I stick with a 18 and over crowd.
Many of the words that come out of my mouth while playing BT would also get me arrested if spoken in the presence of minors.
Best not to risk it.
Beazle said the above elsewhere, and I've been thinking about it. Rather than derail that thread, I'd like to start one up here.
I rarely cuss. I rarely have alcohol when gaming. I think I could game with kids and their parents would have zero problems. That being said, I think I would give up gaming completely if I had to regularly do it with kids. I have almost no patience or tolerance when they start acting squirrelly, and find no redeeming value to them when they are good. I don't think I could enjoy a gaming session aimed at kids, and they'd not enjoy the type of role playing I like to do. A close friend of mine runs two D&D campaigns in which his 12-year-old participates. He comments that it's a different type of game, much less serious, no real roleplaying, and feature characters named Sir Clanksalot and Tricksey McStabbie. He enjoys it, but it would be torture to me.
Gaming is as much about hanging out with friends as anything else to me. And while in my mind I still think of myself as the 26-year-old grad student at times, the reality is I'm 46, have several degrees, a career, my own house, and have been married 8 years. I don't feel the need to party, stay up past 2AM every weekend, or overindulge. I listen to music from a different era, and have different worries and interests. They treat their phone as more important than the people in front of them, and think I'm weird for not being on Facebook. Our lives have little in common. But, when I go into a gaming store, these are the people I see. Finding players I'd be willing to hang out with after the game is harder each year, and one reason I game so little these days.
Not looking for a solution ("quit being a grouchy old fart" is one obvious solution), just tossing out some observations. How do y'all handle gaming with those much younger or older than yourselves? Do you find a different type of game and group dynamic for each age group? mainly, I thought this may be an interesting discussion.