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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gideonn" data-source="post: 1571728" data-attributes="member: 16857">old is as old doesFunny, but I was reflecting on this a couple of weeks back when at 7:30AM on a Saturday morning I was driving downtown Montreal, Jet was playing 'Cold Hard B****' on the radio, and I was heading first to the Peel Pub for breakfast, then on to HyperBorea gaming store where I was running three D&D  mods for whoever had signed up.So I was thinking . . . Ok, so I'm 54. And I still game. I run the Games' Club at the high school where I teach, I play in both the Living Greyhawk and Living Arcanis campaigns, and I play in a HOME game run by a young fellow [30ish] who owns a game supply store. [Up till three years ago I also ran my own Friday night game made up of a friend who was 10 years older than me, my wife, and four former students in their twenties.] When I first got involved in these Living campaigns, the others, mostly in their twenties, wondered how old I was. After numerous game sessions, they now call me the 'oldest kid' they know. One of them called me his 'idol,' only half joking, cause I have been married for over 30 years and can smell retirement when I can game all I want. The kids I teach gaming to at school have joined me in some of these outside games. Helps to give them a sense of acceptance the first time they show up.I do not really see my age as a problem, nor do I hold the inexperience of these 'young people' against them. Rather than game within your own age group, I suggest it is better to game with whomever you get along. It will broaden the gaming experience, and enrich your life as well.  You are only as old as you feel, and when I am gaming I feel young, real young.</blockquote>

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