2001 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2001. For video games, see 2001 in video gaming.

Games released in 2001

• Adventure! (role-playing game)
• Apples to Apples - Expansion Set #3
• Apples to Apples Kids
• Axis & Allies: Pacific
• Best of Tribond
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Collectible Card Game
• Capitol
• Carcassonne - The River
• Chez Geek 3 - Block Party
• Chrononauts: Lost Identities
• Clobber
• Combat Assault Vehicle
• Cosmic Coasters
• Cranium Cadoo
• Cranium Cadoo Booster Box
• Deluxe G.E.V.
• DVONN
• Entdecker - Exploring New Horizons
• Evo
• Fairy Meat - Clockwork Stomp
• Fallout: Warfare
• Fluxx Blanxx
• Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting for the 3rd edition Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game.
• Formula Dé Circuit 33 - 10th Anniversary
• Frag
• Fvlminata: Armed with Lightning
• Genso Suikoden Card Stories
• GIPF Project Set 1
• GIPF Project Set 2
• Girl Genius: The Works
• Grave Robbers From Outer Space
• Hacker: Deluxe Edition
• HackMaster (role-playing game)
• Harry Potter Trading Card Game
• Hive
• Illuminati: Brainwash (re-release)
• Imperium, 3rd Millennium
• Jedi Knights Trading Card Game
• John Prados' Third Reich
• Little Fears - The Role-playing Game of Childhood Terror
• Lord of the Rings - Friends & Foes Expansion
• The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
• The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game
• Medina
• The Metabarons Roleplaying Game
• Munchkin
• NFL Showdown
• Ninja Burger (role-playing game)
• Palazzo Paletti
• Panzer Grenadier: Airborne
• Panzer Grenadier: Heroes of the Soviet Union: The Defense of Mother Russia 1942-43
• ReCharge Collectible Card Game
• Reminiscing:the Movie Edition
• Risk 2210 A.D.
• Scattergories Platinum Edition
• Star Fleet Battle Force
• Starfarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion
• Starship Catan
• Stratego: Legends - Celestial Vengeance
• Stratego: Legends - Qa'ans Resurgence
• Taboo Junior
• TransAmerica
• Twilight Imperium: Armada
• Twilight Imperium: Armada: Stellar Matter
• Twilight Imperium: Hope's End
• Unexploded Cow
• Villa Paletti
• Warangel Card Game
• Warhammer 40,000 Collectible Card Game
• Warlord: Saga of the Storm
• Weird Wars (role-playing game)
• Wyatt Earp
• Z-G (collectible card game)
• Zombies!!!

Game awards given in 2001

• Spiel des Jahres: Carcassonne ^[1]
• Games: Evo

Significant gaming-related events in 2001

• Mongoose Publishing founded.

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
October 23	Josh Kirby	72	Role-playing game artist

See also

• 2001 in video gaming

References

1. "Spiel des Jahres 2001". Spiel des Jahres e.V. 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2025.