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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1988. For video games, see 1988 in video gaming.
Games invented or released in 1988
Game awards given in 1988
- Spiel des Jahres: Barbarossa
Deaths
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Age || Notability
|-
|August 27
|Kerry Lloyd
|46
|RPG designer, founder of Gamelords
|-
|August 29
|David A. Hargrave
|42
|RPG designer, inventor of Arduin
|-
|August 29
|Jack Scruby
|72
|Manufacturer of military and wargames miniatures
|-
|September 13
|Peter Young
|73
|Wargaming author
|}
See also
- 1988 in video gaming