1996 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1996. For video games, see 1996 in video gaming.
Game awards given in 1996
- Origins Awards :
- *Best Card Game: Middle-earth: The Wizards
- *Best Fantasy or Science-Fiction Board Game: Dragon Dice
- *Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game: RoboRally - Armed and Dangerous
- *Best Miniatures Rules: Warzone - A Fast & Furious Miniatures Battle Game
- *Best Modern-Day Board Game: Empire of [the Rising Sun]
- *Best Pre-20th Century Board Game : Colonial Diplomacy, Three Days of Gettysburg
- *Best Roleplaying Rules: Mage: The Ascension (2nd edition)
- * Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
- **Axis & Allies
- **Call of Cthulhu RPG
- Games: ''25 Words or Less''
Significant games-related events of 1996
- Five Rings Publishing Group formed as a spin-out of Alderac Entertainment Group and ISOMEDIA.
- Looney Labs is founded after the demise of Icehouse Games, Inc.