1999 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1999. For video games, see 1999 in video gaming.

Game awards given in 1999

• Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société: Vinci
• Origins Awards: Button Men - Best Abstract Board Game and Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game
• Games: Torres
• Spiel des Jahres: Tikal - Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, Ravensburger

Significant games-related events of 1999

• Hasbro purchases Wizards of the Coast for US$325 million.
• Z-Man Games incorporated by owner Zev Schlasinger.

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
August 7	J. Andrew Keith	40	RPG designer

See also

• 1999 in video gaming