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and card games,

wargame A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a realistic simulation of an armed conflict. Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to s ...

miniatures games Miniatures games are a form of tabletop game which prominently features the use of miniature models or figures. War games One of the oldest and most popular miniatures game genres is that of war games, where figures are arranged into competing " ...

, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2019. For video games, see

2019 in video gaming Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music ...

Games released or invented in 2019

* '' The Crew'' * '' The Fantasy Trip Legacy Edition'' * '' Ms. Monopoly'' * '' Shasn'' * ''

Wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

Game awards given in 2019

* ''

Just One ''Just One'' is the debut album by the hardcore band Better Than a Thousand, released in 1997. Originally just intended to be a fun project, Ray Cappo, Graham Land and Ken Olden recorded some hardcore songs at Issa Diao's (of Good Clean Fun) stu ...

'' won Game of the Year in the Spiel des Jahres. * '' Wingsan'' won the 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres Winner (Connoisseur-gamer game of the year) * ''

Root In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the sur ...

'' won Game of the Year in the Origins Awards. *''UBOOT The Board Game'' won the

Charles S. Roberts Award The Charles S. Roberts Awards (or CSR Awards) is an annual award for excellence in the historical wargaming hobby. It was named in honor of Charles S. Roberts the "Father of Wargaming" who founded Avalon Hill. The award is informally called a "C ...

War Boardgame of the Year. * '' Star Crossed'', a role-playing game by

Alex Roberts Alex Roberts may refer to: * Alex Roberts (cricketer), an English cricket player *Alex Roberts (game designer), a Canadian role-playing game designer See also *Alexander Roberts Alexander Roberts (12 May 1826 – 8 March 1901) was a 19th-cen ...

and published by

Bully Pulpit Games Bully Pulpit Games, based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is a small publisher of indie role-playing games. History Their games include ''Fiasco (role-playing game), Fiasco'' and ''Star Crossed (game), Star Crossed''. The publisher is named fo ...

won the

Diana Jones Award The Diana Jones Award is an annual award for "excellence in Role-playing game, gaming". The original award was made from a burned book encased in lucite. The award is unusual in two ways: first, it is not an award for a specific class of thing, b ...

* ''Chronicles of Crime'' won the American Tabletop Awards Strategy Game award. * ''Root'' won the American Tabletop Awards Complex Game award. * ''The Mind'' won the As d'Or Jeu de l'Année. * ''

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'' won the As d'Or Grand Prix. * '' Mr. Wolf'' won the As d'Or Jeu de l'Année Enfant. * ''Wingspan'' won the

Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year (abbreviated GotY) is a title awarded by various magazines, websites, and shows to a deserving game. Many publications award a single "Game of the Year" to a single title that they feel represents the pinnacle of gaming achievemen ...

Game of the Year. * ''Wingspan'' won the Deutscher Spiele Preis. * ''Wingspan'' won the

Diamond Climber Award Game of the Year (abbreviated GotY) is a title awarded by various magazines, websites, and shows to a deserving game. Many publications award a single "Game of the Year" to a single title that they feel represents the pinnacle of gaming achievemen ...

Game of the Year. * ''Wingspan'' won

The Dice Tower Thomas J. Vasel is a podcaster, designer and reviewer of board games, and hosted ''The Dice Tower'' podcast from 2003-2022, which has more than 300,000 subscribers. Vasel began publishing board game reviews in 2002 on BoardGameGeek, followed by You ...

Game of the Year. * ''Root'' won the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano. * ''Wingspan'' won the Golden Geek Award Game of the Year. * ''Architects of the West Kingdom'', ''Gizmos'', ''Gunkimono'', ''Planet'' and ''Victorian Masterminds'' won the Mensa Select Award.

Significant games-related events in 2019

* Vlaada Chvátil was inducted into the

Origins Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics and manga * ''Origin'' (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002 * ''The Origin'' (Buffy comic), a 1999 ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ...

Hall of Fame. * Gerald Brom was inducted into the

Hall of Fame. * ''

Mage Knight ''Mage Knight'' is a miniatures wargame using collectible figures, created by WizKids, Inc, and is the earliest example of what is now known as a collectible miniatures game (or CMG). The game was designed by founder Jordan Weisman along with ...

'' was inducted into the

Hall of Fame. * '' Apples to Apples'' was inducted into the

Hall of Fame.

Deaths

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