1998 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1998. For video games, see 1998 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1998
• Alpha Blitz

• Alternity (role-playing game)

• Aquarius

• Bosworth

• CORPS (role-playing game system)

• Cranium

• Crimson Skies

• Deadlands: Hell on Earth (role-playing game)

• Devil Bunny Needs a Ham

• Doomtown

• Elfenland

• The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (role-playing game)

• Falling

• Filthy Rich

• GIPF

• Great War at Sea: US Navy Plan Orange

• Great War at Sea 2: The North & Baltic Seas

• Guillotine

• Knightmare Chess 2

• Legend of the Burning Sands

• Lord of the Fries

• Lotus

• Panzer Grenadier

• Reminiscing:The Millennium Edition

• Return to the Tomb of Horrors (for 2nd Edition AD&D)

• Revelation (role-playing game)

• Samurai

• Star*Drive (role-playing game)

• Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game

• TAMSK

• Through the Desert

• Tribe 8 (role-playing game)

• Twisted Golf

• Warhammer 40,000 (third edition, originally published in 1987)

• Warhammer Ancient Battles

• War of Resistance, China Theater 1937-1941 (Game Research/Design)

Game awards given in 1998

 * Spiel des Jahres: Elfenland - Alan R. Moon, Amigo Spiele
 * Games: Fossil

Significant games-related events in 1998

 * Hasbro purchases the name "Avalon Hill", back inventory of that company, and rights to Avalon Hill titles for US$6 million.
 * Rio Grande Games founded.