1979 in games

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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

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* 4th Dimension
* Asteroid Zero-Four
* The Awful Green Things from Outer Space
* The Beastlord
* Belter
* 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
* Marine: 2002
* 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

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* Spiel des Jahres: Hare and Tortoise (first year given)

## Significant games-related events of 1979

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* Task Force Games founded by Allen Eldridge and Stephen Cole.

## Deaths

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Date | Name | Age | Notability

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May  | Charles Grant |  | Wargames author

## See also

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* 1979 in video gaming

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