I'm 41, French, IS consultant in a large investment bank, 3 kids (3,5,8).
Rest of my story is mostly same than Ioticus except I started with AH games then went to AD&D !
Since then I quit boardgaming but have a boatload of computer games accumulated over last 15 years
I'm also an author for Cyberstratege french PC strategy games mag.
My all-time best game is Dom2 (with Combat Mission close second)