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Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:52 pm
by richfed
67 in a month and a half -- I might be the oldest geezer here. Please say that I am not. Grew up playing Avalon Hill board games. Been with Ageod since Birth of America was released.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:02 am
by Fouche
Well by the month of June I will be all but 70 years old. Weaned on Afrika Korps and Tactics II of Avalon Hill as a youngster....bought and painted my Napoleonic troops of the Bavarian Army using first Charge! Or How To Play War Games and then Column, Line, and Square rules.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:32 am
by Random
64 this year. Started wargaming in 1968 with Avalon Hill's Jutland and 1914 and still have both games complete. First computer game was Computer Harpoon in 1989 on a state of the art DOS 386DX-25.
-C
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:47 am
by Taillebois
64
I found a reference to Bish Iwaszko who I played modern wargames with - he was something of a guru in London in 1968:
http://vintagewargaming.blogspot.com/se ... %20Iwaszko
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 5:41 pm
by Pocus
Wow, such young blood!
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:40 pm
by lodilefty
69 this summer....
The older I get, the better I was......
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:08 pm
by richfed
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:53 am
by Pocus
lodilefty wrote:69 this summer....
The older I get, the better I was......
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 12:36 am
by w_michael
64 years young.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:06 pm
by Leibst
48 here, below the median I guess
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:32 pm
by Ebbingford
55 now.
Feel quite young on this page though
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:37 am
by KamovHelix
29...
I have a feeling I'm always into older people's hobbies. No matter whether I'm playing wargames, collecting militaria, building models or reading, I've never stopped feeling like I felt when I was a kid and was playing Aces over Europe and Total Annihilation with my father and his friends
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:13 pm
by Hobbes
KamovHelix wrote:29...
I have a feeling I'm always into older people's hobbies. No matter whether I'm playing wargames, collecting militaria, building models or reading, I've never stopped feeling like I felt when I was a kid and was playing Aces over Europe and Total Annihilation with my father and his friends
I'm actually surprised you are old enough to remember Total Annihilation! The world needs people like you.
P.S. 55 here soon to be 56.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 11:29 am
by Boomer
I'll be 41 next week. Gettin' too old, even for video games. 41 is too young to be old, and too old to be young.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:46 pm
by Pocus
At 41 you are DEFINITIVELY NOT TOO OLD for video games, what is this nonsense!! What will you do when you retire?? No, video games are the future for all old people!
Don't forget to do some sport each week though. Your body is your capital, don't waste it.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:41 pm
by Boomer
Pocus wrote:At 41 you are DEFINITIVELY NOT TOO OLD for video games, what is this nonsense!! What will you do when you retire?? No, video games are the future for all old people!
Don't forget to do some sport each week though. Your body is your capital, don't waste it.
I'm blue collar, so I'll probably never retire and will end up dying on the job. However, I'll do my best to keel over while playing my last campaign of Civil War II, whiskey bottle next to my keyboard.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:31 pm
by Nikel
Boomer wrote:...while playing my last campaign of Civil War II, whiskey bottle next to my keyboard.
And a good cigar?
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2019 3:52 pm
by Boomer
Nikel wrote:Boomer wrote:...while playing my last campaign of Civil War II, whiskey bottle next to my keyboard.
And a good cigar?
Sadly, no. Gave up tobacc'y two years ago (saw too many smokers go down from lung and heart problems). I'll just have to spare those parts and put a bullseye on my liver instead. It doesn't make sense, but hey, we're only human.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:47 pm
by RebelYell
40.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:49 pm
by Pocus
Young!
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 2:16 am
by Durk
As this thread keeps being extended I feel more and more a need to share, I was born in time to share Avalon Hills early growth and own all of its most early games which I bought when they said for players 12 years of age and up and I was not yet able to meet that label.
Thus, I still approach computer games as if they were board games. In 1961 when I was 11 my teacher said that in 2005 we would once again have a year which read upside down as does 1961, and sure enough, 2005 has come and gone and I am looking for the next year to flip, so to speak, as I met my most important goal as an 11 year old when will I again be able to reach such a year - so go figure.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:59 am
by RebelYell
Pocus wrote:Young!
I feel young here with you guys but now my back has been killing me for a few days so dont feel very young.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:03 am
by RebelYell
Durk wrote:As this thread keeps being extended I feel more and more a need to share, I was born in time to share Avalon Hills early growth and own all of its most early games which I bought when they said for players 12 years of age and up and I was not yet able to meet that label.
Thus, I still approach computer games as if they were board games. In 1961 when I was 11 my teacher said that in 2005 we would once again have a year which read upside down as does 1961, and sure enough, 2005 has come and gone and I am looking for the next year to flip, so to speak, as I met my most important goal as an 11 year old when will I again be able to reach such a year - so go figure.
Well the old ageod titles are basically board games and will remain classics, just hope more young people would find them.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:10 am
by Pocus
RebelYell wrote:Pocus wrote:Young!
I feel young here with you guys but now my back has been killing me for a few days so dont feel very young.
I have chronic back pains too. I have one word of advice: Sport.
When I stop doing sport, back pains increases over time rapidly.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:13 am
by RebelYell
Pocus wrote:RebelYell wrote:Pocus wrote:Young!
I feel young here with you guys but now my back has been killing me for a few days so dont feel very young.
I have chronic back pains too. I have one word of advice: Sport.
When I stop doing sport, back pains increases over time rapidly.
I am painting a house today and it seems that it helps but I am also on medication so hard to say.
Do you have problems with your discs or what? I am suspecting I have that as my hands and feet also feel numb and tingling and I supect it is a herniated disc .
Will see the doctor on monday but now trying to heal by staying active.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:47 pm
by Straight Arrow
63
I cut my teeth on AH's 1914 game, then moved on to SPI games. followed by ancient miniatures.
The clouds parted and the sun came out when I discovered Ageod.
Re: How old are you guys ?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:56 pm
by Stratman
RebelYell wrote:Pocus wrote:RebelYell wrote:I feel young here with you guys but now my back has been killing me for a few days so dont feel very young.
I have chronic back pains too. I have one word of advice: Sport.
When I stop doing sport, back pains increases over time rapidly.
Guys, try Tai Chi! A powerfull thing.