2017 in games

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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2017. For video games, see 2017 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 2017

• The 7th Continent
• Azul
• Bärenpark
• Bears vs. Babies
• Charterstone
• Civilization: A New Dawn
• Dark Souls – The Board Game
• Feudum
• Gaslands
• Gloomhaven
• Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game
• Near and Far
• Planetarium
• Spirit Island
• Werewords

Game awards given in 2017

• Great Western Trail won the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano.

Significant games-related events in 2017

• On December 26, 2017, Steve Jackson announced he had re-acquired rights to The Fantasy Trip products he authored for Metagaming, specifically Melee, Wizard, Death Test, Death Test 2, Advanced Melee, Advanced Wizard, In the Labyrinth, and Tollenkar's Lair.

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
February 14	Loren Wiseman	65	Game designer and co-founder of Game Designers' Workshop
April 27	Richard Tucholka	63	Game designer and co-founder of Tri Tac Games
June 22	Stewart Wieck	49	Game designer and co-founder of White Wolf Publishing

See also

• List of game manufacturers
• 2017 in video gaming