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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1986. For video games, see 1986 in video gaming.

Contents

• Games released or invented in 1986
• Game awards given in 1986
• Significant games-related events in 1986
• Deaths
• See also
• References

Games released or invented in 1986

Game awards given in 1986

• Spiel des Jahres: Top Secret Spies (German title is Heimlich and Co.)

Significant games-related events in 1986

• Coleco purchases Selchow and Righter for US$75 million.

Deaths

See also

• 1986 in video gaming

References