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Am i the oldest Dakka user at 41?

I'm hardly a spring chicken at 28

25! Maybe the oldest dakka user but Ive played guys that were older then 41 lol.

Sorry Tony, I'm 49. Unless you plan on getting caught in a tempoaral Warp strom, there's no way you can catch up.

the oldest is 59.

Who's 59?

look at the dakka dicussions age graph thread.

At 41 you're still a toddler!The real test is when you hit
43!Still got my own teeth,mind I'm getting four of
them crowned soon...Also I can still vaguely remember
whole sections of the 40k rulebook!Also I have soup
every day and a nice lie down in the afternoon....

I where pajamas in the daytime

Yeah!!! I'm only 40!!! I never thought I'd get to say that!!!

He's not on Dakka, but my Grandpa read Eisenhorn and liked it at 79.

lifeafter wrote:He's not on Dakka, but my Grandpa read Eisenhorn and liked it at 79.

lolz that's brilliant

lifeafter wrote:He's not on Dakka, but my Grandpa read Eisenhorn and liked it at 79.

you should have put this in the Lame to Fame thread that was in 'off topic' a while ago

haha, sorry I guess I missed it...

I'm 39...one more year til the big 4-0,Hmmmm I wonder if I'll give up 40K and use the money to finance a convertable.

FITZZ wrote: I'm 39...one more year til the big 4-0,Hmmmm I wonder if I'll give up 40K and use the money to finance a convertable.

Sell the convertible and finance more armies.

FITZZ wrote: I'm 39...one more year til the big 4-0,Hmmmm I wonder if I'll give up 40K and use the money to finance a convertable.

Do you have any idea how much miniatures stuff you can get for the down payment on that car??

I'm 30 here.

I'm very curious about how this all is going to turn out. I always assumed that I'd stop a lot of this when I eventually get married and have children, but I've noticed many people on this board, older than me, in that very situation, and if anything some of them are more "serious" about the hobby than I am. Up until I started again after a long hiatus, I'd say that most of the people I played, outside of a peer group of gamers my age I played with a lot, were older than I was, and I was in my early-mid 20s then. Certainly when I started when I was 16 almost everyone at the store was older than I was, some of them at least twice my age. It only follows that it is possible that at least a few are still playing. Still on the subject of games, I've read various figures that claim your average MMO player is in their 30s.

I would go so far as to speculate that the post-boomer generations are going to be a "gamier" generation than those previous. In the grand scheme of things, miniatures is still a youngster's hobby ( At least warhammer, if you look at historicals by themselves, I would argue that one with you). These days, 40 years old is not old at all, in fact, I would still consider 40 year old people in good physical condition to be young people, relatively. I, for one, see no reason to discontinue doing something that gives me so much enjoyment at any time in the near future. I have projects involving miniatures that are going on right now that could easily be extended two or three years from now. I see no more reason to discontinue that than, say, downhill skiing, which could certainly be construed as a " young man's game" at some level.

Of course, perhaps this is all a matter of perspective. If you look at the concept of playing games in general, I believe that all age groups probably play games. If you go in a casino, look around you and count how many people look to be of retirement age or older. I bet you'll see a significant chunk of the population there, particularly if you go on a weekday, that is older. I would also, though I have nothing to back this up other than intuition, bet that casual or video arcade style video games have quite a few people playing them who are no longer in the "core demographic" for video games. Witness the success of the Nintendo Wii. I can tell you my father, who is 62 and in semi retirement, is currently obsessed with a PC brick-out type game right now. So perhaps, it is merely that miniatures is a generational thing, not an age thing

The good Chaplain Grabthar is 28, and creeping slowly to obsolescence.

I'm married with a child.

I gave up wargaming for several years after marrying because the tempo of life changes. If your wargaming buddies aren't married, you're less likely to see them socially. Things change even more once children come along, because then your social circle tends to be married couples with young children.

However, as the children get older, life doesn't centre around them so much and wargaming can come back into the picture. That's how it worked for me anyway.

I'm 42, but some days I feel like I'm 100, then something like the plastic Stompa is released and I turn into a kid again. A kid liberally slathered in ben-gay and full of allergy pills, that is.

31.

Feel like I'm 50.

Act like I'm 12.

Holy Sh**.

You guys are all ancient. I'm only 17.

Nofasse 'Eadhunta wrote:Holy Sh**.

You guys are all ancient. I'm only 17.

Wow. When I was 17 I didn't even know that the wide world of gaming existed. I spent all my time getting into trouble. Now I have occasional flashbacks of those times and wonder why I'm still alive and not in prison. Stick to the toy soldiers, it's waaay better for your mental health.

I'm 40 and married. No kids (we can't have them), but no regrets.

Can't remember being 17 and playing 40k (oh yeah, it was battletech back then because 40k DIDN'T YET EXIST).

No need for me to sell my stuff to buy a sportscar - I can't drive anyway, and I don't need the "compensation".

40 years old with no plans to grow up! Got plans to play games well in to the future, also bought my 2nd Gears of War action figure the other week (Augustus Cole)! Now have Markus and the Cole train on my desk at work, with plans to get the rest of the gang

God, i feel so little now, im 16, and have no plans to stop wargamming

Wolfstan wrote:40 years old with no plans to grow up! Got plans to play games well in to the future, also bought my 2nd Gears of War action figure the other week (Augustus Cole)! Now have Markus and the Cole train on my desk at work, with plans to get the rest of the gang

haha I'm glad I read this, means I'm not the oldest person to actually purchase those models :p I'm only 23 and my sister questions why I still have "toys"


..I tell her it's because they're awesome.

WarlordGaz wrote:

Wolfstan wrote:40 years old with no plans to grow up! Got plans to play games well in to the future, also bought my 2nd Gears of War action figure the other week (Augustus Cole)! Now have Markus and the Cole train on my desk at work, with plans to get the rest of the gang

haha I'm glad I read this, means I'm not the oldest person to actually purchase those models :p I'm only 23 and my sister questions why I still have "toys"


..I tell her it's because they're awesome.

Ask her why is she keeping old clothes from years back, that will only fit her if she gets a few inches shorter (most girls do it), then she will live you alone.

I'm 13 but people say I act like I'm 30, apparently I'm the only kid in my school who can have an intelligent discussion about politics

16 Babyyy!!
Whoop whoop xD!!
And already have 4 armies under the good old belt...
YES!!! xD!!