How old are you?

[Turgenev]

I'm 32 but the two players in my current D&D campaign are 10 (soon to be 11 - I think I'll get him his own set of dice for his b-day) and 52. But they are newbies to the game who don't hang out here... yet.

Cheers,
Tim

 

[haiiro]

25 here, and playing D&D since sometime in the late 80s.

 

[The Sigil]

Just hit 27 myself.

Am coming up fast on my 20th anniversary of gaming... and therefore my 20th anniversary of DMing (I almost NEVER get to play )

Oh, yeah... I had 20-siders that went 0-9 twice. I "crayoned" my own dice. I remember Black Dougal. And Gutboy Barrelhouse... and Blackleaf.

--The Sigil

 

[mirzabah]

37. Playing since ... '80? '79? Way back when anyway.

... Started playing in '81 ... and lost a character for the first time this Saturday.

So what is that you've been doing wrong all these years

 

[mirzabah]

I posted ... a lot more 30+ year olds then I thought there were. Is this because most of the people here found D&D when it boomed in the 80s (teens then, older now)?

Probably. Notice also there's a sharp drop off after 30-35. Wonder if that's because that's about the time that family starts eating into valuable roleplaying time

 

[baradtgnome]

Re: Old time Gamers

Also 40+

It looks like I'm in a small but elite group (the 40+ range). This elite group are the few who can remember the days of the little brown books and yes, back when Elf was a class. We may even recall the birth of D&D in a war game called chainmail.

Maybe we should get together and start an old gamers club. We can start planning out retirement together. Can’t you see it now, a bunch of 75+ year olds sitting around complaining about the new 6th edition rules and trying to figure out how to program the new PDA’s to role the dice.

I didn't do chainmail, but my first character class was elf. I still have the dice that came in the box set, but the d20s edges are all rounded off. They are more like balls now.

I'd like to join that retirement gaming club. Maybe we can get some attractive young nurses to roll the dice for us. Maybe we might even notice them.

 

[Darkness]

I'm still 24. At least for a while...

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I'm 38. Played (1st ed.) for a while from 1979-1983 or so. Then didn't play again until fall 1999 (and that was an online pbem game). Didn't play "tabletop" again until April, 2001.

27 since yesterday... not used to it. How's the "27-year-old" experience been for others who have passed that age?

My 27th birthday was my first with a child in tow, so I felt ancient for the first time. About two weeks after my b-day, my wife had to go to Scotland for 10 days. Being alone that long with an 8-month old will make anyone feel old!

 

[jgbrowning]

I'm 32 but the two players in my current D&D campaign are 10 (soon to be 11 - I think I'll get him his own set of dice for his b-day) and 52. But they are newbies to the game who don't hang out here... yet.

Cheers,
Tim

Your the type of group that marketeers fear! That, my friend, is a rather diverse age grouping.


joe b.

 

[Quixon]

33 here - And just for the record I did actually play with the old blue box set with the carboard chits numbered 1-20,1-10 ect, that you used to put in a bowl and draw out at random, thats right before they made the cool dice we get to use now. By the amount of time I have seen some of you say you have been playing you know what I'am talking about lol.