2002 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2002. For video games, see 2002 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 2002

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• 1313 Dead End Drive
• 30 Seconds
• A Game of Thrones collectible card game
• Age of Steam
• Apples to Apples - Expansion Set #4
• Apples to Apples Junior
• Arimaa
• BattleDragons (role-playing game)
• Brain Chain
• The Burning Wheel (role-playing game)
• Car Wars (5th Edition)
• Carcassonne - Hunters and Gatherers
• Carcassonne - Inns and Cathedrals
• Cartoon Action Hour (role-playing game)
• Chez Greek
• Children of the Sun (role-playing game)
• Clans
• d20 Modern (role-playing game)
• Deadlands: Lost Colony
• Demon: The Fallen (role-playing game)
• Diceland (tile game)
• Diceland - Deep White Sea
• Donjon (role-playing game)
• DragonStrike
• Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium
• Dungeons & Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Board Game
• Dust Devils (role-playing game)
• Engel (role-playing game)
• EverQuest Role-Playing Game
• Fairy Meat - Wicked Things
• Farscape Roleplaying Game
• Fightball
• Flames of War (first edition)
• Frag Fire Zone
• Frag PVP
• Freeloader
• The Game of Life Card Game
• A Game of Thrones
• Give Me the Brain (full color "Special Edition")
• Godlike (role-playing game)
• Great War at Sea: Great White Fleet
• Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan Red
• Hammer of the Scots
• HeroClix
• I Ain't Been Shot, Mum!
• InSpectres (role-playing game)
• Jadeclaw (role-playing game)
• The Judge Dredd Role-playing Game
• Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot
• Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game
• Lord of the Rings - Sauron
• MechWarrior: Dark Age
• Mexica
• Munchkin 2: Unnatural Axe
• Mutants & Masterminds (role-playing game)
• Nanofictionary
• NBA Showdown
• Night Wizard! (role-playing game)
• Paladin (role-playing game)
• Panzer Grenadier: Afrika Korps - The Desert War
• Panzer Grenadier: Arctic Front
• Panzer Grenadier: Battle of the Bulge
• Pirate's Cove
• Puerto Rico
• The Riddle of Steel (role-playing game)
• RollerCoaster Tycoon
• Rome at War II: Fading Legions
• Save Doctor Lucky on Moon Base Copernicus
• The Settlers of Canaan
• The Settlers of the Stone Age
• Silver Age Sentinels (role-playing game)
• Sorcerer (role-playing game)
• Spaceship Zero (role-playing game)
• Star Hero (role-playing game)
• Star Munchkin (role-playing game)
• Star Trek Roleplaying Game (Decipher, Inc. version)
• Star Wars Trading Card Game
• Terra Primate (role-playing game)
• Transhuman Space (role-playing game)
• Trias
• Trollbabe (role-playing game)
• Universalis (role-playing game)
• Wallenstein
• Xactika
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (English version)
• Zombies!!! 2: Zombie Corps(e)

Game awards given in 2002

• Spiel des Jahres: Villa Paletti
• Games: DVONN

Significant games-related events of 2002

• Paizo Publishing founded.

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
Unknown	Robert Charles Bell	87-88	Author about games
July 29	Ron Walotsky	58	Artist for Magic: The Gathering
September 17	Denys Fisher	84	Board game designer
November 6	Sid Sackson	82	prolific games designer
December 25	Russ Berrie	69	Founder of toy and game company Russ Berrie and Company

See also

• 2002 in video gaming