1980 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1980. For video games, see 1980 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1980
• Ace of Aces

• Across Suez

• Annihilator & One World

• Apocalypse

• Arena of Death

• Artifact

• Asteroid

• Azhanti High Lightning

• Barbarian Kings

• Basic Role-Playing (role-playing game system)

• Beachhead

• Berlin '85

• Can't Stop

• Car Wars

• Citadel of Blood

• Civilization

• Dark Nebula

• Death and Destruction

• Deathmaze

• Devil's Den

• Doctor Who: The Game of Time & Space

• DragonQuest (role-playing game)

• Duel Arcane

• Empire Builder

• Empires of the Middle Ages

• Engage & Destroy

• Fifth Corps

• Final Frontier

• Forest Wars of the Haven

• Fast Attack Boats

• The Hammer of Thor: The Game of Norse Mythology

• Hero

• Hof Gap

• Intruder

• Journey

• King of the Mountain

• Kings & Castles

• Knights and Magick

• Land of the Rising Sun (role-playing game)

• Laser Tank

• The Longest Day

• The Morrow Project (role-playing game)

• The Mystic Wood

• Mythology

• Odysseus (role-playing game)

• O.K. Corral

• Panzer Pranks

• Quirks

• Raid on Iran

• Ram Speed

• Revolt on Antares

• Robots!

• Rolemaster (role-playing game)

• Rommel's Panzers

• Shooting Stars

• Skull & Crossbones (role-playing game)

• The Sorcerer's Cave Extension Kit

• Space Opera (role-playing game)

• Space Warrior

• Spellbinder

• Star Commandos

• Starfire II

• Swashbuckler

• Tau Ceti 2015 AD

• Time Tripper

• Timelag

• Titan

• Top Secret (role-playing game)

• Trax

• Valkenburg Castle

• Valley of the Four Winds

• The War of the Worlds

• Warlock (card game)

• World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting

• The Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora

Games awards given in 1980

 * Spiel des Jahres: Rummikub

Significant games-related events of 1980

 * FASA Corporation founded by Jordan Weisman and L. Ross Babcock III.
 * Iron Crown Enterprises founded.
 * Steve Jackson Games founded.