Correlating age and start of playing polls

[Kalendraf]

I just miss the window of options here. I was born in 1967 (albeit less than 25 hours before 1968), and I started playing D&D in spring of 1983. So I'm slightly older, but started playing slightly later than the choices offered here.

 

[Conaill]

67
92 (gurps)
01 (d&d)

 

[spunky_mutters]

Born 71, Started 81-82 (I'd have to think too much to figure out just which year).

 

[LazarusLong42]

I was born later, but started playing earlier.

It was an accident with a conctraceptive and a time machine. I don't like to talk about it.

 

[Amal Shukup]

Definitely Me you're talking about.

But it makes me wonder...

In my group (Seven regulars) I'm the only one that fits that profile. I'm also the only one who regularly visits this (or any other gaming related board.

We got:
Three my age - but the other two are newbies
Two Older - one starting earlier (Chainmail) and the other later ('90s)
Two Younger - one starting in the '90s and the other a newbie

So I'm a six to one minority in my game but a strong majority here online? Hmmmnnn...

A'Mal

 

[Abraxas]

Born in 65 started playing in 78

 

[heimdall]

74/80 for me. My dad got me my own copies of the PHB, DMG, and MM for Christmas that year so I'd stop borrowing his.

 

[Altalazar]

That's me, to a T. I noticed that trend - i guess it fits about right. The game really didn't start to take off in popularity until then - and that is the age when the first generation who grew up on the game would have started to notice it. While there are players who started earlier, the game was really basically unknown then - not until the basic set did it start to really take off.

It will be interesting to see the graphs of ages and start of play in another 10 to 20 years - and see what effect 3E had overall.

 

[D+1]

Born '61, started playing in '76-'77. I can remember my DM at the time acquiring the AD&D hardcover books as they were each released, starting with the MM oddly enough IIRC.

 

[Harlock]

74/80 for me. My dad got me my own copies of the PHB, DMG, and MM for Christmas that year so I'd stop borrowing his.

You, my friend are what is known as a "lucky SOB".