1982 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 1982. For video and console games, see 1982 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1982

 * Continuo
 * Custer's Revenge
 * Dawn Patrol
 * Fields of Action
 * Fringeworthy (role-playing game)
 * FTL:2448 (role-playing game)
 * Gangbusters (role-playing game)
 * Man, Myth & Magic (role-playing game)
 * Phase 10
 * Raise the Roof
 * Sequence
 * Survive!
 * Star Frontiers (role-playing game)
 * Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA Corporation version)
 * Starfleet Voyages (role-playing game)
 * Swordbearer (role-playing game)
 * True Dough Mania
 * Wizards

Game awards given in 1982

 * Spiel des Jahres: Enchanted Forest (German title is Sagaland)

Significant games-related events in 1982

 * Trivial Pursuit published, becoming the first trivia game.
 * TSR, Inc. purchases assets of Simulations Publications, Inc. following its bankruptcy.