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I was just reading some threads where some gamers stated their age. It seems there are a LOT of wargamers in their forties, fifties, and above. I'm 60 and have been wargaming since I was about 11 or 12. That was back when there were only about eight Avalon Hill wargame titles available in the entire world. Not counting Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers, my first game was Tactics II followed quickly by Battle of the Bulge.

So if you don't think it's an invasion of privacy, how old are you and how long have you been wargaming?

No problem with that [:)] There have been topics like this before and I think most of us are 40-50... and counting [:D]

I'm 48, wargamer since the seventies, since the eighties on the consoles and pc.
(Gosh, when I registered I was... sort of, young..., now I'm almost 50, sheesh)

I'm 20 and I've been wargaming (computer only) for about six or seven years. It wasn't until last year that I consider myself to have gotten into more "serious" wargaming (wargames with lots of units and more depth). 

I am 44.....First game I ever got was from my history teacher in my 1st year of high-school....Was a copy of the S&T with South Africa in it. Followed by France '40 and then many more...Gave up board gaming in about 90-92 and restarted roughly after my heart surgery a few years ago. Now I actually have a collection that surpassed the one I had back then......I love EBAY

40 here, and gaming since I was 10 or so.




Goblin

39, tabletop board/wargames and computer gaming since I was a teen in the early-mid 80's.

67 here! Gaming from when Avalon Hill games were sold by 3M. I can't remember what year that was. Probably around 1965....

56, didn't start real wargames until the 90s with computers.

Gonna be 35 this month. [X(]

Been vid gaming since 4. Found RPGs and computers when I was 8. Tabletop wargaming at 10.


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

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

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

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.

49... didn't get into serious board gaming like others as a kid.. played Milton Bradleys Broadsides.. loved that one, think they had a WWI dogfight game.. didn't know about the more serious ones.... in the 80's played Empire on a Vax 11/780.. really enjoyed that.. upgraded to Empire Deluxe on PC when that came out.. used to have Steel Panthers.. Perfect General.. Panzer General Series... enjoy Strategy.. FPS (with friends) some RPG (Fallout3)

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

Gonna be 35 this month. [X(]

BTW...Happy Birthday!

Enjoy being young. The worst thing to happen when you get older is that young ladies start calling you "sir".[:(] I still can't get used to that.

I'll be 36 this year(yikes!!), my first wargames were Battletech in the mid-80's (still play) and The Africa Campaign by Jedko games which I still own.Played Panzer General and X-com on the Playstation in the 90's. I've only been playing wargames on the computer since 2003 when I bought my first PC.

43,started with rpg's in the 80's.Then Squad Leader,Third Reich.First wargame on C-64,"Road to Moscow","Fields of Fire","Knights of the Desert".Just got into pc wargames 3 years ago.

35. gaming for a long time

ORIGINAL: Dave Briggs

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

Gonna be 35 this month. [X(]

BTW...Happy Birthday!

Enjoy being young. The worst thing to happen when you get older is that young ladies start calling you "sir".[:(] I still can't get used to that.

Im 43 and young ladies call me sir. [:(] I still feel down everytime.

I started Star Fleet Battles and Federation and Empire in the early 80s. Does that count?

I went to a store a while back and a cute young gal smiled at me... then held the door for me...

I think I'm out of place with all you old fogies..... jk  jk [:D]

77 years young, started in the late 90's, kids