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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.
Games released or invented in 1996
- Age of Renaissance
- Air Baron
- Ani-Mayhem
- Arcadia
- Battle Cattle: The Card Game
- BattleTech Collectible Card Game
- Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond
- Bitin' Off Hedz
- Blood Dawn (role-playing game)
- Cashflow 101
- Conspiracy X (role-playing game)
- Deadlands (role-playing game)
- The Doctor Who Collectible Card Game
- Doctor Who: Invasion Earth
- Entdecker
- Equate
- Fading Suns (role-playing game)
- Feng Shui (role-playing game)
- Fischer random chess
- Five Crowns
- Give Me the Brain
- Great War at Sea: The Mediterranean
- Highlander: The Card Game
- Iron Dragon
- Kill Doctor Lucky
- Knightmare Chess
- Loaded Questions
- Lunch Money
- Mastermind for Kids
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail Collectible Card Game
- Mortal Kombat Kard Game
- Mystery of the Abbey
- Mythos (collectible card game)
- Netrunner (collectible card game)
- Star Trek Collectible Card Game
- Stargrunt II
- Stealth: The Game
- The Very Clever Pipe Game
- The X-Files Collectible Card Game
- XXXenophile (collectible card game)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
Game awards given in 1996
- Origins Awards (for 1995):
- Best Card Game: Middle-earth: The Wizards
- 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
- Games: 25 Words or Less
Significant game-related events in 1996
- Five Rings Publishing Group formed as a spin-out of Alderac Entertainment Group and ISOMEDIA.
- Looney Labs was founded after the demise of Icehouse Games, Inc.
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 17 | Piet Hein[1] | 90 | Scientist and game designer |
| July 18 | Stephen Donaldson[2] | 49 | Activist and wargame designer for Simulations Publications, Inc. |
| December 18 | Charles Deaton[3] | 75 | Architect who designed Gusher (1946) |
See also
References
- "Obituary: Piet Hein". The Independent. 1996-04-21. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- "archives.nypl.org -- Stephen Donaldson papers". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
Stephen Donaldson died of an AIDS-related illness in New York City on July 18, 1996.
- "Charles Deaton, 75, a Sculptural Architect". The New York Times. 29 December 1998.