1988 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1988. For video games, see 1988 in video gaming.

Games invented or released in 1988

• 2300 AD (role-playing game)
• Abalone
• Ad Astra (role-playing game)
• Barbarossa
• Buck Rogers - Battle for the 25th Century
• Cyberpunk 2013 (role-playing game)
• Dirty Minds
• Empires & Dynasties
• Free Parking
• Girl Talk
• Fun House
• Kremlin
• Macho Women with Guns (role-playing game)
• Merchant of Venus
• Ninjas and Superspies (role-playing game)
• Pizza Wars Imperium
• Scattergories
• Sky Galleons of Mars
• Space: 1889 (role-playing game)
• Trauma

Game awards given in 1988

• Spiel des Jahres: Barbarossa ^[1]

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
August 27	Kerry Lloyd	46	RPG designer, founder of Gamelords
August 29	David A. Hargrave	42	RPG designer, inventor of Arduin
August 29	Jack Scruby	72	Manufacturer of military and wargames miniatures
September 13	Peter Young	73	Wargaming author

See also

• 1988 in video gaming

References

1. "Spiel des Jahres 1988". Spiel des Jahres e.V. 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2025.