title: 1981 in games
text: # 1981 in games
  
  This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1981. For video games, see 1981 in video gaming.
  
  ## Games released or invented in 1981
  
  * A House Divided
  * Aftermath! (role-playing game)
  * Attack of the Mutants!
  * Axis & Allies (Nova Games version)
  * Baboon Ball
  * The Barbarians
  * Bushido (role-playing game)
  * Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)
  * Champions (role-playing game)
  * Conquistador (2nd edition)
  * Cry Havoc
  * Dimension Demons
  * Down with the King
  * A Fistful of Turkeys
  * The Fury of the Norsemen
  * The Generic Gangster Chase Game
  * Hitler's War
  * The Lords of Underearth
  * Midgard (role-playing game)
  * Shuttlewars
  * Storm Over Arnhem
  * Stormbringer (role-playing game)
  * They've Invaded Pleasantville
  * Trailblazer
  * Transylvania
  * The Trojan War
  * Upwords
  * Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora
  
  ## Game awards given in 1981
  
  * Spiel des Jahres: Focus
  
  ## Significant games-related events in 1981
  
  * Amarillo Design Bureau founded.
  