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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bront" data-source="post: 3490464" data-attributes="member: 19696">You'd be suprised.I was playing with my dad's group (no one under 30 but me) when I was 10, and was able to RP and play well enough on my own (I knew the rules better than they did sometimes).At 15, I was running con tournoment events for this group at Gen Con, AND was the head scorekeeper.At 23, there were some 7, 11, and 14 year olds at my table (The GM's kids).  When they were on, they were pretty good.  Unfortunately, they were a little too flighty and did slow the game down a bit, BUT the  GM was pretty tolerant of their absense, so it wasn't a big issue.Some of the guys I play with now were regulars in groups I was in at times when they were 16-18.  They've grown up a bit more, but a sharp, interested teenager is often a better gamer to play with than a casual, less than enthusiastic 30-40 year old.The big issue is competence (Not nessessarily rules knowledge, but ability to catch on to the rules quickly and understand basic math), enthusiasum (Interest in the game and character) and maturity (something many adults still lack) more than anything.Then again, I've been told repeatedly that I was one of the most mature teenagers most adults had ever met.  If they only knew me now <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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