[Rq-rules] Been gaming a while!

[Wayne Shaw]

At 06:09 PM 3/1/2008, you wrote:
>Paul Cardwell wrote:
>>--- Anders Swenson <anders at california.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:42:31 -0600
>>>  Styopa <styopa1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>Maybe it's just a jaded 40-year old gamer talking
>>>(wow, have I really been
>>>>'gaming' for 30 years?
>>>[snip]
>>>
>>>So have I, but I started when I was a little older.
>>>Lots moe time for gaming
>>>when you're retired!
>>>
>>>--Anders
>>I haven't quite had 30 years (but close) because I was
>>turned off by the arbitrary restrictions and acres of
>>charts of D&D then.  I didn't get into RPG until 1982
>>when I discovered RuneQuest.  On the other hand, I
>>will be 75 near the end of April.  Any antiques out
>>there who beat that (there are bound to be).
>>Paul Cardwell
>
>I started in 1977 with Original "White Box" D&D. So I guess that 
>puts me at 30+ years in this stuff.
>
>Discovered RQ in '79 or so, and never looked back.

I started in '75, but I was only 18 at the time, so it doesn't put me 
in the actual age category of our more venerable posters, though I'm 
not uncompareable in age-in-hobby.