2004 in games
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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniature games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2004. For video games, see 2004 in video gaming.
Games released or invented in 2004
- A/state
- Allegiance: War of Factions
- Axis & Allies (fourth edition, originally released in 1984)
- Axis & Allies: D-Day
- Babylon 5:A Call to Arms
- Beer Money
- Betrayal at House on the Hill
- Blue Moon
- Boomtown
- BuyWord
- Call of Cthulhu Collectible Card Game
- Candamir: The First Settlers
- Carcassonne: The City
- Castles & Crusades (role-playing game)
- Chez Goth
- d20 Future (role-playing game supplement)
- D6 Space (role-playing game)
- Dark Champions (role-playing game)
- Destination London
- Digimon card game
- Dogs in the Vineyard (role-playing game)
- Doom: The Boardgame
- Dragonball GT Trading Card Game
- Duel Masters Trading Card Game
- Dungeon Twister
- Ex Machina (role-playing game)
- Familienbande
- Friedrich
- Gettysburg
- Great War at Sea: Cruiser Warfare
- Great Wat at Sea: Dreadnoughts
- Ingenious
- InuYasha Trading Card Game
- Jambo
- Landslide
- Mechamorphosis (role-playing game)
- Memoir '44
- Memoir '44 - Overlord
- Monastyr (role-playing game)
- Niagara
- Omlevex (role-playing game supplement)
- Panzer Grenadier: Beyond Normandy
- Panzer Grenadier: Desert Rats
- Panzer Grenadier: Jungle Fighting
- Piranha Pedro
- Pirates of the Spanish Main
- Power Grid
- Reef Encounter
- Risk Godstorm
- Russian Rails
- Saint Petersburg
- San Juan (a card game based upon the board game Puerto Rico)
- The Shadow of Yesterday (role-playing game)
- Star Wars Miniatures
- Super Scrabble
- Swipe
- Third Reich/Great Pacific War Player's Guide
- Tibet: The Roleplaying Game
- Ticket to Ride
- War of the Ring
- WARS Trading Card Game
- Wings of War
Game awards given in 2004
- Gamer's Choice Award (Origins Awards): Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
- International Gamers Award: Memoir '44
- Schweizer Spielepreis: Ingenious
- Spiel des Jahres: Ticket to Ride (German: Zug im Zug)[1]
- Games: BuyWord
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 23 | Samuel Edward Konkin III | 56 | Philosopher and frequent contributor to RPG publications |
| April 27 | Alex Randolph | 81 | Board game designer |
| September 4 | Bruce Quarrie | 57 | Wargaming author |
| December 12 | Perry Grant | 80 | Screenwriter who also designed board games |
See also
References
- ^ "Spiel des Jahres 2004". Spiel des Jahres e.V. 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
