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[Poll] Gamer age

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« Reply #15 on: <07-18-15/0819:47> »
I am 38 and the youngest in one group as well as the oldest in another
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« Reply #16 on: <07-18-15/1044:19> »
I'm 27(28 tomorrow) and the GM of my current group. My players are all between 22-30 I think (I'm horrible with remembering ages).

Got introduced to the game and world when I was about 20ish, but didn't get to seriously start playing until about 2-3 years ago.
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« Reply #17 on: <07-18-15/1305:58> »
youngest is 14 oldest is 35 out of 2 different groups

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« Reply #18 on: <07-18-15/1502:54> »
45 here. I guess people here will be reasonably old, given how many people seemed to start on early versions of Shadowrun from that poll!

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« Reply #19 on: <07-19-15/1913:19> »
I'm 27(28 tomorrow) and the GM of my current group. My players are all between 22-30 I think (I'm horrible with remembering ages).

Got introduced to the game and world when I was about 20ish, but didn't get to seriously start playing until about 2-3 years ago.

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« Reply #20 on: <07-21-15/0710:35> »
I'm 27(28 tomorrow) and the GM of my current group. My players are all between 22-30 I think (I'm horrible with remembering ages).

Got introduced to the game and world when I was about 20ish, but didn't get to seriously start playing until about 2-3 years ago.

Happy Birthday!!! ;D

Agreed! Sorry for being late though!

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« Reply #21 on: <07-21-15/0949:25> »
With 24 the youngest.

Others are ... lemme think ... I believe 28, 35, 40 and one somewhere between the last two.

When playing you don't really see big differences between the ages of the players. The only difference I see is how long the Players plays RPG's.

However, when it comes to "Off-Topic"-Talk such as other hobbies, movies, music or ... personal stories about the French revolution ... there definitely exists somewhat of a gap between me and the oldest. x) (just for completion *sarcasm*)
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« Reply #22 on: <07-21-15/1002:18> »
With 24 the youngest.

Others are ... lemme think ... I believe 28, 35, 40 and one somewhere between the last two.

When playing you don't really see big differences between the ages of the players. The only difference I see is how long the Players plays RPG's.

However, when it comes to "Off-Topic"-Talk such as other hobbies, movies, music or ... personal stories about the French revolution ... there definitely exists somewhat of a gap between me and the oldest. x) (just for completion *sarcasm*)


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« Reply #23 on: <07-21-15/1028:52> »
I'm 40 and the youngest guy at my table.  The top end is mid-60s.
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« Reply #24 on: <07-21-15/1955:13> »
For Shadowrun, I'm often one of the older people at the table if not the oldest. There were definitely some older folks playing at Origins this year.

My regular Missions games at my FLGS currently run from 18 (just turned) to 51 (me, or will be tomorrow). Other RPG groups at the store those nights (it's a big store, frequently 50+ people on RPG nights) range from high school age to septugenarians. Most of the groups are clustered more closely, but not all.
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« Reply #25 on: <07-22-15/0453:01> »
28 to late 30's in my Shadowrun group.

28 to 53 in my dnd group. True grognard style, we still play 2nd Ed  ;D

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« Reply #26 on: <07-22-15/1227:40> »
True grognard style, we still play 2nd Ed  ;D

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2e DnD was my first love in RPGs, so many fond memories... but the edition had its issues.
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« Reply #27 on: <07-23-15/2229:33> »
Played 1st edition Shadowrun wile still in highschool.  Do the math.  I am a broken down old bastard. 

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« Reply #28 on: <07-24-15/0438:48> »
I'm 38 with a group between 32 and 41.

Without any numbers to back this up I'd say SR probably has an older group of players since many of us have been playing since early editions while younger players often pick up the "new" games. At least it feels like RPGs are having a renaissance with influx of new players playing games I've never heard of.

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« Reply #29 on: <07-24-15/0520:53> »
My group is around 25-35