1950s in games
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Games released or invented in the 1950s
[edit]- Afrikan tähti (1951)
- Yahtzee (1954)
- Tactics (1954)
- Careers (1955)
- Jotto (1955)
- Perquackey (1955)
- Risk (1957, in French as La Conquête du Monde)
- Gettysburg (1958)
- RSVP (1958)
- Diplomacy (1959)
Significant games-related events in the 1950s
[edit]- Avalon Hill Game Company founded by Charles S. Roberts to publish the first board wargame, Tactics. For many years Avalon Hill was a dominant maker of wargames.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Avalon Hill's General Magazine Index and Company History 1952-1980 Volume 1- Volume 16 page5
