1996 in games explained

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1996. For video games, see 1996 in video gaming.

Game awards given in 1996

• Origins Awards (for 1995):
  • Best Card Game:
  • Best Fantasy or Science-Fiction Board Game: Dragon Dice
  • Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game: RoboRally - Armed and Dangerous
  • Best Miniatures Rules: Warzone - A Fast & Furious Miniatures Battle Game
  • Best Modern-Day Board Game: Empire of the Rising Sun
  • Best Pre-20th Century Board Game (tie): Colonial Diplomacy, Three Days of Gettysburg
  • Best Roleplaying Rules: Mage: The Ascension (2nd edition)
  • Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
    • Axis & Allies
    • Call of Cthulhu RPG
• Games: 25 Words or Less

Significant games-related events of 1996

• Five Rings Publishing Group formed as a spin-out of Alderac Entertainment Group and ISOMEDIA.
• Looney Labs is founded after the demise of Icehouse Games, Inc.

See also

• 1996 in video gaming