How long have you been gaming?

Natasha · September 30, 2015, 08:31:51 PM

Hi everyone,

I am new here and I was curious how long everyone has been gaming. For me, I have only been gaming for two years. I started playing Savage Worlds and a couple other games.

Right now the game I am playing the majority of the time is D&D 5th edition

Brad J. Murray · September 30, 2015, 08:34:59 PM

Quote from: Natasha;858391Hi everyone,

I am new here and I was curious how long everyone has been gaming. For me, I have only been gaming for two years. I started playing Savage Worlds and a couple other games.

Right now the game I am playing the majority of the time is D&D 5th edition

39 years I think. Holy crap can that be right? I'm officially old.

Natasha · September 30, 2015, 08:36:14 PM

Quote from: Brad J. Murray;85839239 years I think. Holy crap can that be right? I'm officially old.

Wow, you have been gaming much longer than I have been alive. That's a long time to be gaming

cranebump · September 30, 2015, 08:44:38 PM

37 years, with a couple hiatuses thrown in--RED/BLUE BOX.

As If · September 30, 2015, 08:46:40 PM

It was 1977 (38 years ago!) D&D white box set. The GM kept his stuff behind a screen and my first character lasted 15 minutes. Killed by a poison dart in a chest I tried to open. I went home that night with practically zero understanding of the rules, and designed my first roleplaying game. :-)

Natasha · September 30, 2015, 08:50:42 PM

Something tells me I might be the youngest person on this site

crkrueger · September 30, 2015, 08:53:24 PM

Someone has to be, it's no big deal. Old Geezer (Gronan of Simmerya) is older than dirt and we have a couple more codgers in that range. But we also have twenty-somethings.

Just Another Snake Cult · September 30, 2015, 09:10:47 PM

Since 1981. The "Bad kid" in 5th grade got me into it with the (Then new) Moldvay-Cook Basic D&D set.

Piestrio · September 30, 2015, 09:11:55 PM

About 20 years now.

I love when this question gets asked because I get to feel young for once

Necrozius · September 30, 2015, 09:13:39 PM

Since high school so... 15 years or so? I'm approaching mid-thirties (holy crap is that depressing).

Emperor Norton · September 30, 2015, 09:15:36 PM

I've been playing for about 25 years. I'm not that old though, I started playing when I was 6.

Gronan of Simmerya · September 30, 2015, 09:32:19 PM

I started miniatures wargaming in 1970 or 1971, and in 1972 I started playing "Greyhawk," which is what we called Gary's D&D game before publication.

JamesV · September 30, 2015, 09:35:19 PM

Similar to Emperor Norton, I was exposed to RPG when I was quite young, but I really didn't play frequently until high school, and not steadily until college back in '97.

Aside from running some D&D 5e, I've actually had to lay low this year, but I plan to break the drought this weekend.

RandallS · September 30, 2015, 09:40:37 PM

Quote from: Natasha;858391I am new here and I was curious how long everyone has been gaming. For me, I have only been gaming for two years. I started playing Savage Worlds and a couple other games.

RPGs? Just about 40 years. I started playing D&D in 1975. I had played wargames (both board and minis) for 4-5 years before that.

Bren · September 30, 2015, 09:45:17 PM

Started with the ttle brown books in a box (OD&D) in 1974.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;858406I started miniatures wargaming in 1970 or 1971, and in 1972 I started playing "Greyhawk," which is what we called Gary's D&D game before publication.

And now I feel young again.

Oh wait, I started playing board games and miniatures before D&D, about 1971. Now I feel all grown up again.