1990 in games

Last updated October 22, 2025

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1990. For video games, see 1990 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1990

Ancients
Battlelords of the 23rd Century (role-playing game)
Careers for Girls
Carrier
Cyberpunk 2020 (role-playing game)
De Bellis Antiquitatis
Eurorails
GURPS Cyberpunk (role-playing supplement)
Hoity Toity
Nightlife (role-playing game)
Republic of Rome
Rifts (role-playing game)
Space Crusade
Timelords 2nd Edition (role-playing game)
Torg (role-playing game)
"Super Mario World' Platform Game

Game awards given in 1990

Spiel des Jahres: Adel Verpflichtet (English name Hoity Toity)^[1]
Deutscher Spiele Preis: Adel Verpflichtet

Significant games-related events in 1990

GMT Games founded.
Wizards of the Coast founded in Renton, Washington.

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
February	Władysław Gliński		Game designer of Hexagonal Chess (1936)
May 22	Pat Reid	79	Author who designed Escape from Colditz
October 31	Roger Price	72	Co-developer of Mad Libs

References

↑ Owens, Nate (2020-01-09). "The Ten Greatest Spiel des Jahres Winners". There Will Be Games. Retrieved 2025-10-20.

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[1] Owens, Nate (2020-01-09). "The Ten Greatest Spiel des Jahres Winners". There Will Be Games. Retrieved 2025-10-20.

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