When did you start playing RPGs & current age poll.

roytheodd · Apr 14, 2003

I started in '82 at the age of 10.

Mirth · Apr 14, 2003

Maybe you should edit the poll if you can. I'm in the same boat as the others - no option for me since I started playing in 1979 at the ripe old age of 11 and I'm now 35.

hammymchamham · Apr 14, 2003

started around 2 years 2 months ago, I was 21 at the time, and a Junior in college

Churchill · Apr 14, 2003

I started playing in 1978-79 (not exactly sure), and I'm on the edge of 36 now.

barsoomcore · Apr 14, 2003

I started playing in 1978 at the age of 10, had a lengthy break from 1992 - 2000 or so, and am back in the swing of it all...

gambler1650 · Apr 14, 2003

Oops. Sorry, only moderators can edit a poll. As 'errata', assume the first choice includes those who started in their pre-teen years also.

MarauderX · Apr 14, 2003

Yeah, you kinda missed the sub-teenage catagory.

I skipped out for a while and now delving back into it full force as a mid-twenty something. 3E is awesome, although detailed, but you can leave in or take out as much detail as you want. It's a far cry from the original in the red, but still has the imaginiative spark to have great fun.

Umbran · Apr 14, 2003

gambler1650 said:
I'm trying to get a handle on the current demographics of the role playing community.

A poll here might give you a handle on the demographics of EN World message board posters. We do not represent a vaild statistical sampling of the gaming community in general, so this poll won't give you the handle you want.

Grazzt · Apr 14, 2003

I started playing around 1981 at the age of 11.

SylverFlame · Apr 14, 2003

Read the core books at about age four or five (1986/87) and have gamed right on through to today. Fun times fun times.

My first job was with my older brother's group as the DM's "Living Rule Book" since I memorized many of the rules. I got a quarter every time I ruled in the players favour! Good to know that I can sell my soul cheap huh?

After that I DM'd.

As for the future, well, to rip-off a person who used it in a different context: They'll get my books when they pry them from my cold dead hands (or offer me a shiny enough quarter

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