2016 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2016. For video games, see 2016 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 2016

• Arkham Horror: The Card Game
• Beasts of Balance
• Cry Havoc
• A Feast for Odin
• Hero Realms
• Kingdomino
• Mechs vs. Minions
• Ophidian 2360
• The Oregon Trail Card Game
• Scythe
• SeaFall
• Secret Hitler
• Star Wars: Rebellion
• Tak
• Terraforming Mars
• Trumped Up Cards

Game awards given in 2016

• Mombasa won the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano.^[1]

Significant games-related events in 2016

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
February 6	Erwin Glonnegger	90	Game designer
February 9[2][3]	Wayne England	56	Artist for Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering
February 10[4]	Christopher Rush	50	Artist for Magic: The Gathering
March 25	Ken Barr	83	Artist who contributed to Torg and other games
April 4[5]	Eric Dott	89	Owner of Avalon Hill
June 20	Goro Hasegawa	83	Designer of the board game Othello
September 24[6]	Jeff Mackintosh	45	Designer with Guardians of Order
November 29	Joe Dever	60	Designer of the Lone Wolf gamebooks

See also

• List of game manufacturers
• 2016 in video gaming