"I started playing commercial games in the 19??" Topic

I started playing commercial Board, miniature, RPG, computer games as a hobby in the 19??

30's
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60's
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2000's
2010's
I remember dicing with Romans soldiers on Hadrian's wall.

1968

Early 70's

1974.

1976

Commercial games? As opposed to what? Homegrown?

c.1981. Basic D&D probably first, then shortly after we discovered Avalon Hill.

Though Risk and Stratego before that. Do those count?

1999… I was in grade 9. Still remember rolling up my first GURPS character!

60's

"Commercial games? As opposed to what? Homegrown?"

Something sold, not knocking army men down with rocks then setting them fire game.

Mid '70s. My mother still hopes I'll grow out of it…

80's

Well I played Risk/Stratego before Heroquest/Battlemasters came out and that lead me to real wargaming…

Of course I was playing Candy land when I was like two and that was a commercial game as well. Early 80's depending on what your asking

1960's

1976

1968.

1960's, latter half

70s

Avalon Hill's D-Day 1961

1968, but not "commercial games", rather the rules in Featherstone's books (not purchased, borrowed from the library).

Early 1960s with Avalon Hill's Tactics II.

1977

1970

Late 60's – AH Stalingrad – I will never forget playing the German side for 7 hours only to lose on the last turn to a lucky Russian die roll breaking my encirclement of Moscow. It was too much to bear to ever play it again and went on to other AH/SPI products never looking back.

Another '60s veteran.

Late 60's – AH Stalingrad – I will never forget playing the German side for 7 hours only to lose on the last turn to a lucky Russian die roll breaking my encirclement of Moscow.

How did you make a game of Stalingrad last 7 hours?

1963 if the Civil War game that came in Life magazine counts.

'90s – I represent the part of the hobby that hasn't seen any grey hairs yet :P

1970s with AH's Arab-Israeli War then Metagaming's Melee, Wizard, Ogre, etc. and it's never ceased since.

1980 or 81.

70's, and have played Stalingrad, How did you make it last 7 Hrs?

How did you make a game of Stalingrad last 7 hours?

Drink?

For me early 70's

70's

Stalingrad in this case was played by two pre-pubescent males agonizing over every move determined not to be the loser taking it to the last move on the move track consulting the rules often for some overlooked advantage…eating lunch and wondering what it would be like to be spending that time with a girlfriend…if we had one. Would not have traded that day for any other I had up to that point even that I lost. Wargaming did teach me life lessons about finishing what you start, losing gracefully, respecting your opponent, appreciating the notion of structured rules as well as learning how to think strategically and in the abstract. All of which serves me well today.

Early 1970s

1958

Somewhere in the haze of the 70's.

As a hobby ? About 1976.

35 years.

You get less for murder.

88 . . . Space Hulk and Rogue Trader.

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1959

1975

AH's Blitzkreig in 1972. Panzerblitz shortly thereafter. Of course the Risk/Stratego/Battleship/Broadsides/Hit the Beach/Dogfight games from the '60s

Mike

Early 70s.

Shawn.

Early 70's.

man, we ARE an old group.

80's

1968

1977. Stalingrad, then Arab-Israeli Wars.
Thus the downward spiral commenced…

Hoser

Panzer Leader, 1975 or so. Quickly followed by various AH games, Chainmail, D&D, SpaceQuest, etc.

Rob

70s

80's…

70's if you count Monopoly, Risk etc…