2008 in games
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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2008. For video games, see 2008 in video gaming.
Games released or invented in 2008
- Arkham Horror: Kingsport Horror (expansion)
- Arkham Horror: The Black Goat of the Woods (expansion)
- Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition
- Bonehead
- Carcassonne: Catapult
- Carcassonne: Count, King, and Cult
- Carcassonne: The Cult
- Carcassonne: Cult, Siege and Creativity
- Chandragupta
- Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear!
- Dark Heresy (Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay)
- Dominion
- Eye Know
- Fluxx 4.0
- Keltis
- Le Havre
- Lost Cities: The Board Game
- Monty Python Fluxx
- Munchkin Cthulhu 3 - The Unspeakable Vault
- Munchkin 6: Demented Dungeons
- Munchkin 7: More Good Cards
- Pandemic
- Panzer Grenadier: Cassino '44, Gateway to Rome
- Panzer Grenadier: Elsenborn Ridge
- Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm
- Sexy Secrets
- Space Alert
- Tide of Iron: Days of the Fox
- Tide of Iron: Designer Series Vol. 1
- Tide of Iron: Normandy
- Trail of Cthulhu
- Zombies!!! 7: Send in the Clowns
Game awards given in 2008
- Spiel des Jahres: Keltis
- Spiel des Jahres special prize for Best complex game: Agricola
- Kinderspiel des Jahres: Wer war’s?
- Mensa Select: AmuseAmaze, Eye Know, Jumbulaya, Pixel, Tiki Topple
- Games: Tzaar
Significant games-related events in 2008
- Cranium, Inc. purchased by Hasbro for US$77.5 million.
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 4 | Gary Gygax | 69 | co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons |
| April 19 | Bob Bledsaw | 65 | RPG designer, co-founder of Judges Guild |
| June 7 | Erick Wujcik | 57 | RPG designer, co-founder of Palladium Books |
| July 23 | N. Robin Crossby | 54 | RPG designer, creator of the Hârn setting |
| September 21 | Brian Thomsen | 49 | Novelist, including Forgotten Realms |