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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2018. For video games, see 2018 in video gaming.
==Games released or invented in 2018== *''The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls'' *''The Devil's Level card game'' *''Decrypto'' *''Dominaria'' (a Magic the Gathering set) *''Everdell'' *''Heroes of Land, Air & Sea'' *''Just One'' *''KeyForge'' *''The Quacks of Quedlinburg'' *''Rising Sun'' *''Root'' *''Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition'' *''Take the Galaxy''
==Game awards given in 2018== * ''Lisboa'' won the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.spielportugal.org/jogo-do-ano | title=Jogo do Ano | publisher=Spiel Portugal | accessdate=1 September 2021}}</ref>
==Significant games-related events in 2018==
==Deaths== {| class="wikitable" ! Date || Name || Age || Notability |- |January 31<ref name="Obituary of William O'Connor">{{cite web|url = http://nthfh.com/tribute/details/1959/William-O-Connor/obituary.html |title = Obituary of William O'Connor | year = 2018 | accessdate = February 3, 2018 | publisher = Nolan & Taylor-Howe Funeral Home, Inc.|df=mdy }}</ref> |William O'Connor |47 |Artist for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and ''Magic: The Gathering'' |- |April 2 |Laura Roslof |69 |Illustrator for Palace of the Silver Princess |- |June 25 |Garry Spiegle |72 |Co-founder of Pacesetter Ltd |- |September 12<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Lynwood Sargent |url=https://www.funeralzone.co.uk/obituaries/53734 |website=Funeral Zone |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Sargent (1952–2018) |url=https://officialfightingfantasy.blogspot.com/2018/11/carl-sargent-1952-2018.html |website=Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Sargent (1952–2018) |url=https://www.spr.ac.uk/news/carl-sargent-19522018 |publisher=Society for Psychical Research |accessdate=16 November 2018}}</ref> |Carl Sargent |65 |Game designer on ''Fighting Fantasy'' and Greyhawk |- |September 16 |Layman Allen |72 |University professor who designed the game WFF 'N PROOF |- |September 29<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/news/local/obituaries/seifried-bruce-duke/article_16a5d5d7-317f-55bc-8d7c-8f83422bc014.html|title=Seifried, Bruce "Duke"|website=madison.com}}</ref> |Duke Seifried |83 |Miniatures sculptor |- |October 11<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-greg-stafford-1948-2018/|title=Vale Greg Stafford (1948–2018)|author=Michael O'Brien|website=Chaosium company blog|date=October 12, 2018|accessdate=October 12, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012165915/https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-greg-stafford-1948-2018/|archivedate=October 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |Greg Stafford |70 |Game designer and founder of Chaosium |}
==See also== *List of game manufacturers *2018 in video gaming
==References== {{Reflist}}
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