1982 in games
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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1982. For video games, see 1982 in video gaming.
Games released or invented in 1982
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- Ant Wars
- Battle Damage: Code Red
- By the Sword!
- Continuo
- Dawn Patrol
- Fields of Action
- Fighting Fantasy
- Fringeworthy (role-playing game)
- FTL:2448 (role-playing game)
- Gangbusters (role-playing game)
- Man, Myth & Magic (role-playing game)
- Phase 10
- Sequence
- Survive!
- Star Frontiers (role-playing game)
- Star Trek: The Role Playing Game
- Starfleet Voyages (role-playing game)
- Swordbearer (role-playing game)
- True Dough Mania
- Wizards
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Game awards given in 1982
- Spiel des Jahres: Enchanted Forest (German title is Sagaland)
Deaths
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! Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| January 24
|76 |Mathematician and board game designer | |||
| June 8
|104 |President of Selchow and Righter | |||
| September 23
|31 |Comics and games artist |