1999 in games

Games released or invented in 1999

Game awards given in 1999

• Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société: Vinci
• Origins Awards: Button Men - Best Abstract Board Game and Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game
• Games: Torres

  Significant games-related events of 1999

• Hasbro purchases Wizards of the Coast for US$325 million.
• Z-Man Games incorporated by owner Zev Schlasinger.

  Deaths