I'm not sure I really had a gateway game. I started playing Chess at 4, and moved on to Magic the Gathering at 12. Once that got too expensive to keep up with in college, I shifted over to board games.
The only consideration was the price of magic being unsustainable. I was already playing other games at the time (Fluxx, Risk, Diplomacy). It's not like I played Catan and something "clicked." Like other people.
I'm not sure I really had a gateway game. I started playing Chess at 4, and moved on to Magic the Gathering at 12. Once that got too expensive to keep up with in college, I shifted over to board games.
When you shifted, what game made that happen? I'm assuming not Warhammer ;)
The only consideration was the price of magic being unsustainable. I was already playing other games at the time (Fluxx, Risk, Diplomacy). It's not like I played Catan and something "clicked." Like other people.