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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1979. For video games, see 1979 in video gaming.
Games released or invented in 1979
Games awards given in 1979
- Spiel des Jahres: Hare and Tortoise (first year given)
Significant games-related events of 1979
- Task Force Games founded by Allen Eldridge and Stephen Cole.
Deaths
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Age || Notability
|-
|May
|Charles Grant
|
|Wargames author
|}
See also
- 1979 in video gaming
