1998 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1998. For video games, see 1998 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1998

• Alpha Blitz
• Alternity (role-playing game)
• Aquarius
• Bosworth
• CORPS (role-playing game system)
• Cranium
• Crimson Skies
• Deadlands: Hell on Earth (role-playing game)
• Devil Bunny Needs a Ham
• Doomtown
• Elfenland
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (role-playing game)
• Falling
• Filthy Rich
• GIPF
• Great War at Sea: US Navy Plan Orange
• Great War at Sea 2: The North & Baltic Seas
• Guillotine
• Knightmare Chess 2
• Legend of the Burning Sands
• Lord of the Fries
• Lotus
• Panzer Grenadier
• Reminiscing:The Millennium Edition
• Return to the Tomb of Horrors (for 2nd Edition AD&D )
• Revelation (role-playing game)
• Samurai
• Star*Drive (role-playing game)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game
• TAMSK
• Through the Desert
• Tribe 8 (role-playing game)
• Twisted Golf
• Warhammer 40,000 (third edition, originally published in 1987)
• Warhammer Ancient Battles
• War of Resistance, China Theater 1937-1941 (Game Research/Design)

Game awards given in 1998

• Spiel des Jahres: Elfenland - Alan R. Moon, Amigo Spiele
• Games: Fossil ^[1]

Significant games-related events in 1998

• Hasbro purchases the name "Avalon Hill", back inventory of that company, and rights to Avalon Hill titles for US$6 million. ^[2]
• Rio Grande Games founded.

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
April 19	Armand Jammot	76	Television producer and game designer

See also

• 1998 in video gaming

References

1. "Games 100". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
2. "Monarch Avalon to sell game unit to Hasbro In wake of loss, local company to get $6 million in cash; Acquisitions". Baltimore Sun. 1998-08-05. Retrieved 2025-11-08.