1988 in games

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
• 2300 AD (role-playing game)

• Abalone

• Ad Astra (role-playing game)

• Barbarossa

• Buck Rogers - Battle for the 25th Century

• Cyberpunk 2013 (role-playing game)

• Dirty Minds

• Free Parking

• Girl Talk

• Fun House

• Kremlin

• Macho Women with Guns (role-playing game)

• Merchant of Venus

• Ninjas and Superspies (role-playing game)

• Scattergories

• Sky Galleons of Mars

• Space: 1889 (role-playing game)

Game awards given in 1988

 * Spiel des Jahres: Barbarossa