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Notable Moments in Boardgame History
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Joe W
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A crowdsourced timeline of the history of boardgames
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Events
BoardGameGeek founded
Asmodee acquires Mayfair Games
Avalon Hill purchase 3M game line
Release of Magic: The Gathering
Release of Settlers of Catan
Release of Pokemon TCG
Release of Carcassonne
Release of Ticket to Ride
Release of Power Grid
Launch of Dice Tower podcast
Release of Pandemic
Release of Dominion
Release of Dungeons & Dragons 5E
Asmodee acquires Days of Wonder
Asmodee acquires Fantasy Flight Games
Asmodee acquires rights to Spot it! (Dobble)
Release of Codenames
Asmodee aquires English-language rights for Catan
Asmodee acquires F2Z
Fantasy Flight and Games Workshop part ways
Release of Diplomacy
Release of Twilight Struggle
Release of Chainmail
Wizards of the Coast acquires TSR, Inc.
Hasbro acquires Wizards of the Coast
First official GenCon
Hasbro acquires Avalon Hill
First Internationale Spieltage SPIEL
Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games published
Creation of the Spiel des Jahres award
First "Spielautorentreffen" (game designer meeting)
Bierdeckel-Proklamation (bar tap proclamation) signed
Release of Gettysburg
Release of Tactics
Strat-O-Matic founded by Hal Richmond
Senet invented
Little Wars published
The Landlord's Game is patented
Hartland Trefoil publishes 1829
Avalon Game Company Founded by Charles S. Roberts
Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary
Periods
Twilight Struggle is the highest-ranked game on BoardGameGeek
