2018 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2018. For video games, see 2018 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 2018

Game awards given in 2018

Lisboa 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}}

Significant games-related events in 2018

Deaths

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! Date

Name

Age

Notability

January 31{{cite web|url = http://nthfh.com/tribute/details/1959/William-O-Connor/obituary.html |title = Obituary of William O'Connor | year = 2018 | accessdate = February 3, 2018 | publisher = Nolan & Taylor-Howe Funeral Home, Inc.|df=mdy }}

|William O'Connor

|47

|Artist for Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering

April 2

|Laura Roslof

|69

|Illustrator for Palace of the Silver Princess

June 25

|Garry Spiegle

|72

|Co-founder of Pacesetter Ltd

September 12{{cite web |title=Carl Lynwood Sargent |url=https://www.funeralzone.co.uk/obituaries/53734 |website=Funeral Zone |accessdate=19 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Carl Sargent (1952–2018) |url=https://officialfightingfantasy.blogspot.com/2018/11/carl-sargent-1952-2018.html |website=Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks |accessdate=19 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Carl Sargent (1952–2018) |url=https://www.spr.ac.uk/news/carl-sargent-19522018 |publisher=Society for Psychical Research |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

|Carl Sargent

|65

|Game designer on Fighting Fantasy and Greyhawk

June 25

|Layman Allen

|72

|University professor who designed the game WFF 'N PROOF

September 29{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/news/local/obituaries/seifried-bruce-duke/article_16a5d5d7-317f-55bc-8d7c-8f83422bc014.html|title=Seifried, Bruce "Duke"|website=madison.com}}

|Duke Seifried

|83

|Miniatures sculptor

October 11{{Cite web|url=https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-greg-stafford-1948-2018/|title=Vale Greg Stafford (1948–2018)|author=Michael O'Brien|website=Chaosium company blog|date=October 12, 2018|accessdate=October 12, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012165915/https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-greg-stafford-1948-2018/|archivedate=October 12, 2018|url-status=live}}

|Greg Stafford

|70

|Game designer and founder of Chaosium

References

Games

Category:Games by year