1982 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1982. For video games, see 1982 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1982

• Ant Wars ^[1]
• Battle Damage: Code Red
• By the Sword!
• Continuo
• Dawn Patrol
• Fields of Action
• Fighting Fantasy
• Fringeworthy ( role-playing game )
• FTL:2448 (role-playing game)
• Gangbusters (role-playing game) ^[2]
• Man, Myth & Magic (role-playing game)
• Phase 10
• Sequence
• Survive!
• Star Frontiers ( role-playing game ) ^[3]
• Star Trek: The Role Playing Game
• Starfleet Voyages ( role-playing game )
• Starship Captain
• Swordbearer ( role-playing game )
• True Dough Mania
• Wizards

Game awards given in 1982

Pieces from the original German Sagaland game, winner of the 1982 Spiel des Jahres prize

• Spiel des Jahres: Enchanted Forest (German title is Sagaland) ^[4]

Significant games-related events in 1982

• Trivial Pursuit published, becoming the first trivia game.^{[ dubious – discuss ]}
• TSR, Inc. purchases assets of Simulations Publications, Inc. following its bankruptcy.^{[ dubious – discuss ]}

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
January 24	Karol Borsuk	76	Mathematician and board game designer
June 8	Harriet T. Righter	104	President of Selchow and Righter
September 23	Gene Day [5]	31	Comics and games artist

See also

• 1982 in video games

References

1. Rolston, Ken (May 1994). "Treasures from the Archives". White Wolf Magazine . No. 43. p. 61-62.
2. "Gangbusters: 1920's Role-Playing (1st edition box set)". Open Library. TSR Hobbies. 1982. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
3. Kanouse, Patrick (22 July 2020). "Protect the Frontier: Star Frontiers Roleplaying". Black Gate (magazine) . Retrieved 21 November 2025.
4. "Sagaland". Spiel des Jahres (in German). Retrieved 11 November 2025.
5. "Master of Kung Fu's Gene Day Dead at 31". The Comics Journal . No. 77. November 1982. p. 14. Also: Obituary, p. 6