Works for me, Marshall. Can you start it or shall I? (Better you, I think, since I have no idea what I would need to do heh)

Hmmm. An empire just for Geezers.

How about the Depends Dominion? For when you truly, absolutely can't wait...

Hydro

I loved those games.

When Curse of the Azure Bonds came out I was in a software store looking at the box cover and a salesman who was very familiar with my buying habits noticed me looking at it and said "I thought you'd like that one!"

im 57 married 23 years!im a kept man so i guess you could say im semi-retired i started out on the vic 20 and i had the first quote portable computer the osborne my wife plays some computer games but is not a like myself addicted to games i prefer turn based strategy games i play many other types of computer games . i do not spend near enough time gaming as i do acrylic and watercolor painting and far too many other projects. we will play on one of my old computers merchant prince against each other. im still fond of games made by a company called qqp such as grandest fleet,lost admiral etc.remember lode runner fondly.the bard series.As far as gc2 i like the gigantic maps but am going to have to go to a smaller size as the ctd's are taking away my enjoyment.i enjoy board games but no longer know anyone who plays. in the early ninties i had my own computer and board game store a dream come true but alas had to give it up.

At 53 I'm older than most but younger than some, a nice middle of the road place to be. My wife of 33 years is not a gamer but she does watch the whole My Space, Facebook, etc. world where our children reside and keeps us both informed as to what is happening in their world.

My son is a big-time World of Warcraft player. So much so that we have to threaten him occasionally to keep him in the general vicinity of reality. He is getting better now that he has finally gotten a girlfriend that's worth having. He's 19 and on summer break from his 1st year at college.

My daughter likes to play Downhill Domination and ... the dancing one ... having a senior moment and too lazy to look it up. She is 18 and still trying to decide what her life is going to be about.

First computer game was playing the old Star Trek, ascii-text thriller on a college main frame back in the 70's. Favorite quarter-eater? Gosh! Too many choices. Sucked at most of them anyway so it really doesn't matter. My bride and I spent many an hour in the arcade during our later childhood/early marriage years. (Do the math. I was 20 and she was 17 - just kids) Also, played a lot of the SPI board games during the 70's. Just couldn't get enough of the hex maps and cardboard counters. PanzerGruppe Guderian probably being one of my favorites, although I did play a lot of Outreach as well.

Currently, I play GalCivII:DL and Victoria a lot. I own a ton of games and have that cursed habit of hording games I know I'll never play again, like the DOS versions of High Command and Third Reich; but that's why I bought a house ... to store my "stuff".

Currently looking to get a bigger house.

Playing time right now is very random due to real life concerns, like house-hunting and shopping for a pickup truck to replace my worn-out Escort wagon. I usually manage to get at least 6 hours a week of play under my belt. Usually more than that, but at least that many.

TBS is my favorite game-style due to worn out reflexes and poor eye-hand coordination, and the fact that I find RTS and shooters to be rather repetitively boring.

Most played computer game was Stars! I played it single-player and PBEM for years before I finally moved on. I was thoroughly thrilled with I finally discovered GalCiv last year.

Scarlett, you sound like you're my clone: 36, living alone with two cats, taught myself BASIC in high school, started gaming with the lovely C64. Never bothered with Linux, though -- I would if it were more gamer-friendly, as I really dislike having to run Windows. Especially WinME, heh.

Please consider joining our empire for older players, if you're interested. I guess it was in this thread that I came up with the idea for it, but I'm happy to report that the Gerontocracy is now alive and kicking (albeit using a walker). You can read more by following the link in the banner below.

Funny, I'm actually playing a game of Nethack right now. You are my clone. This is starting to frighten me a little.



Well, it's a metaverse empire, so submitting games is sort of expected, though not really mandatory. We don't take it all that seriously, though, and most of us suck anyway, so don't worry about getting top scores.

Me, I just like having the colourful medals underneath my posts. I should have the racial victory one this week... shiny!

Evening, all!
I am 40, female, and really enjoy GalCiv DA.
Galaga and Centipede were my favorite quarter munchers. I also played Pong on our Atari.
The first computer I ever used was a Commodore 64. I had a text-based Dracula game that I played for hours. It was incumbent upon the player to stay oriented within the story and spatially in one’s head as virtual darkness fell. The objective was to get certain articles throughout a house that could then be used to defeat Dracula.
I really liked it and like text based games. I like TB games best, I think. RT’s are okay, and I am really looking forward to trying out Sins of a Solar Empire. I’m downloading it now.
I didn’t actually play games for years and years, so I am actually a bit new to all the gaming stuff.
Caio!

I am 58 so I am enjoying life. Play GCII a lot. Not posted any games yet. Have not won yet either.

I'm 55. I played Galactic Civilizations for several hours after work each day (and slightly more on weekends) from the OS/2 days to maybe six months to a year past the release of GC2 Dread Lords (of which I was a beta and gamma tester). While I purchased Dark Avatar and played it a while, I didn't really get back into GC2 until TA came out and I was intrigued by the different racial tech trees.

My wife does get annoyed at times with the amount of time I spend on GC2, but she spends a lot of time playing puzzle games (Everett Kaiser's shareware games, mostly), so she can't complain too much.

I never spent much time plugging quarters into machines - maybe I was already too old for that when they came out. I remember spending hours after work (about 1979-1980) playing the original Adventure (Colossal Cave) on the mainframe, and then spending a lot of time with games on the old original IBM PC in the early 1980s (I still miss those old Sierra adventure games).

I gave RTS games a try, and enjoyed those I tried, but these old wrists can't spend much time anymore clicking, clicking, and clicking without a rest. So I prefer TBS where I can find them.

i am 30 next year. Can i be counted.

I don't think there is something like a guild, but this forum is swarming with players that can answer all (or most) of your questions. Funny that as i say that i see you posted 6 days ago. Most questions you have will be answered promptly if it says something in the subject about needing info.

So feel free to post all of your questions right here. I still get surprised sometimes about something i didn't know about this game.