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
[edit]- 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)
- "Super Mario World' Platform Game
Game awards given in 1990
[edit]- Spiel des Jahres: Adel Verpflichtet (English name Hoity Toity)[1]
- Deutscher Spiele Preis: Adel Verpflichtet
Significant game-related events in 1990
[edit]- GMT Games was founded.
- Wizards of the Coast was founded in Renton, Washington by Peter Adkison.
Deaths
[edit]| 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 |
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ Owens, Nate (2020-01-09). "The Ten Greatest Spiel des Jahres Winners". There Will Be Games. Retrieved 2025-10-20.