1987 in games

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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1987. For video games, see 1987 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1987

• Ars Magica (role-playing game)
• Auf Achse
• BattleForce
• Block Mania
• Central America
• Chainsaw Warrior
• Chaos Marauders
• Cyborg Commando
• Federation and Empire
• The Fury of Dracula
• Gammarauders
• Illuminati: Deluxe Edition
• Living Steel (role-playing game)
• Rogue Trooper
• Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (West End Games version)
• The Succession Wars
• Talislanta (role-playing game)
• Tantrix
• Teenagers from Outer Space (role-playing game)
• Timelords (role-playing game)
• Traveller: 2300 (role-playing game)
• Warhammer 40,000

Game awards given in 1987

• Spiel des Jahres: Auf Achse - Wolfgang Kramer, F.X. Schmid

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
September	Ephraim Hertzano	75	Designer of Rummikub
September 11	Lorne Greene	72	Actor who helped design The Propaganda Game (1966)

See also

• 1987 in video gaming