1988 in games

none November 2025 1988 games This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1988. For video games, see 1988 in video gaming. Games invented or released in 1988 30em 2300 AD (role-playing game) Abalone Ad Astra (role-playing game) Barbarossa Buck Rogers - Battle for the 25th Century Cyberpunk 2013 (role-playing game) Dirty Minds Empires & Dynasties Free Parking Girl Talk Fun House Kremlin Macho Women with Guns (role-playing game) Merchant of Venus Ninjas and Superspies (role-playing game) Pizza Wars Imperium Scattergories Sky Galleons of Mars Space: 1889 (role-playing game) Trauma Game awards given in 1988 Spiel des Jahres: Barbarossa 2025 Spiel des Jahres 1988 https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/spiele/barbarossa-und-die-raetselmeister/ Spiel des Jahres e.V. November 16, 2025 Deaths Date Name Age NotabilityAugust 27Kerry Lloyd46RPG designer, founder of GamelordsAugust 29David A. Hargrave42RPG designer, inventor of ArduinAugust 29Jack Scruby72Manufacturer of military and wargames miniaturesSeptember 13Peter Young73Wargaming authorDecember 10Eleanor Abbott78Designer of Candy Land See also 1988 in video gaming References Games Category:Games by year