1950s in games

See also: 1940s in games and 1960s in games

Games released or invented in the 1950s

Afrikan tähti (1951)
Yahtzee (1954)
Careers (1955)
Jotto (1955)
Perquackey (1955)
Risk (1957, in French as La Conquête du Monde)
Gettysburg (1958)
RSVP (1958)
Diplomacy (1959)

Significant games-related events in the 1950s

Avalon Hill 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.

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