Sophisticated Games is a UK based developer of board games best known for its series of Lord of the Rings games which are based directly on J. R. R. Tolkien's books rather than the movies. It started up in 1998 in Cambridge, UK and is run by ex book publisher Robert Hyde in partnership with Ken Howard and Sophia Hyde.
It is also the originator of the abstract game by Reiner Knizia Ingenious, known as Einfach Genial in Germany. This was the game that was runner up in the 2004 Spiel des Jahres and much encouraged the subsequent trend towards abstract games in Germany. It has also published his new game Callisto.