2009 in games
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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2009. For video games, see 2009 in video games.
Games released or invented in 2009
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- Aksharit
- All Things Zombie
- Axis & Allies: Pacific 1940
- Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune
- Castle Panic
- Connect 4x4
- Dominion: Intrigue
- Dominion: Seaside
- Dungeon Lords
- Endeavor
- Ex illis
- Fiasco
- Finca
- FITS (board game)
- Martian Fluxx
- Granada
- (The) Green Game
- Grind
- Hansa Teutonica
- Havana
- Imperial 2030
- Jaipur
- København
- Logo Board Game
- The Magic Labyrinth
- Malifaux
- Monopoly City
- Murus Gallicus
- My First Carcassonne
- Mythgardia
- Reminiscing:21st Century Edition
- Sector 41
- Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
- Thunderstone
- Words with Friends
- World War IV: One World, One King
- The Sims 3
- MySims Racing
- MySims Party
- MySims Agents }}
Game awards given in 2009
- Mensa Select: Cornerstone, Dominion, Marrekech, Stratum, Tic-Tac-Ku
- Spiel des Jahres: Dominion
- Games: Small World
- Maria won the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano.{{cite web | url=https://www.spielportugal.org/jogo-do-ano | title=Jogo do Ano | publisher=Spiel Portugal | accessdate=1 September 2021}}
Deaths
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! Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| March 13
|60 |RPG designer | |||
| April 7
|61 |co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons | |||
| June 9
|54 |Comics artist who also drew for Dungeons & Dragons | |||
| September 6
|58 |RPG designer | |||
| October 14
|62 |RPG designer, co-creator of Chivalry & Sorcery | |||
| November 7
|65 |Psychiatrist who also created therapeutic board games | |||
| November 16
|79 |English actor who hosted the Battleground wargaming TV series in 1978 | |||
| November 17
|56 |RPG designer, creator of Powers & Perils |