title: 1979 in games
text: # 1979 in games
  
  This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1979. For video games, see 1979 in video gaming.
  
  ## Games released or invented in 1979
  
  * 4th Dimension
  * Asteroid Zero-Four
  * The Awful Green Things from Outer Space
  * The Beastlord
  * Belter
  * Bloodtree Rebellion
  * Cerberus
  * Cheops
  * Chinese Farm (2nd edition)
  * Circus Maximus
  * Colony Delta
  * The Creature That Ate Sheboygan
  * Darkover
  * Demons
  * Divine Right
  * Double Star
  * Dune
  * Earth Game
  * The Farming Game
  * Freedom in the Galaxy
  * Godsfire
  * Guess Who?
  * Holy War
  * Hot Spot
  * Invasion of the Air-eaters
  * John Carter: Warlord of Mars
  * King Arthur
  * Knights and Knaves
  * The Legend of Robin Hood
  * MAATAC
  * The Mad Magazine Card Game
  * The Mad Magazine Game
  * Magic Realm
  * Magic Wood
  * Marine: 2002
  * Napoleon at Leipzig
  * Prochorovka: Armor at Kursk
  * Sigma Omega
  * Snapshot
  * Space Future
  * Sqwurm
  * Star Fleet Battles
  * Star Quest
  * Starfall
  * Starfire
  * StarGate
  * Streets of Stalingrad
  * Survival / The Barbarian
  * Swordquest
  * Time War
  * Titan Strike!
  * Trivial Pursuit
  * Vector 3
  * Villains and Vigilantes (tabletop role-playing game)
  * War of the Sky Cities
  * Wizard's Quest
  * Zargo's Lords
  
  ## 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.
  