1985 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1985. For video games, see 1985 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1985

• Trial of Strength ^[1]
• Advanced Squad Leader
• Baston (French board game)
• DC Heroes (role-playing game)
• The Doctor Who Role Playing Game
• Dragon Warriors
• Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game
• Mekton (role-playing game)
• Mosby's Raiders
• Nil, le Jeu du Serpent (French role-playing game)
• Orient Express
• Pax Britannica
• Pendragon (role-playing game)
• Pictionary
• Rêve: the Dream Ouroboros (role-playing game)
• Spacemaster (role-playing game)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness (role-playing game)
• World in Flames

Game awards given in 1985

• Spiel des Jahres: Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective ^[2]

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
January 4	Brian Horrocks	89	Designer of Combat board game
July 7	John Scarne	82	Magician who also designed games

See also

• 1985 in video gaming

References

1. http://www.panthergames.com/2014/11/trial-of-strength-to-be-re-released.html
2. "Spiel des Jahres 1985". Spiel des Jahres e.V. 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2025.