__NOTOC__ This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1996. For video games, see 1996 in video gaming.
Games released or invented in 1996
Game awards given in 1996 Origins Awards (for 1995): Best Card Game: Middle-earth: The Wizards Best Fantasy or Science-Fiction Board Game: Dragon Dice Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game: RoboRally - Armed and Dangerous Best Miniatures Rules: Warzone - A Fast & Furious Miniatures Battle Game Best Modern-Day Board Game: Empire of the Rising Sun Best Pre-20th Century Board Game (tie): Colonial Diplomacy, Three Days of Gettysburg Best Roleplaying Rules: Mage: The Ascension (2nd edition) Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame Axis & Allies Call of Cthulhu RPG Games: 25 Words or Less
Significant game-related events in 1996 Five Rings Publishing Group formed as a spin-out of Alderac Entertainment Group and ISOMEDIA. Looney Labs was founded after the demise of Icehouse Games, Inc.
Deaths Date Name Age NotabilityApril 17Piet Hein90Scientist and game designerJuly 18Stephen Donaldson49Activist and wargame designer for Simulations Publications, Inc.December 18Charles Deaton75Architect who designed Gusher (1946)
See also 1996 in video gaming
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