1987 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1987. For video games, see 1987 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1987

• Ars Magica (role-playing game)
• Auf Achse
• BattleForce
• Block Mania
• Central America
• Chainsaw Warrior
• Chaos Marauders
• Cyborg Commando
• Federation and Empire
• The Fury of Dracula
• Gammarauders
• Guillotine
• Illuminati: Deluxe Edition
• Living Steel (role-playing game)
• Rogue Trooper
• Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (West End Games version)
• The Succession Wars
• Talislanta (role-playing game)
• Tantrix
• Teenagers from Outer Space (role-playing game)
• Timelords (role-playing game)
• Traveller: 2300 (role-playing game)
• Warhammer 40,000

Game awards given in 1987

• Spiel des Jahres: Auf Achse - Wolfgang Kramer, F.X. Schmid

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
September	Ephraim Hertzano	75	Designer of Rummikub

See also

• 1987 in video gaming