1996 in games

Games released or invented in 1996

Game awards given in 1996

• Origins Awards :
• *Best Card Game: '
• *Best Fantasy or Science-Fiction Board Game: Dragon Dice
• *Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game: RoboRally - Armed and Dangerous
• *Best Miniatures Rules: Warzone - A Fast & Furious Miniatures Battle Game
• *Best Modern-Day Board Game: Empire of the Rising Sun
• *Best Pre-20th Century Board Game : Colonial Diplomacy, Three Days of Gettysburg
• *Best Roleplaying Rules: '
• * Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
• **Axis & Allies
• **Call of Cthulhu RPG
• Games: 25 Words or Less

  Significant games-related events of 1996

• Five Rings Publishing Group formed as a spin-out of Alderac Entertainment Group and ISOMEDIA.
• Looney Labs is founded after the demise of Icehouse Games, Inc.