2002 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2002. For video and console 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 Fantasy Adventure Boardgame
 * Dust Devils (role-playing game)
 * Engel (role-playing game)
 * EverQuest Role-Playing Game
 * Fairy Meat - Wicked Things
 * Farscape Roleplaying Game
 * Fightball
 * Fire and Ice
 * 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)
 * Goth: The Game of Horror Trivia
 * 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

Significant games-related events of 2002

 * Paizo Publishing founded.