1960s in games

See also: 1950s in games and 1970 in games

This page lists board games, card games, and wargames published in the 1960s.

Games released or invented in the 1960s

• The Game of Life (1960) ^[1]
• Management (1960)
• Battle Cry (1961)
• Chancellorsville (1961)
• Civil War (1961)
• D-Day (1961)
• Go — The International Travel Game (1961)
• Acquire (1962)
• Aggravation (1962)
• Oh-Wah-Ree (1962)
• Square Mile
• Vallco Professional Drag Racing
• Focus (1964)
• Probe (1964)
• Blitzkrieg (1965)
• Breakthru (1965)
• Mystery Date (1965)
• Nuclear War (1965)
• Squander (1965)
• Triominoes (1965)
• Fight in the Skies (1966)
• Guadalcanal (1966)
• Hey Pa! There's a Goat on the Roof (1966)
• Twister (1966)
• The Warlord (1966)
• Facts in Five (1967)
• Feudal (1967)
• Jutland (1967)
• Ka-Bala (1967)
• 1914 (1968)
• Strat-O-Matic Football (1968)
• Anzio (1969)
• Lensman (1969)
• Lines of Action (1969)
• Rivers, Roads & Rails (1969)
• Three musketeers (1969)

Significant games-related events in the 1960s

• Parker Brothers is bought by General Mills (1963).
• Hassenfeld Brothers changes its name to Hasbro Industries and begins public trading on the American Stock Exchange (1968).
• Simulations Publications, Inc. founded by James F. Dunnigan (1969).

References

1. https://www.museumofplay.org/toys/the-game-of-life/

^[1]

1. "The Game of Life". The Strong National Museum of Play. Retrieved 2025-11-17.