2005 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2005. For video games, see 2005 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 2005
• Arkham Horror (originally released in 1987 by Chaosium)

• Anachronism

• Australia: Aufbruch ins Abenteuer

• Axis & Allies Miniatures

• Beowulf: The Legend

• Bonaparte at Marengo

• Breakscore

• Case Closed Trading Card Game

• Caylus

• ChiZo Rising

• Codename: Kids Next Door Trading Card Game

• Cyberpunk V3 (role-playing game)

• d20 Apocalypse (role-playing game supplement)

• d20 Past (role-playing game supplement)

• Dark Millennium

• Dawning Star (role-playing game)

• Descent: Journeys in the Dark

• Diamant

• Diceland: Cyburg

• Diceland: Dragons

• ’’Dinosaur King’’

• Dragon Booster Trading Card Game

• Dragons of Kir

• EcoFluxx

• EinStein würfelt nicht

• Embassy chess

• Epic Battles

• Euphrates and Tigris Card Game

• Fairy Tale

• Federation Commander: Klingon Border

• Family Fluxx

• Fjords

• Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game

• Glory to Rome

• Gundam War Collectible Card Game

• GURPS Infinite Worlds

• Hecatomb (collectible card game)

• Hollyworld (role-playing game)

• Infinite Armies

• Infinity (wargame)

• Inkan aarre

• Key Largo

• Khet: The Laser Game

• Kruzno

• Louis XIV

• Manila

• Nexus Ops

• The Nightmare Before Christmas Trading Card Game

• Panzer Grenadier: Eastern Front

• Panzer Grenadier: Road to Berlin

• Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean

• Pentago

• Pimp: The Backhanding

• PÜNCT

• Railroad Tycoon

• RoboRally (second edition)

• Rocketmen: Axis of Evil

• Runebound

• Saganami Island Tactical Simulator

• Serenity (role-playing game)

• Shadow Hunters

• Shadows over Camelot

• Sleeping Queens

• Sonic X Trading Card Game

• Starship Troopers: The Miniatures Game

• Starship Troopers: The Roleplaying Game

• Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition

• Terakh

• Ticket to Ride Europe

• TransEuropa

• Truth & Justice (role-playing game)

• Tsuro

• Twilight Imperium (third edition, first released in 1998)

• Twilight Struggle

• Usagi Yojimbo Role-Playing Game

• Vegas Showdown

• WARMACHINE Apotheosis

• Weapons of the Gods (role-playing game)

• Werewolf: The Forsaken (role-playing game)

• Wits and Wagers

• World of Warcraft: The Board Game

• Xiaolin Showdown Trading Card Game

• Zatch Bell! The Card Battle

Game awards given in 2005

 * Game of the Year and Gamers Choice for Best Miniatures (Origins Awards): WARMACHINE Apotheosis
 * Games: Australia