1997 in games

Games released or invented in 1997

Game awards given in 1997

• Spiel des Jahres: Mississippi Queen - Werner Hodel, Goldsieber
• Games: Quoridor

  Significant games-related events in 1997

• Eden Studios, Inc. founded by George Vasilakos and M. Alexander Jurkat.
• TSR, Inc., the owner of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game, was acquired by Wizards of the Coast.

  Deaths