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In my 30s, and started playing in my 30s.
Most of the people I game with at flgs are my age or older. The folks that I worked with that got me started were in their 20s.

JohnHwangDD wrote:Me and my group are 30+. Some 40+.

But being responsible adults, we play a lot less often than the 20-somethings.

lol I'm below 20 and I think the most I play is like...wait... wow...haven't played in like one or two years.
But I still buy miniatures and pretend I know things,so its all good.

People in their 30s and 40s who still play the game need to move over and let the younger generation have its time in the sun. Don't you people have lives?

35 here. My regular gaming group are all between 30-40 too.

The younger generation can't afford their time in the sun - you have to be in your 30's in order to buy an army - or have mommy buy one for you.

26 here. We've got a younger club that plays a lot, and a vets club that plays less. Both have naught but scorn for the other.

33 and still addicted.

Gach you people are so old.

Many in the group I play with are 30+, although some of us, including myself, have moved over to Privateer Press.

I play both GW a PP. Comparatively I enjoy PP more but GW fills a niche also.

Currently I am 33 going on 14 except I shower! lol

I'm 50, oops, guess that doesn't count.....

jfrazell wrote: Gach you people are so old.

Run along and play with your little toy soldiers, there's a good (?) lad.

The grown ups are talking.

It's because of us older players that GW brought out Apocalypse. So that we could use our already existing Huuuuge armies, not so that you young whippersnappers can go out and buy up new armies that you'll never hope to paint up before you get to OUR age.

It's because of us that you young'uns can get to appreciate the joys of the Vortex grenade (bud, sadly, will probably never know the joys of the virus bomb.).

akira5665 wrote:
Entertainment that DOES NOT require a computer/console.....

He said, posting on a forum...
I'm in my late 20's and with any luck I'll be gaming for a good long time to come.

@Doctor Optimal- I also sell Computers and such to Schools around Australia.

Ironic, isn't it?

Also, when I don't have a 6' x 4' table in front of me, with little plastic/pewter mini's, and an opponent, Dakka is the next, best thing.

*waves*

Hey! Old guys!

I'm getting up there in years myself at 22, having played 40k since I was 14. Now I mostly play Flames of War and dabble in Hordes, Urban War, DBA and that sort of stuff. That said, most of the guys I play FOW with also have 40k or PP armies, and most of the guys I play with are 20 or 30+. When I go play in tournaments I see a lot of guys who are in their 40s and 50s.

Obviously with historicals there is more of a tendency for older players, but there are certainly a significant portion in their 20s as well.

I don't think it's weird at all to be playing at any age. Wargaming is a good hobby that lets you express yourself creatively, socialize with others with similar interests, and compete. If you're still enjoying it, you should still be doing it, and that's the bottom line.

Personally, although I've suffered burn-out before, and I'm sure I'll go through "dry spells" again, I don't plan on ever quitting the hobby completely. I'm already looking forward to retiring so I can have the time to play banjo in the comfort of my rocking chair, drink dark beer and eat pretzels, and paint 1 to 1 battalions of shako-wearing infantry so I can play War of 1812 scenarios.

actually I think im one of the youngest player in the extended network of players that I "regularly" play.

chromedog wrote:

jfrazell wrote: Gach you people are so old.

Run along and play with your little toy soldiers, there's a good (?) lad.

The grown ups are talking.

It's because of us older players that GW brought out Apocalypse. So that we could use our already existing Huuuuge armies, not so that you young whippersnappers can go out and buy up new armies that you'll never hope to paint up before you get to OUR age.

It's because of us that you young'uns can get to appreciate the joys of the Vortex grenade (bud, sadly, will probably never know the joys of the virus bomb.).

See thats the problem with you old farts. You're living in the past. You need to move on and stop talking about your space wolves with army commander on combat drugs, assassin with vortex grenade, solfguard scout with stasis grenade, speeders that popped up and allied farseers. Really, just because one of your best games was channeling an entire nid force through smoke bombs into waiting terminators with str10 A cannons, doesn't mean you have to bore everyone else with it. Next thing you know, you'll pull out your RT era dreadnoughts and inform your opponents that yes, this model is older than you are

I've been informed that I will be shortly celebrating the 18 anniversary of my 21st drunkfest. Yee ha.

I don't think anyone I game with is under 30.

35 here. Several group members also in 30s, with a a few in late 20s and one early 20s.

I'm in my 40s and still play.

However, I have no interest in playing at conventions and the only people keeping me in the game (40K) are pre-20s.

I'm an interesting alchemy of "You're as young as you feel" plus "Get off my lawn!"

malfred wrote:I turn 30 this year.

And he's still one of the youngest in the gaming group we've got going here (not that Felix would ever demean himself to play 40K with us)- I'm 33 myself.

36 and my group are all around the same age.

Most of my gaming group is in their 30's and 40's, except for me, I'm going on 26.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

I'm a bit shy of the 30 mark (28) but I started as one of "those kids" back in the Rogue Trader Era and have stuck with the game ever since. There have been some periods where I played less than others but I have all the rule books and I still play.

47 next month. Still going strong. I play 40k, BFG, Epic and an occasional game of Blood Bowl.

jfrazell wrote:People in their 30s and 40s who still play the game need to move over and let the younger generation have its time in the sun. Don't you people have lives?

No, we have women and children we desperately want to get the hell away from.

I turn 30 next week and plan on having an apocalypse party. Every one in my group is either older than myself with kids, or 21 and under and still live with mama. I'm sort of the middle man.

Most of the players I meet are 30+, or under 12, its the 16-30 range where there are few players, at-least in my experience.

Whitescar wrote:41 playing since RT

And happy birthday to you sir!

As Whitescar noted, most of the local players are in their mid 20s-mid 40s. That I've met, anyway.

Green Blow Fly wrote:I am in my early 50s and still play. It is great to be around young people!

: )

G

I'd rather be around young women of legal age...

If I wasn't married...

Phoenix wrote:I'm a bit shy of the 30 mark (28) but I started as one of "those kids" back in the Rogue Trader Era and have stuck with the game ever since. There have been some periods where I played less than others but I have all the rule books and I still play.

Geezus!! Rogue Trader was what, 20 or 21 years ago!! You were 7 or 8? Wow...

I'll be hitting 40 at the end of this year (!) and my best friend (and who actually games WFB/40K WAY more than me) is going to hit 40 in June.

They key at this "advanced age" is to get into a good gaming group and stay there!

I'd agree. I played 40k in RT days (and fantasy back then) however the group I was in was too much into power gaming and we all lost interest. Got back into 40k just before 4th ed came out and since then I've have easily spent over 3 grand. That's pound's (£).

The group I'm now part of, however competitive, are a lot more mature and winning isn't eveything!

BTW I'm 34 in June.