1990 in games
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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1990. For video games, see 1990 in video gaming.
Games released or invented in 1990
- Ancients
- Battlelords of the 23rd Century (role-playing game)
- Careers for Girls
- Carrier
- Cyberpunk 2020 (role-playing game)
- De Bellis Antiquitatis
- Eurorails
- GURPS Cyberpunk (role-playing supplement)
- Hoity Toity
- Nightlife (role-playing game)
- Republic of Rome
- Rifts (role-playing game)
- Space Crusade
- Timelords 2nd Edition (role-playing game)
- Torg (role-playing game)
Game awards given in 1990
- Spiel des Jahres: Adel Verpflichtet (English name Hoity Toity)
- Deutscher Spiele Preis: Adel Verpflichtet
Significant games-related events in 1990
- GMT Games founded.
- Wizards of the Coast founded in Renton, Washington.
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | Władysław Gliński | Game designer of Hexagonal Chess (1936) | |
| May 22 | Pat Reid | 79 | Author who designed Escape from Colditz |
| October 31 | Roger Price | 72 | Co-developer of Mad Libs |