1993 in games

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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1993. For video games, see 1993 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1993

• Amazing Engine (role-playing game)
• Carat
• Cartoon Game
• Cybergeneration (role-playing game)
• Dirty Money (game)
• DragonStrike
• Earthdawn (role-playing game)
• Forgotten Futures (role-playing game)
• Hacker II: The Dark Side
• Mage: The Ascension (role-playing game)
• Magic: The Gathering
• Pandemonium (role-playing game)
• Prime Directive (role-playing game)
• Risus: The Anything RPG (role-playing game system)
• SLA Industries (role-playing game)
• Star Riders (role-playing game)
• Uncle Happy's Train Game
• Underground (role-playing game)
• We the People (board wargame) ^[1]

Game awards given in 1993

• Spiel des Jahres: Call My Bluff
• Deutscher Spiele Preis: Modern Art
  • Best Children's Game: Verflixt Gemixt
• Games: Inklings

Significant games-related events in 1993

• Magic: The Gathering released by Wizards of the Coast, to become the first popular collectible card game.
• Alderac Entertainment Group founded.

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
February 3	Paul J. Gruen	52	Game designer
April 4	Alfred Mosher Butts	93	Designer of Scrabble
September 15	Ethan Allen	89	Baseball player who designed All Star Baseball

See also

• 1993 in video games

References

1. BoardGameGeek