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¿Question #4139?
skelebone: Does it seem silly to you that some game companies put an upper age threshold on their games (e.g. 8-88)?

ocdspectrum: Yes. As if that would dissuade someone. Agists.....smh...
PaulRadagast: No.
AFABBI: Have you ever tried to play a game of twister with a 90 year old?
Woelf: Some game designers fear the phrase "and up"
djgutierrez77: Not at all! I don't want to be gaming with some 90 year old. Ewww...getting his *old* all over everything. Gross.
Felimid: Not really. Just as long as they don't think that wargames are only for either pre-teens or post-teens.
Septic: Yes. Although I am not as optimistic as to my lifespan as my wife is.
forthur: Yes. Unless you're talking about Twister. Or real kids games.
Carcagarbage: My grandpa forgot he cares
jeffwolfe: Yes.
Phil Fleischmann: Sorry grampa, you can't play this game anymore.
aleo09: it's silly
Boot2daHead: Some games just have too much excitement for elderly hearts to safely manage.
Aldie: yes - im sure once we reach clinical immortality it will seem very silly.
Capitaine Grappin: Yes
georgeandpeggy: no
Grubsnatcher: Not really, most games that do it in the first place are silly.
ZiggyZambo: No. You ever play a game w/ an 89 year old? It takes forever!
blindspot: It seems cutesy.
WonderLlama: Yes.
Kirin_9JG54: yes
MotUfan: Yes, it is silly, so is asking or answering questions on here.
atrium: Very silly. I wonder how this idea started?
Thundergoat: lol, yes
kpetzing: Yes. What, the 89 year old can't play?
TheArchAngel: yes
DHEK: Yeah, that upper limit is silly all right.
jkono: For some, yes. For others (e.g. Candy Land), not so much.
fenwic: Yes.
nerotora: Yeap. I actually intend to continue playing boardgames after 88, if alive and if I still have my vision, and if my friends are alive.... oh I got depressed!
pitferret: Yes.
tipigi: yep
Fenchurch: Yes. What are they trying to say? Their game is too intense for 89 year olds?
vampywife: i think it's cute, it gives us adults "permission" to play some kid-type games.
Avatar_69: Yes. Marketing people are often very silly
TaliaIsabelle: nope
Big Bad Lex: Its more silly to notice
Nekura: No. Screw old people...
Shinan: Aye
Salt-Man Z: Definitely.
Platinum Dragon: Yes. Yes it does.
bigbadsteve: yeah, especially when its an age like 88, since a lot of people will reach that age
korppu: Who cares?
fFish: whimsical, perhaps.
_Kael_: Yes. Tried to play a game with my grandpa and nephew, resp. 90 and 7. They both refused.
Loquutus: Must refrain... from... making fun... of... old people...
djlg: Only for low-impact board and card games. Upper age limits are total appropriate for "Xtreme High-Jinks Twister".
arkibet: no
meshuggener: It might be too strenuous for the old.
POvidiusNaso: Yes. America here shows (abnormal) common sense: "Ages 8 and Up."
Steve Leach: yes
ZombyDawg: No, but it will piss me off when I reach 89 and have to sell them.
brainrob: Yes
Numskull: Very much so.
Gecko23: Its the marketers who do that bit, everything they do is silly.
beakermyers: Until you try playing with some decrepit 91 year old.
GuyHill: yes. They could just as well say 8+
Toxidyne: If they are going to put an upper age, it should be somthing like 150.
BaSL: Yes. My grandmother could never play the 8-80 games, because it said so on the (mostly MB) box. She played anyway; MB never noticed.
jttm: Nope
CortexBomb: I guess, I've never really thought about it
CDRodeffer: Yeah, that is silly.
Lord_Prussian: yes
puffinge: Soon I won't be able to play those games. It does seem silly though.
chaddyboy_2000: I guess I never thought much of it.
Spielfreak: Yes, it's a silly gimmick.
sos1: Yes
skelebone: Well, of course it seems silly to me, but then again, how many 88-year-olds are up for a game of Tikal?