1988 in games

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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1988. For video games, see 1988 in video gaming.

Games invented or released in 1988

• 2300 AD (role-playing game)
• Abalone
• Ad Astra (role-playing game)
• Barbarossa
• Buck Rogers - Battle for the 25th Century
• Cyberpunk 2013 (role-playing game)
• Dirty Minds
• Free Parking
• Girl Talk
• Fun House
• Kremlin
• Macho Women with Guns (role-playing game)
• Merchant of Venus
• Ninjas and Superspies (role-playing game)
• Scattergories
• Sky Galleons of Mars
• Space: 1889 (role-playing game)

Game awards given in 1988

• Spiel des Jahres: Barbarossa

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
August 27	Kerry Lloyd	46	RPG designer, founder of Gamelords
August 29	David A. Hargrave	42	RPG designer, inventor of Arduin

See also

• 1988 in video gaming