1950s in games
# 1950s in games

## Games released or invented in the 1950s

* Afrikan tähti (1951)
* Yahtzee (1954)
* Tactics (1954)
* Careers (1955)
* Jotto (1955)
* Perquackey (1955)
* Risk (1957, in French as La Conquête du Monde)
* Gettysburg (1958)
* RSVP (1958)
* Diplomacy (1959)

## Significant games-related events in the 1950s

* Avalon Hill Game Company founded by Charles S. Roberts to publish the first board wargame, Tactics. For many years Avalon Hill was a dominant maker of wargames.
