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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1997. For video games, see 1997 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1997

Game awards given in 1997

  • Spiel des Jahres: Mississippi Queen - Werner Hodel, Goldsieber
  • Mensa Select: Quoridor
  • Eden Studios, Inc. founded by George Vasilakos and M. Alexander Jurkat.
  • TSR, Inc., the owner of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game, was acquired by Wizards of the Coast.

Deaths

{| class="wikitable"

! Date || Name || Age || Notability

|-

|January 30

|Ulrich Kiesow

|47

|German RPG designer

|-

|October 18

|William Rotsler

|71

|Artist and gamebook author

|}

See also

  • 1997 in video gaming

References