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¿Question #4245?
skelebone: Did you come to know that you are a gamer at a young age, or later in life? Did you come to know you are a gamer somewhat recently?

ocdspectrum: Young age.
sprydle1: As long as I can remember I've played and enjoyed boardgames.
teg2: I was born a gamer ;)
matusel3: I came to be a gamer at a young age, starting by playing video games with my brother and friends. It was my social outlet as I didn't enjoy social situations all that much. I still play video games, but became interested in board games later in life as online games(which I love) became the norm. Board games are my new social outlet and I love them.
Woelf: I knew long ago, even though I wasn't familiar with the use of the term "gamer" at the time.
amandab: Since I was a kid I play with my family. About 4 years ago I met some friends who introduced me to this nice world of eurogames.
MensaMaster: i became a gamer the day i threw my first grenade along side Hogan at that nazi train
daveroswell: I was born with a silver pawn in my hand...
Steerpike.Instance: since an early age. it's a DNA thing
Frubgarde: I've been fascinated by boardgames for as long as I can remember.
ricardofo: about 16
gjerde: I have been playing games since the age of three. Already as a young child I noticed that other kids was not quite as avid players, and unlike me did not create games of their own either.
ZeroZilla: I started early, but it wasn't until later that games became my primary form of entertainment.
tonguepaste: Very young
Blott: At a young age, which was a long time ago.
badfish20: Later on in Life...Or maybe earlier...sometime around the middle of the early late years
MikeJoel: Kids are gamers.... Their KIDS
Capitaine Grappin: At young age
Harkonnen13: I was young, it was quite a long time ago.
dogzard: High school
petersjs: I've always loved playing games. My earliest memories are playing Candyland with my sister.
TheKeck: Early in life.
Rockhead: My mother went into labor during a heated game of Gnip-Gnop, so I always felt fated to be a gamer.
Dipmaster: I know it from my youth. But later it become stronger...
DHEK: Yeah I started enjoying boardgames while I was still in primary school.
BengalBoy1980: I learned early
2amp: younger, no it was back in the 70s. i won my first game (gettysburg) in an arcade
Baldrick_713: I came to the conclusion that I was a gamer when I was young
dougpartridge: I always knew.
ZiggyZambo: Somewhat recently, ~age 20
Lord_Piet: I understood that at early age, and those christmases I didnt get a game I was devestated =)
greenpawn: pretty early, around 12
andypalmer: Young Age
Cromaa: I've been a gamer all of my life but took up board games only a few years ago.
vampywife: well, i knew i liked family-type games from a young age, but the "heavier" ones has become a more recent fascination.
dietevil: I have always been a gamer - the type of games just changes
jasta6: as a child of 13.............
Laudwic: I always knew
Helenoftroy: recently actually
brainrob: Younger and no
RyanMC: always been a gamer....
LemonyFresh: Very young age
Bahamut-X: Around 18-19
Csteb: Young age, I played a lot of games as a kid. Lost touch as a teenager, but rediscovered games in college (Acquire really jumpstarted things)
Hossen: I was a gamer at a young age, playing Star Trek Starship tactical combat in the backyard. I somewhat recently became a game collecter though.
bigbadsteve: at a young age, although i didnt play as much for a number of years before getting back into games
fFish: family board games: year 3, D&D year 8, M:TG year 11. AH games year 12. Euros @ 25.
Loquutus: I started playing wargames and historical sims with my father at a young age.
confuse_a_cat: Always. I played Solitaire in the womb.
Cavedog_pdx: I think I was 9 when I decided board games were my favorite pastime.
Tim Synge: The spelling witch.
djlg: Young age. No.
casrina: young age
dabluesman: Young
ZombyDawg: I was about 18 when I formally became a gamer. If I had heard about them earlier I would have started playing then.
ssmooth: I've always liked playing games.
scriptorum: Teenage board gamer, always a computer/video gamer, stopped board gaming for several years, then a resurgance.
Jim_P: Young... I still have games that I was given when I was 8 years old.
puffinge: I loved games as a child, but stopped playing as a teenager, probably because it wasn't cool. Then I saw the error of my ways and resumed again in my twenties.
GrandpaDave: Young
jttm: Yeah, one or the other...
chaddyboy_2000: I think it was my sophomore year of college.
Lord_Prussian: Young age
Spielfreak: Later in life, in college, 20+ years ago.
CDRodeffer: Young.
CortexBomb: Young age, I played kid's games when I was a wee lad, and was a gamer through my teen years to present. The focus has shifted over the years (Board/card to RPG to Video to card to Euro) but I've always been a gamer
skelebone: I have played games for sometime, but only recently came to know that I am a gamer.