1975 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1975. For video games, see 1975 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1975

• Battle of the Five Armies
• Boot Hill (tabletop role-playing game)
• Cemetery Hill: The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1863
• Chinese Farm
• Dungeon!
• En Garde! (tabletop role-playing game)
• Golan
• Headache
• Klondike
• Midway
• Pay Day
• Search & Destroy: Tactical Combat Vietnam 1965-1966
• The Siege of Minas Tirith
• Sorcerer
• SSN
• Star Probe ^[1]
• Starship: The Game of Space Contact
• Stellar Conquest
• Tank Battle
• Tunnels & Trolls (tabletop role-playing game)
• White Bear and Red Moon
• The Ythri

Significant games-related events of 1975

• Chaosium Inc. founded by Greg Stafford.
• Fantasy Games Unlimited founded by Scott Bizar.
• Games Workshop founded by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson.
• Metagaming Concepts founded.

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
January 31	Don Kaye	36	co-founder of TSR

See also

• 1975 in video gaming

References

1. "Star Probe". Boardgamegeek. 1975. Retrieved 8 December 2025.