2002 in games
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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
[edit]- 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)
- "Super Mario Sunshine"
- "Spider-Man"
- "GTA: Vice City"
- "Mafia"
- "Madden NFL 2003" (released 12 August 2002)[1]
Game awards given in 2002
[edit]Significant games-related events of 2002
[edit]- Paizo Publishing founded.
Deaths
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Madden NFL 2003". IMDb. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Spiel des Jahres 2002". Spiel des Jahres e.V. 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2025.