2017 in games explained

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
• Dark Souls – The Board Game
• Feudum
• Gaslands
• Gloomhaven
• Near and Far
• Planetarium
• Spirit Island
• Werewords

Game awards given in 2017

• Great Western Trail won the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano.^[1]

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.^[2]

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
February 14[3]	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jogo do Ano . Spiel Portugal . 1 September 2021.
2. Web site: Daily Illuminator: The Fantasy Trip Returns Home . Steve. Jackson . www.sjgames.com . Dec 26, 2017 . 2018-01-07.
3. Obituary, The Normalite, April 6, 2017, page 16