ENworlder: How long have you been gaming?

[Filcher]

I wonder if maybe the ENworld "alpha gamers" aren't representative of the greater gamer community. When I'm at GenCon, I think I see what looks like a healthy mix.

 

[Knightfall]

Started board- and miniature wargaming in 1972. Been playing D&D since 1974.

Wow! 1972!

I was born in 1972.

 

[Knightfall]

Methinks the poll numbers don't go high enough.

Agreed.

I'm on year 25 this year.

And thank you very much for making me feel old!

You and me both. But we're not as old as Mark!

 

[Mark]

Wow! 1972!

I was born in 1972.

(. . .)

But we're not as old as Mark!

So you are old, too? Just not quite as old . . .

 

[El Mahdi]

That's an excellent point. I run across people from time to time who are really interested in the idea of RPGs. The woman at Staples who printed and bound the most recent issue of my zine was asking a lot of questions. She was intrigued by the imagination and stories that could be told. If my gaming group wasn't full, I'd invite her to game. Maybe next campaign.

I think that there are people out there willing to give the dice a go, it's just a matter of making a good sales pitch and catching them before they start playing WoW.

Well, I just got the best of both worlds in my game this weekend: new blood and old blood all in the same person - I got my 73 year old mother-in-law to play, and she loved it (she didn't do too bad either).

This is a bit off subject, but she saw a segment on the news about how acting (especially improvisational acting) could help stave off mental degradation (especially Alzheimer's and other forms of Dementia). She's a naturally flamboyant (read "Dramatic") person anyways, and took right to the game like a duck to water. It really was pretty cool.

 

[Aeolius]

If some of you haven't, please fill out this more extensive survey (or just enjoy reading the other responses!)

Done... again.

Was it the remake of "Parent Trap" that has the quote "I am a man of limited interest."? That'd be me.

 

[lutecius]

Almost 20 years with some long breaks.

But edition wars are pretty cool too.

 

[Nightchilde-2]

Right at 20 years.

Wow. 20 years?! Seriously?

Oh, all the stuff I could have accomplished in that time, but didn't. :-D

 

[garyh]

Haven't read the thread yet, just posting my first impression after voting.

I'm stunned that with about 16 years of gaming (first bought a MERP boxed set in junior high!) that I'm in the NEWEST 25% of EN World. That's just crazy. CRAZY.

EDIT: Okay, finished reading the thread. I'm only 30, so I guess being born after D&D was invented is just too big a handicap to overcome in this poll.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

I think I started in 86. So 22 years for me. ~70% of my life.

AR