2002 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2002. For video games, see 2002 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 2002
• 1313 Dead End Drive

• 30 Seconds

• A Game of Thrones collectible card game

• Age of Steam

• Apples to Apples - Expansion Set #4

• Apples to Apples Junior

• Arimaa

• BattleDragons (role-playing game)

• Brain Chain

• The Burning Wheel (role-playing game)

• Car Wars (5th Edition)

• Carcassonne - Hunters and Gatherers

• Carcassonne - Inns and Cathedrals

• Cartoon Action Hour (role-playing game)

• Chez Greek

• Children of the Sun (role-playing game)

• Clans

• d20 Modern (role-playing game)

• Deadlands: Lost Colony

• Demon: The Fallen (role-playing game)

• Diceland (tile game)

• Diceland - Deep White Sea

• Donjon (role-playing game)

• DragonStrike

• Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium

• Dungeons & Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Board Game

• Dust Devils (role-playing game)

• Engel (role-playing game)

• EverQuest Role-Playing Game

• Fairy Meat - Wicked Things

• Farscape Roleplaying Game

• Fightball

• Flames of War (first edition)

• Frag Fire Zone

• Frag PVP

• Freeloader

• The Game of Life Card Game

• A Game of Thrones

• Give Me the Brain (full color "Special Edition")

• Godlike (role-playing game)

• Great War at Sea: Great White Fleet

• Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan Red

• Hammer of the Scots

• HeroClix

• I Ain't Been Shot, Mum!

• InSpectres (role-playing game)

• Jadeclaw (role-playing game)

• The Judge Dredd Role-playing Game

• Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot

• Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game

• Lord of the Rings - Sauron

• MechWarrior: Dark Age

• Mexica

• Munchkin 2: Unnatural Axe

• Mutants & Masterminds (role-playing game)

• Nanofictionary

• NBA Showdown

• Night Wizard! (role-playing game)

• Paladin (role-playing game)

• Panzer Grenadier: Afrika Korps - The Desert War

• Panzer Grenadier: Arctic Front

• Panzer Grenadier: Battle of the Bulge

• Pirate's Cove

• Puerto Rico

• The Riddle of Steel (role-playing game)

• RollerCoaster Tycoon

• Rome at War II: Fading Legions

• Save Doctor Lucky on Moon Base Copernicus

• The Settlers of Canaan

• The Settlers of the Stone Age

• Silver Age Sentinels (role-playing game)

• Sorcerer (role-playing game)

• Spaceship Zero (role-playing game)

• Star Hero (role-playing game)

• Star Munchkin (role-playing game)

• Star Trek Roleplaying Game (Decipher, Inc. version)

• Star Wars Trading Card Game

• Terra Primate (role-playing game)

• Transhuman Space (role-playing game)

• Trias

• Trollbabe (role-playing game)

• Universalis (role-playing game)

• Wallenstein

• Xactika

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (English version)

• Zombies!!! 2: Zombie Corps(e)

Game awards given in 2002

 * Spiel des Jahres: Villa Paletti
 * Games: DVONN

Significant games-related events of 2002

 * Paizo Publishing founded.