1979 in games

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
• 4th Dimension

• Asteroid Zero-Four

• The Awful Green Things from Outer Space

• The Beastlord

• Belter

• Bloodtree Rebellion

• Cerberus

• Cheops

• Chinese Farm (2nd edition)

• Circus Maximus

• Colony Delta

• The Creature That Ate Sheboygan

• Darkover

• Demons

• Divine Right

• Double Star

• Dune

• Earth Game

• The Farming Game

• Freedom in the Galaxy

• Godsfire

• Guess Who?

• Holy War

• Hot Spot

• Invasion of the Air-eaters

• John Carter: Warlord of Mars

• King Arthur

• Knights and Knaves

• The Legend of Robin Hood

• MAATAC

• The Mad Magazine Card Game

• The Mad Magazine Game

• Magic Realm

• Magic Wood

• Marine: 2002

• Napoleon at Leipzig

• Prochorovka: Armor at Kursk

• Sigma Omega

• Snapshot

• Space Future

• Sqwurm

• Star Fleet Battles

• Star Quest

• Starfall

• Starfire

• StarGate

• Streets of Stalingrad

• Survival / The Barbarian

• Swordquest

• Time War

• Titan Strike!

• Trivial Pursuit

• Vector 3

• Villains and Vigilantes (tabletop role-playing game)

• War of the Sky Cities

• Wizard's Quest

• Zargo's Lords

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.