1982 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1982. For video games, see 1982 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1982

• Ant Wars^[1]
• Battle Damage: Code Red
• By the Sword!
• Continuo
• Dawn Patrol
• Fields of Action
• Fighting Fantasy
• Fringeworthy (role-playing game)
• FTL:2448 (role-playing game)
• Gangbusters (role-playing game)^[2]
• Man, Myth & Magic (role-playing game)
• Phase 10
• Sequence
• Survive!
• Star Frontiers (role-playing game) ^[3]
• Star Trek: The Role Playing Game
• Starfleet Voyages (role-playing game)
• Starship Captain
• Swordbearer (role-playing game)
• True Dough Mania
• Wizards

Game awards given in 1982

Pieces from the original German Sagaland game, winner of the 1982 Spiel des Jahres prize

• Spiel des Jahres: Enchanted Forest (German title is Sagaland)^[4]

Significant games-related events in 1982

• Trivial Pursuit published, becoming the first trivia game.^{[dubious – discuss]}
• TSR, Inc. purchases assets of Simulations Publications, Inc. following its bankruptcy.^{[dubious – discuss]}

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
January 24	Karol Borsuk	76	Mathematician and board game designer
June 8	Harriet T. Righter	104	President of Selchow and Righter
September 23	Gene Day[5]	31	Comics and games artist

See also

• 1982 in video games

References

1. Rolston, Ken (May 1994). "Treasures from the Archives". White Wolf Magazine. No. 43. p. 61-62.
2. "Gangbusters: 1920's Role-Playing (1st edition box set)". Open Library. TSR Hobbies. 1982. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
3. Kanouse, Patrick (22 July 2020). "Protect the Frontier: Star Frontiers Roleplaying". Black Gate (magazine). Retrieved 21 November 2025.
4. "Sagaland". Spiel des Jahres (in German). Retrieved 11 November 2025.
5. "Master of Kung Fu's Gene Day Dead at 31". The Comics Journal. No. 77. November 1982. p. 14. Also: Obituary, p. 6