1979 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 1979. For video and console games, see 1979 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1979

 * The Awful Green Things From Outer Space
 * Cheops
 * Chinese Farm (2nd edition)
 * Circus Maximus
 * The Creature That Ate Sheboygan
 * Divine Right
 * The Farming Game
 * Godsfire
 * Guess Who?
 * The Mad Magazine Card Game
 * The Mad Magazine Game
 * Napoleon at Leipzig
 * Star Fleet Battles
 * Starfire
 * Trivial Pursuit
 * Villains and Vigilantes (role-playing game)

Games awards given in 1979

 * Spiel des Jahres: Hare and Tortoise (first year given)

Significant games-related events of 1979

 * Task Force Games founded by Allen Eldridge and Stephen Cole.