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1950s in games
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January 01, 2026
See also:
1940s in games
and
1960s in games
Games released or invented in the 1950s
Afrikan tähti
(1951)
Yahtzee
(1954)
Tactics
(1954)
Careers
(1955)
Jotto
(1955)
Perquackey
(1955)
Risk
(1957, in French as La Conquête du Monde)
Gettysburg
(1958)
RSVP
(1958)
Diplomacy
(1959)
Significant games-related events in the 1950s
Avalon Hill Game Company
founded by
Charles S. Roberts
to publish the first
board
wargame
,
Tactics
. For many years Avalon Hill was a dominant maker of wargames.
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References
↑
Avalon Hill's General Magazine Index and Company History 1952-1980 Volume 1- Volume 16 page5
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