[Rq-rules] Been gaming a while!

[Tom Cantine]

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On 3-Mar-08, at 9:35 AM, Paul Cardwell wrote:

> My question wasn't how long gamers have been playing -
> I am a comparative newcomer to that.  My question was
> how old the players are.  Despite the stereotype that
> we are all teenagers or undergraduate college
> students, most are in the '30-40s range.  Still I know
> many are far older than that.
>
> CAR-PGa, the RPG research network of which I am Chair,
> averages late '40, and there is one in that group
> older than I (by a year).
>
> Paul Cardwell (75 this April 26)
>
>
> --- Stephen Posey <stephenlposey at earthlink.net> 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.
>>
>> Stephen Posey
>> stephenlposey at earthlink.net
>
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