How long have you been gaming?

[darkwillow]

This is the more accurate breakdown of age groups on the forum, i.e. 88% is over 40.

 

[Thourne]

Since 79 at the age of 10.
Started with dnd.

 

[John R Davis]

Late 1980 starting with Dragonquest, which I still play

 

[Lord Mhoram]

I started with Holmes Basic. A friend introduced me to it - they had been in Kansas over the summer and had got that game - so they ran a module (B1) and I joined. I was hooked ever since. I gamed with them, and bought the brand new nifty hardcover Players Handbook, and it took me a bit to release it was a different game, and not just a more complex version of what I had been playing. I also got the new Gamma World when it came out the next year. All of this started in '77.
I played TSR pretty exclusivily until I went to University in 1985, where I really learned about all the other game systems out there, including Champions (later HERO) that became my game of choice until very recently. My wife games, and so usually one or the other of us GMed our HERO group, so we tried a bunch of different games over the years for games just for the two of us to play - something that had a different play experience than HERO.

 

[MGibster]

Interesting there isn't a single person with under 10 years of gaming here so far. Any newbies out there?

Given the demographics of gamers in general, I'm more than a little shocked to see the high percentage of 31-40 year players. Are the younger players all on TikTok or Reddit?

 

[J.Quondam]

This is the more accurate breakdown of age groups on the forum, i.e. 88% is over 40.

What? Did you forget to post an image or link or something?
This poll shows about 70% 30 to 40, and 11% over age 41; not "88% over 40."

corrected below!

 

[Professor Murder]

As expected that these forums don't jibe with the current demos of the game.

 

[J.Quondam]

Given the demographics of gamers in general, I'm more than a little shocked to see the high percentage of 31-40 year players. Are the younger players all on TikTok or Reddit?

Yeah, or something like that.
As a social media format, forums are the domain of the olds.

 

[Elodan]

The poll is not about how old you are, but how long have you been gaming. If you take an average starting age of 10, then you can extrapolate that 88% of the people responding to this poll on this forum are over age 40+.

 

[J.Quondam]

The poll is not about how old you are, but how long have you been gaming. If you take an average starting age of 10, then you can extrapolate that 88% of the people responding to this poll on this forum are over age 40+.

Ah, that's a good point.
I stand corrected.