Boardgames To Go 254 - Officially Old?

Opener: I encourage listeners to join me at the OG guild's online game convention, OG Fest: Maispiele

Within the last month I turned 60. Does that make me old? Officially? Whether it does or not, I'm still playing games. Which is what I discuss in this episode--what it's like to turn 60 in this hobby, as well as reflecting on what it was like when I turned 50, 40, 30, 20, 10...and even 0! Those were all personal milestones in some way--what did it mean for me as a gamer?

In getting ready for this episode, I realized I kept thinking about time in three major ways:
• When I turned another milestone age (60, 30, whatever, and how old my kids were then)
• How long I'd been in the hobby at that point
• What the calendar date was, and what important things were happening in the hobby then (game releases, websites, the larger culture, etc.)

It was an interesting exercise, thinking about all those things. Is my journey through life as a gamer anything like yours? Finally, I thought a little into the future--what will things be like for me as a gamer when I turn 70? I'm sure I'll still be playing, but it will be when I'm retired, living a thousand miles away from here. Will I be playing the same games? Going to some of the same conventions? Meeting new people or still focusing on my longtime gamer friends?

-Mark

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