2025 in games

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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2025. For video games, see 2025 in video gaming.

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Games released or invented in 2025

Game awards given in 2025

Deaths

DateNameAgeNotability
January 7 Alan Emrich 65American designer of board games and video games
January 21 Howard J. Morrison 92American game designer
February 21 Rodger B. MacGowan 77American artist and game designer
February 28 [1] Ernie Gygax Jr.65Son of Gary Gygax, D&D playtester
April 19 George Barr 88American artist, worked for TSR
May 6 Stephen Fabian 95American artist
May 29 John Boardman 92American physicist involved in Diplomacy play-by-mail and zines
June 17 François Marcela-Froideval 66French role-playing game designer
July 1 Scott Haring 67American role-playing game designer

References

  1. "Ernie Gygax Jr., Who Helped Shape Early D&D, Has Died". 28 February 2025.