DaveStebbins
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Like Silver Moon and WayneLigon I am 41 (I know, I look MUCH younger! In college I was voted most likely to recede.). I have been gaming for almost 24 years now. Woohoo!
-Dave
-Dave
How old is our gaming population of EN World?
- Thread starter Mark
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That drop off at 40 is freaking me out! 
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Hand of Evil said:
Yeah. It makes me wonder whether something is going to happen to me next September.
Next time we take a poll of the age of ENworld subscribers we ought to use age-bands of even width. Maybe
young
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
middle-aged
Regards,
Agback
Knightfall
World of Kulan DM
Hand of Evil said:That drop off at 40 is freaking me out!
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i think it has more to do with the fact that gamers from 10 - 20 years ago are just starting to hit those age ranges. What worries me is the number of people in the teens and 20s. Where are all the new DMs/players?
jgbrowning
Hero
Knightfall1972 said:
Not to get off subject, but the game is massively more complex now than it was when I began. I also remember how hard it was to conceptually get over the idea that you don't have to know all the rules to play the game "correctly."
Coming from a more standard "games have set rules, these rules cannot change, if you do change the rules you're cheating" mentality, stepping into the role-playing mindset was hard enough before the almost 640 pages of rules a new DM has to know.
I guess, in short, the learning curve is steeper now. But even then, by this poll, roughly 1 out of 5 gamers is 21 or younger. Not to bad for such a complex game.
joe b.
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Flyspeck23
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No, please don't. I'm turning 30 tomorrow (January 5th), and that's hard enough as it is. At least I'm in the "26 to 30" range now and tomorrow.Agback said:
Knightcrawler
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I look at it this way.
31-39: Are people that either started playing the game in the 70's around the time it came out or started it when they went to college.
26-30: Started playing the early 80's before the whole religious right attempted to stomp out the game.
22-25: Here I think you see such a dramatic drop off because of the fire and brimestone that was being thrown around.
21 and under: An increasing drop off I think caused by the huge explosion of other RPG games that hit the market in the 90's, especially WoD, the drew alot of players away from D&D. Also increased competition from VCR's and the Internet.
Of course what would really be interesting is to do a poll that cross referenced how old gamers were now and when they started gaming.
31-39: Are people that either started playing the game in the 70's around the time it came out or started it when they went to college.
26-30: Started playing the early 80's before the whole religious right attempted to stomp out the game.
22-25: Here I think you see such a dramatic drop off because of the fire and brimestone that was being thrown around.
21 and under: An increasing drop off I think caused by the huge explosion of other RPG games that hit the market in the 90's, especially WoD, the drew alot of players away from D&D. Also increased competition from VCR's and the Internet.
Of course what would really be interesting is to do a poll that cross referenced how old gamers were now and when they started gaming.
Bards R Us
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Will be 30 in this month. Just started getting into role-playing late last year though I knew of some friends who had played it when I was in junior high.
Beale Knight
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36 here. I got started with one edition or another of the basic box sets in 7th grade.
But I've gotten to pass the gaming on! Over the holiday I ran a game for my two nephews - one is 8 (he wasn't really too focused on the game itself but still had a fun time) and the other is in 7th grade.
Wes
But I've gotten to pass the gaming on! Over the holiday I ran a game for my two nephews - one is 8 (he wasn't really too focused on the game itself but still had a fun time) and the other is in 7th grade.
Wes
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