in PDFs at my 27" monitor these days.
I too find I have a harder time getting into new rulesets. Up to last year, I was still buying them... Just not reading them so much. It was all I could do to learn Roll20, and that only happened as a 'screw you' to a whippersnapper in the group who called me a neanderthal because I waxed nostalgic about IRC.
Prior to me stroke in July, I was running five games a week. People said I was a freak, but it's all I lived for; it was easy to throw myself into it. The stroke halted that for a while, but I'm back to three games a week. My groups tell me to take it easy, but getting to play is how I keep it easy.
I never had a major issue with accessibility before. Reading glasses that I update every year or so, too much glare on screens. But... since the stroke it's been harder to hold a book. I do all me game reading in PDFs at my 27" monitor these days.
I too find I have a harder time getting into new rulesets. Up to last year, I was still buying them... Just not reading them so much. It was all I could do to learn Roll20, and that only happened as a 'screw you' to a whippersnapper in the group who called me a neanderthal because I waxed nostalgic about IRC.
If you end up not selling but still wish to prune, consider donating unneeded volumes to your closest public library. Nearly all public libraries have a section devoted to role playing games these days, and librarians are more aware of their existence. Just the other day I found a copy of Andrew Kolb's Oz RPG setting book, that was featured on a shelf!
pablomaz
Explorer
Would you mind elaborating?
