When was YOUR Golden Age of Gaming?

[mmu1]

No time like the present.

I only started playing in my 3rd year of college (just 10 years ago) and frankly, those games sucked - yet somehow still managed to draw me into the hobby... So I don't have any nostalgic HS D&D game stories.

My current group has started its 4th year this fall - we've lost some people over time to moves and job changes, but it's still going strong, we're currently wrapping up our second long-running campaign and looking ahead to trying Pathfinder for the next one.

 

[Gothmog]

I've had two "golden ages":

From 1988-1995 was the first one. We were playing AD&D 2e (which I still have a big soft spot for), and I had the best group I've probably ever had. It started when I got into high school, and went through my junior year of college. We had a weekly game from on Saturdays from noon-midnight, everybody got along really well, and we had some of the most interesting, involved, and entertaining adventures I ever experienced. I learned what made a good DM during that time, and what sorts of tricks worked well- and my players couldn't wait for the next session.

The other golden age is currently going on. D&D 4e has reinvigorated my love of the game and fueled my imagination in a way I didn't think was going to ever happen again. I have a really good group now of non-munchkins who are more interested in plot and doing entertaining stuff than pure power. I find myself daydreaming about gaming, plots, ideas, etc again now- something I thought I'd lost over the last 10 years or so from med/grad school and burnout with 3.x. I'm also getting a chance to play again in a D&D 4e game, Spycraft, and Savage Worlds. Life is awesome right now!

 

[Crazy Jerome]

I've had one giant golden age, from the time I started, circa 1981, till now. It's all been good, in its own ways, with the exception of a distinctly "Dross Age" that lasted all of 1985 and spilled over a few months to the years on either side. OTOH, ungolden gaming was the least of my problems during that period.

 

[Arnwyn]

The golden age for our group is right now.

With the advent of things like Adventure Paths and our comfort with the system, the last little while has been among our best gaming years.

 

[The Shaman]

High school, 1980 to 1983.

 

[Knightwind1972]

Right now.

This couldn't be a better time for 3E. I bought a slew of PDFs over the course of the last week at outrageous prices.

I'll miss the companies that are embracing 4E, but Paizo and Green Ronin are absolute gems.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

September 1985 to December 86. Nearly non stop gaming and ignoring college. The second was from 1992 to 2000.....DC Heroes and 2e D&D.... 8 years of nonstop good times.

 

[pawsplay]

1988-1990. I was a young teenager, and I often ran back to back sessions of DC Heroes, Gamma World, and anything else handy all weekend, fueled on Mountain Dew, with players sleeping shifts while people rolled up new characters. "Give me thirty minutes," became my rallying cry as a fledgling GM. It was also around that time I became fascinated with out-of-print, vintage games, and I never seemed to have enough money to get my little paws on all of them. In particular, it broke my heart when Superworld escaped the local used bookstore in its shrinkwrap; I would not get a chance to peruse it until more than fifteen years later.

 

[Kralin Thornberry]

Mid to late 90s. Back when I didn't have three kids. (Which, I love dearly and wouldn't trade for the world, but they do have a big impact on the gaming schedule).

I have to agree! My wife and 2 kids have a very big impact on my gaming schedule.

 

[pawsplay]

I have to agree! My wife and 2 kids have a very big impact on my gaming schedule.

Me four.