title: 2005 in games
text: # 2005 in games
  
  This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2005. For video games, see 2005 in video gaming.
  
  ## Games released or invented in 2005
  
  * Arkham Horror (originally released in 1987 by Chaosium)
  * Anachronism
  * Australia: Aufbruch ins Abenteuer
  * Axis & Allies Miniatures
  * Beowulf: The Legend
  * Bonaparte at Marengo
  * Breakscore
  * Case Closed Trading Card Game
  * Caylus
  * ChiZo Rising
  * Codename: Kids Next Door Trading Card Game
  * Cyberpunk V3 (role-playing game)
  * d20 Apocalypse (role-playing game supplement)
  * d20 Past (role-playing game supplement)
  * Dark Millennium
  * Dawning Star (role-playing game)
  * Descent: Journeys in the Dark
  * Diamant
  * Diceland: Cyburg
  * Diceland: Dragons
  * ’’Dinosaur King’’
  * Dragon Booster Trading Card Game
  * Dragons of Kir
  * EcoFluxx
  * EinStein würfelt nicht
  * Embassy chess
  * Epic Battles
  * Euphrates and Tigris Card Game
  * Fairy Tale
  * Federation Commander: Klingon Border
  * Family Fluxx
  * Fjords
  * Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game
  * Glory to Rome
  * Gundam War Collectible Card Game
  * GURPS Infinite Worlds
  * Hecatomb (collectible card game)
  * Hollyworld (role-playing game)
  * Infinite Armies
  * Infinity (wargame)
  * Inkan aarre
  * Key Largo
  * Khet: The Laser Game
  * Kruzno
  * Louis XIV
  * Manila
  * Nexus Ops
  * The Nightmare Before Christmas Trading Card Game
  * Panzer Grenadier: Eastern Front
  * Panzer Grenadier: Road to Berlin
  * Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean
  * Pentago
  * Pimp: The Backhanding
  * PÜNCT
  * Railroad Tycoon
  * RoboRally (second edition)
  * Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
  * Runebound
  * Saganami Island Tactical Simulator
  * Serenity (role-playing game)
  * Shadow Hunters
  * Shadows over Camelot
  * Sleeping Queens
  * Sonic X Trading Card Game
  * Starship Troopers: The Miniatures Game
  * Starship Troopers: The Roleplaying Game
  * Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition
  * Terakh
  * Ticket to Ride Europe
  * TransEuropa
  * Truth & Justice (role-playing game)
  * Tsuro
  * Twilight Imperium (third edition, first released in 1998)
  * Twilight Struggle
  * Usagi Yojimbo Role-Playing Game
  * Vegas Showdown
  * WARMACHINE Apotheosis
  * Weapons of the Gods (role-playing game)
  * Werewolf: The Forsaken (role-playing game)
  * Wits and Wagers
  * World of Warcraft: The Board Game
  * Xiaolin Showdown Trading Card Game
  * Zatch Bell! The Card Battle
  
  ## Game awards given in 2005
  
  * Game of the Year and Gamers Choice for Best Miniatures (Origins Awards): WARMACHINE Apotheosis
  * Games: Australia
  
  ## Deaths
  
  | Date | Name | Age | Notability |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | January 2 | Frank Kelly Freas | 82 | illustrator |
  | March 9 | Redmond A. Simonsen | 62 | wargame designer |
  | March 11 | Karen Wynn Fonstad | 59 | cartographer of fictional worlds |
  | March 12 | Edward E. Simbalist | 61 | RPG designer, co-creator of Chivalry & Sorcery |
  | June 6 | David C. Sutherland III | 56 | illustrator, known for work on Dungeons & Dragons |
  | October 26 | Keith Parkinson | 47 | illustrator, known for work on Dungeons & Dragons |
  