1950s in games
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see also: 1940s in games, 1960s in games
[edit] Games released or invented in the 1950s
- Afrikan tähti (1951)
- Tactics (1954)
- Yahtzee (1954)
- Careers (1955)
- Jotto (1955)
- Risk (1957, in French as La Conquête du Monde)
- Gettysburg (1958)
- Diplomacy (1959)
[edit] Significant games-related events in the 1950s
- Avalon Game Company founded by Charles S. Roberts to publish the first board wargame, Tactics. For many years Avalon Hill was a dominant maker of wargames.
- Hasbro founded.
