Home›Games›Origin Year›By Decade›1970sBrowse By1970sOrigin year places a game in the year its rules were first fixed in writing. Wikipedia notes rugby football's "rules were first put down in written (codified) form in 1845," even though students had already been playing an informal version "since at least the early 1820s." Browsing by origin year separates when a game's rules were formalized from when it was actually first played.1970sConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)1970sFilter Results273 entriesSportAllAbstract strategy board game (3)arcade game (1)Board game (2)Board game, abstract strategy, connection game (1)Board game, trivia and quiz (1)Board wargame (7)Card game (1)Card game, shedding-type (1)Fantasy board game (1)Fantasy board wargame (1)Handheld electronic game (1)hex map-based wargame (1)miniatures wargame (1)Model railroad switching puzzle (1)Science fiction board game (1)Science fiction board wargame (1)shedding-type card game (1)Strategy deduction card game (1)Tabletop role-playing game (1)Two-player board wargame of urban man-to-man combat (1)Wargame (2)Derived FromAllBlackjack (1)Chess (3)Draughts (1)Mille Bornes (1)Napoleon at War (1)PanzerBlitz (1)Reversi (1)Risk (1)Shogi (2)The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia 1812 (1)Origin RegionAllCanada (Montreal, Quebec) (1)Indonesia (1)Japan (1)United States (1)United States (Reading, Ohio) (1)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (28)Single-Player (5)Small Group (3-6 Players) (61)Team-Based (Two Teams) (5)Two-Player (154)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2731776 (boardgame)1970s1918 (wargame)1970s221B Baker Street (board game)1970s4th Dimension (board game)1970sA Mighty Fortress (wargame)1970sAgincourt (game)1970sAir Assault on Crete1970sAir War (game)1970sAlexander the Great (board game)1970sAlmost chess1970sAlpha Omega (board game)1970sAncient Conquest1970sAnti-Monopoly1970sApocalypse (chess variant)1970sArms Race (game)1970sASG Baseball1970sAsteroid Zero-Four1970sAtlanta (board game)1970sAvalanche chess1970sAvalanche: The Salerno Landings1970sBalaclava: The Charge of the Light Brigade1970sBattle for Germany1970sBattle for Hue (wargame)1970sBattleFleet Mars1970sBattlestar Galactica (board game)1970sBlack Hole (board game)1970sBlockade (board game)1970sBloody Buna1970sBoggle1970sBoot Hill (role-playing game)1970sBreakout & Pursuit: The Battle for France, 19441970sBuckaroo!1970sBunnies & Burrows1970sBurma (wargame)1970sCaporetto, 19171970sCathedral (board game)1970sChad (chess variant)1970sChainmail (game)1970sChess with different armies1970sChinese Civil War (wargame)1970sChinese Farm (board game)1970sChivalry & Sorcery1970sCityfight: Modern Combat in the Urban Environment1970sClass Struggle (board game)1970sCombined Arms (game)1970sConnect Four1970sConquistador (game)1970sConspiracy (board game)1970sCosmic Encounter1970sCosmic Wimpout1970sCoup (board game)1970sCrossfire (board game)1970sCrude: The Oil Game1970sDamath1970sDeathmaze1970sDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire (game)1970sDelaware Lottery1970sDescent on Crete1970sDestruction of Army Group Center1970sDirect Conflict in Dimension Six1970sDivine Right (game)1970sDixie (board wargame)1970sDjambi1970sDodgem1970sDollar auction1970sDon't Give Up the Ship (game)1970sDouble Exposure Blackjack1970sDouble Star (board game)1970sDownfall (game)1970sDragonlord (board game)1970sDrang Nach Osten!1970sDrive on Stalingrad: Battle for Southern Russia Game1970sDune (board game)1970sDungeon!1970sDungeons & Dragons1970sEagles (wargame)1970sEmperor of China (game)1970sEmpire of the Petal Throne1970sEn Garde! (role-playing game)1970sEntropy (board game)1970sEpaminondas (game)1970sEscape from Colditz1970sEuropa (wargame)1970sFour Battles in North Africa1970sFredericksburg: The Union Repulsed1970sFriedland 18071970sFulda Gap (game)1970sGame of the Generals1970sGlobal War (board game)1970sGnip Gnop1970sGodzilla Game1970sGrass (card game)1970sGuerilla (wargame)1970sGuess Who?1970sHare and Tortoise1970sHeart of Oak: Naval Miniatures for the Age of Fighting Sail1970sHexdame1970sHot Spot (board game)1970sHungry Hungry Hippos1970sHunt the Wumpus1970sI Will Fight No More... Forever1970sIce War1970sImage (board game)1970sImperium (board game)1970sIndian Ocean Adventure: The Japanese Raids on Ceylon1970sIsolation (board game)1970sIt (board game)1970sJena-Auerstadt: The Battle for Prussia1970sJohn Carter, Warlord of Mars (role-playing game)1970sJunta (game)1970sKasserine: Baptism of Fire1970sKing Arthur's Knights1970sKingmaker (board game)1970sKlondike (board game)1970sKnights and Knaves (board game)1970sKriegspiel (board wargame)1970sKursk: Operation Zitadelle1970sKyoto shogi1970sLa Bataille de la Moscowa1970sLabyrinthine (board game)1970sLankhmar (board game)1970sLigny: Incomplete Victory1970sLittle Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand1970sLondon Cabbie1970sLords of the Middle Sea1970sLost Battles: Operational Combat in Russia1970sMachiavelli (board game)1970sMagic Realm1970sMastermind (board game)1970sMasterpiece (game)1970sMayday (game)1970sMelee (game)1970sMerlin (console)1970sMetamorphosis Alpha1970sMinishogi1970sMissile Boat (wargame)1970sMukden: Sino-Soviet Combat in the '70s1970sNapoleon (board game)1970sNapoléon à Austerlitz1970sNapoleon at Bay1970sNapoleon at War1970sNaval War1970sNebula 191970sNeutron (game)1970sNORAD (board game)1970sObjective: Atlanta1970sOgre (board game)1970sOil War: American Intervention in the Persian Gulf1970sOlympica1970sOthello1970sOutdoor Survival1970sOverlord (wargame)1970sPanzer Leader (game)1970sPanzerBlitz1970sPass the Pigs1970sPatrol (board game)1970sPay Day (board game)1970sPaydirt (game)1970sPente1970sPerfection (board game)1970sPlan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra1970sPlaskett's Puzzle1970sPloy (board game)1970sPop-up Pirate1970sPRESTAGS1970sQuatre Bras: Stalemate on the Brussels Road1970sQuazar (board game)1970sQuebec 1759 (block wargame)1970sQuebec Libre1970sQuod (board game)1970sRaketny Kreyser1970sRed Star/White Star: Tactical Combat in Europe in the 1970s1970sRise and Decline of the Third Reich1970sRivets (board game)1970sRocroi (wargame)1970sRubik's Cube1970sRuneQuest1970sSearch & Destroy: Tactical Combat Vietnam 1965-19661970sSet (card game)1970sShiloh: The Battle for Tennessee1970sShogun (1976 board game)1970sSigma Omega1970sSimon (game)1970sSimon de Montfort (game)1970sSinai: The Arab-Israeli Wars1970sSirius (game)1970sSixth Fleet (wargame)1970sSleuth (card game)1970sSniper! (board game)1970sSpace Marines (wargame)1970sSpace Raid!1970sSpartan: Tactical Warfare in the Hellenistic Age, 500-100BC1970sSpeed Circuit1970sSpellmaker1970sSquad Leader1970sStar Fighter (board game)1970sStar Fleet Battles1970sStar Probe1970sStar Quest (board game)1970sStar Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier1970sStarfire (board wargame)1970sStarForce: Alpha Centauri1970sStarguard!1970sStarwars (board game)1970sStatis Pro Baseball1970sStay Alive (game)1970sStomp! (game)1970sStop Thief1970sStratomic1970sStreets of Stalingrad1970sStrike Force One1970sSubmarine (wargame)1970sSurakarta1970sTerrible Swift Sword (game)1970sThe 20th Maine1970sThe American Civil War: 1861-18651970sThe Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia 18121970sThe Battle of Nations (wargame)1970sThe Campaign for North Africa1970sThe Creature That Ate Sheboygan1970sThe Dragonlords1970sThe Farming Game1970sThe Fast Carriers1970sThe Franco-Prussian War (wargame)1970sThe Game (dice game)1970sThe Game of Jaws1970sThe Golden Horde (board game)1970sThe Great Redoubt1970sThe Great War in the East1970sThe London Game1970sThe Mad Magazine Card Game1970sThe Mad Magazine Game1970sThe March on India, 19441970sThe Next War (board game)1970sThe Peloponnesian War (wargame)1970sThe Siege of Leningrad (game)1970sThe Thin Red Line (wargame)1970sThe Ungame1970sThe War at Sea1970sThirty Years War (wargame)1970sTimesaver1970sTitan Strike!1970sTobruk (board game)1970sTop Trumps1970sTractics1970sTranscendental chess1970sTrivial Pursuit1970sTroy (game)1970sUno1970sVeracruz: U.S. Invasion of Mexico 18471970sVictory in the Pacific1970sViking (game)1970sVoice of the Mummy1970sWacht am Rhein (game)1970sWar Between the States 1861-18651970sWar in Europe (game)1970sWar in the Pacific (board game)1970sWar of the Sky Cities1970sWar of the Star Slavers1970sWarriors of Mars (game)1970sWarsaw Rising (game)1970sWestwall: Four Battles to Germany1970sWhac-A-Mole1970sWhich Witch? (board game)1970sWhite Bear and Red Moon1970sWhite Death (board game)1970sWizard (board game)1970sWizard's Quest1970sWolfpack (wargame)1970sWooden Ships and Iron Men1970sWorld War I: 1914-19181970sYsgarth1970sZargo's Lords1970sConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 2,384 connections.SourcesThe Oxford History of Board Gamestier 2Oxford University Press, 1999Contains: XiangqiContains: JanggiContains: PachisiContains: SenetContains: Nine Men's MorrisContains: ReversiComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.