1998 in games
# 1998 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1998. For video games, see 1998 in video gaming.

## Games released or invented in 1998

* Alpha Blitz
* Alternity (role-playing game)
* Aquarius
* Bosworth
* CORPS (role-playing game system)
* Cranium
* Crimson Skies
* Deadlands: Hell on Earth (role-playing game)
* Devil Bunny Needs a Ham
* Doomtown
* Elfenland
* The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (role-playing game)
* Falling
* Filthy Rich
* GIPF
* Great War at Sea: US Navy Plan Orange
* Great War at Sea 2: The North & Baltic Seas
* Guillotine
* Knightmare Chess 2
* Legend of the Burning Sands
* Lord of the Fries
* Lotus
* Panzer Grenadier
* Reminiscing:The Millennium Edition
* Return to the Tomb of Horrors (for 2nd Edition AD&D)
* Revelation (role-playing game)
* Samurai
* Star*Drive (role-playing game)
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game
* TAMSK
* Through the Desert
* Tribe 8 (role-playing game)
* Twisted Golf
* Warhammer 40,000 (third edition, originally published in 1987)
* Warhammer Ancient Battles
* War of Resistance, China Theater 1937-1941 (Game Research/Design)

## Game awards given in 1998

* Spiel des Jahres: Elfenland - Alan R. Moon, Amigo Spiele
* Games: Fossil

## Significant games-related events in 1998

* Hasbro purchases the name "Avalon Hill", back inventory of that company, and rights to Avalon Hill titles for US$6 million.
* Rio Grande Games founded.
