How long have we all been playing RPGs?

[Telperion]

I feel rather young in this crowd, but here goes:
1988, and I was 8 years old at the time. Although I only started to "seriously" RP around 1992, when I first sat in the GM chair. Rune Quest; Five Rings of the Centaur. War, magic rings and an absolutely idiotic plot. Nostalgia.

O' well, I like to think that I have improved since then...

 

[Agback]

Better?

-Hyp.
(Moderator)

Thank you.


Agback

 

[Eternalknight]

1990 at age 10.

 

[Ashrum the Black]

1982 and the glories of the red box.

A fine time was had by all, even if we should have been doing schoolwork instead of gaming.

 

[orchid blossom]

Come now, am I really the "youngest" gamer here? I've been playing since summer of '94 (and what a fine summer it was...) and I consider nearly 10 years to be a good deal of time! Other younglings, come, stand with me! Face down these people that have gamed longer than we've lived!

I'm "younger" than you. I started playing Star Wars in 1996 while in college. I started playing AD&D a couple years later.

 

[Agback]

G'day

Time to 'fess up. I started in about April 1980, when I was in Year 11 (Eleventh Grade, I think). I was fifteen.

Ian Grojnowski was the DM. Michael Barr-David, Bill Plant, David Taubman, and Paul Tritter were the other players. None of us had any idea. We had maybe three PHBs among us, but no MM (at least at first), and only one DMG, which belonged to Michael. He took it away when his character was killed (by Bill's character, IIRC). I distinctly remember encountering a Deck of Many Things and a Sphere of Annihiliation, though our characters were only first level. Bill and I killed a very young white dragon with lucky hits from our magic missile spells. In short, it was all a bit of a schmozzle.

But I'm still here. I wonder about the others.

Regards,


Agback

 

[MonsterMash]

1977 - as an 11 year old. Played pretty regularly till about 1985 or so.
Very occasionaly RPGing, but still a fair bit of Board and mini gaming in the intervening years.
2003 - 3e D&D and fairly regular since then.

 

[Agback]

G'day

It is interesting. The peak of this poll suggests that the typical ENworlder started playing about 1981. The peak of the new age poll suggests that the typical Enworlder was born about 1972.

I wonder how long it will be before someone concludes that the typical ENworlder started playing at the age of nine?

Regards,


Agback

 

[Treebore]

G'day

It is interesting. The peak of this poll suggests that the typical ENworlder started playing about 1982. The peak of the new age poll suggests that the typical Enworlder was born about 1972.

I wonder how long it will be before someone concludes that the typical ENworlder started playing at the age of nine?

Regards,


Agback

each of my 3 kids rolled up their first characters when they were 7.

It is pretty cool to go on long road trips with your kids and pass the time RPing off the top of your heads.

I started playing in April of 1985. A guy named Jim Shellhimer(sp?) from Pennsylvania is to blame.

 

[LiVeWiRe]

Started actually playing D&D in 1990 right after I graduated high school. I used to go to the public library all the time to read the D&D books since the early 80s though (couldn't check them out as they were classified as reference books), especially the Monster Manuals and the Fiend Folio. I always dug all those monsters.

You had D&D books at the library?!

Got the basic set for Christmas in 1981 (I think) and it seems like I got something D&D-related for birthdays and Christmas from that point forward for a long time...

Although, I didn't really game seriously (in an established group and game) until 1985. Even though my library didn't have the D&D books, we played in a conference room there for a few years.

Brings back memories of good times and wild games!

LW