50, am almost young here, lol
for once, I am not the "wild survivor"
first boardgames, J-P defieux napoléon à Austerlitz and AH The Russian Campaign (plus add Diplomacy) - was in 1979, I was 22 then (sigh

) , young and handsome ... ok, forget the handsome
first computer games, must have been some SSI at a friends , on an Apple II , mostly superpowers and russian front (or campaign) , if I remember well - games have improved since, but i'll always remember them - never tried Diplomacy by computer, according to reports, computer played strategically like an erratic noob (just kick the targets in center, and so on ..)