1994 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1994. For video games, see 1994 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1994

• Australian Rails
• BattleTech Tactical Handbook
• Castle Falkenstein (role-playing game)
• CityTech (2nd edition)
• Crosstrack
• Dixie - Bull Run
• Dixie - Gettysburg
• Dixie - Shiloh
• Don't Look Back (role-playing game)
• Doom Trooper Collectible Card Game
• Galactic Empires ^[1]
• HoL: Human Occupied Landfill (role-playing game)
• Illuminati: New World Order
• I'm the Boss!
• Jyhad (AKA Vampire: The Eternal Struggle )
• Monster Derby
• NFL Fantasy Football
• On the Edge
• Once Upon a Time
• Planescape (campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons )
• RoboRally
• Spellfire
• Star Trek Customizable Card Game
• Super Deck!
• Talk Dirty to Me
• Via Prudensiae (role-playing game)
• Wraith: The Oblivion (role-playing game)

Game awards given in 1994

• Spiel des Jahres: Manhattan

Significant games-related events in 1994

• Avalanche Press founded by Mike Bennighof and Brian Knipple.
• Hasbro buys Waddingtons.

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
	Peter Adolph	52	Designer of Subbuteo
April 9	Anthony E. Pratt	90	Designer of Cluedo
November 30	Guy Debord	62	Author and designer of Le Jeu de la Guerre

References

1. "Galactic Empires". Boardgamegeek. 1994. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

See also

• 1994 in video gaming