1997 in games
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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
[edit]- 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
- 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
- Trinity (role-playing game)
- Warlords
- Werewolf: The Wild West (role-playing game)
Game awards given in 1997
[edit]Significant games-related events in 1997
[edit]- Eden Studios, Inc. founded by George Vasilakos and M. Alexander Jurkat.[3]
- TSR, Inc., the owner of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game, was acquired by Wizards of the Coast.[4]
Deaths
[edit]| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 30 | Ulrich Kiesow | 47[5] | German RPG designer |
| October 18 | William Rotsler | 71[6] | Artist and gamebook author |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mississippi Queen". Spiel des Jahres. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
- ^ "Mensa Select® Games". Mensa Mind Games. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
- ^ Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '90s. Silver Spring, MD: Evil Hat Productions. p. 331. ISBN 978-1-61317-084-7.
- ^ La Farge, Paul (September 2006). "Destroy All Monsters". Believer Magazine. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20.
- ^ Evers, Momo (January 2005). Magische Zeiten (in German) (1st ed.). Fantasy Productions. ISBN 3-89064-516-X.
- ^ Lubell, Samuel (ed.). "William Rotsler Dies". The WSFA Journal. Washington Science Fiction Association. ISSN 0894-5411.