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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2012. For video games, see 2012 in video gaming.

## Games released or invented in 2012

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* 7 Wonders: Cities
* Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small
* Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small - More Buildings Big and Small
* Agricola: Belgium Deck
* Agricola: De Lage Landen
* Aikatsu!
* Android: Netrunner
* Android: Netrunner - What Lies Ahead
* Axis & Allies 1941
* Bang! 10th Anniversary
* Bolt Action
* Buffalo
* Carcassonne: Corn Circles II
* Carcassonne: The Ferries
* Carcassonne: The Flier
* Carcassonne: The Goldmines
* Carcassonne: Mage & Witch
* Carcassonne: The Messages
* Carcassonne: The Robbers
* Carcassonne: Winter-Edition
* Catan: Junior
* Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! (second edition)
* Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Alliance
* Cthulhu Fluxx
* Deadzone
* Descent: Journeys in the Dark (second edition)
* Dixit 3
* Dixit Jinx
* Dixit: Journey
* Dominion: Dark Ages
* Dungeon Command: Curse of Undead
* Dungeon Command: Tyranny of Goblins
* Dystopian Wars
* Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
* Flash Point: Fire Rescue - 2nd Story
* Fortress America
* Four Fronts
* Force of Will
* Galaxy Trucker: Another Big Expansion
* Indigo
* Kingdom Builder: Nomads
* Las Vegas
* Last Night on Earth: Timber Peak
* Le Havre: The Inland Port
* Lords of Waterdeep
* Love Letter
* Machi Koro
* Mage Knight Board Game: The Lost Legion
* Mage Wars Arena
* Memoir '44: Equipment Pack
* Merchant of Venus (second edition)
* MethodKit
* Munchkin 8: Half Horse, Will Travel
* Mutant Meeples
* Neuroshima Hex! The Dancer
* My Singing Monsters
* Studio Pango
* Power Grid: Northern Europe/United Kingdom & Ireland
* Power Grid: Québec/Baden-Württemberg
* Qin
* Rage of Bahamut
* Return to Ravnica
* Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
* Shadows Over Camelot: The Card Game
* Small World Realms
* Star Trek: Catan
* Star Wars: The Card Game
* Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game
* Sword Girls
* Terra Mystica
* Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 3 - The Heart of Africa
* Uncharted: Fight for Fortune
* Wallenstein (second edition)
* War of the Ring (second edition)
* Wiz-War (eighth edition)
* Zombicide
* Zombiepox

## Game awards given in 2012

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* Spiel des Jahres: Kingdom Builder
* Kennerspiel des Jahres: Village
* Kinderspiel des Jahres: Schnappt Hubi!
* Deutscher Spiele Preis: Village
* Games: Tikal II: The Lost Temple
* Keyflower won the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano.[1]

## Deaths

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Date | Name | Age | Notability

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January 25  | Jean Wells | 56  | illustrator, author of the infamous original Palace of the Silver Princess
March 3  | Ralph McQuarrie | 82  | Star Wars artist whose work has appeared in Star Wars tabletop games
March 8  | Greg Novak | 61  | wargame designer
March 17  | M. A. R. Barker | 82  | creator of Tékumel
June[citation needed] | S. Craig Taylor |  | Wargame designer
June 28  | Norman Sas | 87  | Designer of Electric Football

## References

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1. ^ "Jogo do Ano". Spiel Portugal. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

## See also

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* List of game manufacturers
* 2012 in video gaming

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