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September 2025
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1979. For video games, see 1979 in video gaming.
Games released or invented in 1979
30em 4th Dimension
Asteroid Zero-Four
The Awful Green Things from Outer Space
The Beastlord
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Bloodtree Rebellion
Cerberus
Cheops
Chinese Farm (2nd edition)
Circus Maximus
Colony Delta
The Creature That Ate Sheboygan
Darkover
Demons
Divine Right
Double Star
Dune
Earth Game
The Farming Game
Freedom in the Galaxy
Godsfire
Guess Who?
Holy War
Hot Spot
Invasion of the Air-eaters
John Carter: Warlord of Mars
King Arthur
Knights and Knaves
The Legend of Robin Hood
MAATAC
The Mad Magazine Card Game
The Mad Magazine Game
Magic Realm
Magic Wood
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Napoleon at Leipzig
Prochorovka: Armor at Kursk
Sigma Omega
Snapshot
Space Future
Sqwurm
Star Fleet Battles
Star Quest
Starfall
Starfire
StarGate
Streets of Stalingrad
Survival / The Barbarian
Swordquest
Time War
Titan Strike!
Trivial Pursuit
Vector 3
Villains and Vigilantes (tabletop role-playing game)
War of the Sky Cities
Wizard's Quest
Zargo's Lords
Games awards given in 1979
Spiel des Jahres: Hare and Tortoise (first year given)
Significant game-related events in 1979
Task Force Games was founded by Allen Eldridge and Stephen Cole.
Deaths
Date Name Age NotabilityMayCharles GrantWargames author
See also
1979 in video gaming
References
Games
Category:Games by year