1997 in games

none October 20251997 games This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1997. For video games, see 1997 in video gaming. Games released or invented in 1997 30em Aliens vs. Predator Collectible Card Game American Megafauna Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game Bohnanza Checkpoint Close Action Colossal Arena Dark Eden Delta Green (role-playing game supplement) Dune Collectible Card Game Dzikie Pola (role-playing game) Fluxx Groo: The Game Imajica In Nomine (role-playing game) LionHeart (Strategy, Wargame) Monster Collection Multiverser (role-playing game) Primordial Soup Rat-a-Tat Cat Shadowrun: The Trading Card Game Spaceopoly Tigris and Euphrates Tinker's Damn Trinity (role-playing game) Warlords Werewolf: The Wild West (role-playing game) Game awards given in 1997 Spiel des Jahres: Mississippi Queen - Werner Hodel, GoldsieberMississippi Queen https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/spiele/6453/ 2025-10-30 Spiel des Jahres Mensa Select: QuoridorMensa Select® Games https://www.mensamindgames.com/about/winning-games/ 2025-10-30 Mensa Mind Games Significant game-related events in 1997 Eden Studios, Inc. was founded by George Vasilakos and M. Alexander Jurkat.Appelcline Shannon Designers & Dragons: The '90s Evil Hat Productions 2014 978-1-61317-084-7 Silver Spring, MD 331 TSR, Inc., the owner of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game, was acquired by Wizards of the Coast.La Farge Paul September 2006 Destroy All Monsters http://www.believermag.com/issues/200609/?read=article_lafarge dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080920141500/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200609/?read=article_lafarge 2008-09-20 Believer Magazine Deaths Date Name Age NotabilityJanuary 30Ulrich Kiesow47Evers Momo Magische Zeiten January 2005 Fantasy Productions 3-89064-516-X 1st GermanGerman RPG designerOctober 18William Rotsler71Lubell Samuel William Rotsler Dies http://www.wsfa.org/journal/j97/b/ The WSFA Journal Washington Science Fiction Association 0894-5411Artist and gamebook author See also 1997 in video gaming References Games Category:Games by year