Curious about gamers ages

[Halsey]

54 going on 18...[:D]

Been gaming since 1968.
Started on miniatures, then board gaming, and onto PC's in the 90's.

Actually met Gary Gygax at Gen Con back in 1973.
Anyone ever heard of that late great visonary? [;)]

[V22 Osprey]

17....Been gaming all my life, though I;ve only been a wargamer for about 5 years. My first Board-Wargame was tactics II which an elderly man showed me at an antique shop one day. My first Computer wargame was SPWAW and been playing ever since....

[Northern Star]

about 28... 1st game was WiR, then WitE alpha testing... all my wargaming life is the Eastern Front, I'm not made for naval battles...

[Arctic Blast]

33, been playing since I was around 9 or 10.

[wodin]

I'm 38 been gaming on a PC since 83 which was a BBC B micro 32K. As for boardgames I never really had a liked minded person to play against...owned a few but never played them...except Kingmaker and Car Wars and its two sequels. The beauty of the PC was you didn't need someone else to play against. Sad ain't it??

[NefariousKoel]

ORIGINAL: Dave Briggs

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel


Should I tell you about the first time I lost my virginity or getting arrested? [:D]

Probably both happened at the same time![:D]

Or perhaps it was Cause and Effect.

[Yogi the Great]

ORIGINAL: Halsey

54 going on 18...[:D]

Been gaming since 1968.
Started on miniatures, then board gaming, and onto PC's in the 90's.

Actually met Gary Gygax at Gen Con back in 1973.
Anyone ever heard of that late great visonary? [;)]

Actually, I attended the very first gen con held at the small American Legion building in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Gen Con would then move to UW Parkside which I attended a couple of years and then on to Milwuakee before making the last move to Indiana. I also would go to Gygax's game store in downtown Lake Geneva. Then of course he made it big with Dungeons and Dragons. I was a wargamer though, not a fantasy game fanatic.

[Vasquez]

37 =)

[goodwoodrw]

Good grief I momentarily got forgot how old I was [:D] yes that's it 57 I think [:D]. My first game was Action Stations, on 51/4 inch discs! Still one of the best wargames I've played. I would love a remake.

[06 Maestro]

Over 50 but well under 60. Started with A/H about 1968. Prior to that I also was playing some MB games such as Broadside-I had forgotten about that until mentioned above. They also had a Civil War game IIRC.

One eye teared up when I read the following. Not that it is sad, but rather funny and telling at the same time. I had Tactics too, not two.

ORIGINAL: V22 Osprey
My first Board-Wargame was tactics II which an elderly man showed me at an antique shop one day.

[Halsey]

ORIGINAL: Yogi the Great

ORIGINAL: Halsey

54 going on 18...[:D]

Been gaming since 1968.
Started on miniatures, then board gaming, and onto PC's in the 90's.

Actually met Gary Gygax at Gen Con back in 1973.
Anyone ever heard of that late great visonary? [;)]

Actually, I attended the very first gen con held at the small American Legion building in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Gen Con would then move to UW Parkside which I attended a couple of years and then on to Milwuakee before making the last move to Indiana. I also would go to Gygax's game store in downtown Lake Geneva. Then of course he made it big with Dungeons and Dragons. I was a wargamer though, not a fantasy game fanatic.

I tried all the genres, wargamming was the most satisfying though.

We probably crossed paths then.
I was really into British Colonial Miniatures back then.[;)]

I remember sneaking into a bar downtown at night, I was underage at the time.
Then a friend and I went to a movie theatre and saw "Fritz the Cat".[:D]

[Nomad]

63 last year. Started in 1969 with an introduction to Napoleonic Miniatures followed right after with the orginal WiR( Called War in the East ) that was played on a 4 piece map. I think my first computer war game was tigers in the Snow, that was a hybrid game. It was for the TRS-80, came on cassette tape and had a game board and cardboard pieces. The computer took care of sighting rules and combat. I have played many a board wargame in the past, from a number of different companies and some home designs.

[Brigz]

Hey Nomad. Who is that in your avatar...Heddy Lamar? The most beautiful women ever were in the 40's and 50's.

[bigred]

ORIGINAL: Yogi the Great

59 - started at about 10 years old or so when my oldest brother wanted to play a board game he bought and was hard up to find somone to play against. I won and was hooked at that point. I purchased almost every Avalon Hill title after that for quite a few years.

Hence the signature below I often attach to my postings.

Did your brother keep playing?

[bigred]

ORIGINAL: Halsey

54 going on 18...[:D]

Been gaming since 1968.
Started on miniatures, then board gaming, and onto PC's in the 90's.

Actually met Gary Gygax at Gen Con back in 1973.
Anyone ever heard of that late great visonary? [;)]

I did not meet Gygax at Gencon but I did sneek into the playboy club resort at Lake Geneva when I was 19.
But I want to know why you picked 1st rangers as your avatar?

[martok]

I'm 33, going on 12. [:'(]

Depending on what you define as wargames, I've been wargaming since I was either 16 (when I discovered Risk and BattleTech) or 24 (when I discovered Axis & Allies and Twilight Imperium). That being said, I'm probably more a general strategy gamer than a true wargamer, but I enjoy both kinds of games.

[Nomad]

ORIGINAL: Dave Briggs

Hey Nomad. Who is that in your avatar...Heddy Lamar? The most beautiful women ever were in the 40's and 50's.

Donna Reed.

[vonRocko]

46! Started with Kriegspiel, Blitzkrieg, Afrika Korp, Waterloo and Battle of the Bulge.[:'(]

[D.Ilse]

almost 30, been PC wargaming since DOS/WIN 3.1 that I remember really well..before that Flight Sims of WWII were my thing...Panzer general, Steel Panthers, I remember very well..Iron Storm on the Sega Saturn, kinda like PG, but with the choice of US,Germany or Japan with alternate historical paths...first game I clearly remember buying myself at Waldensoft was Close Combat 2. although I had gotten CC1 before that, which I even remember PCgamer(I think) writing up a early review of as PC's ASL. I thought CC1 was great...then CC2 blew me away..sadly the rest, 3-5 pretty much sucked bitter lemons in comparison.

Also did Tabletop(esp ASL and several others) since 14 or so.

Starting modeling in 1/72 aircraft at 11 or 12(Airfix's Arado 196A-3 was my first serious kit I built), and 1/35 armour at 16 with DML's Jagdtiger being my first

[Titanwarrior89]

60 years old. Started wargaming in 78'. my first game I bought was squad leader but the first one I learned was the Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich.