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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2009. For video games, see 2009 in video games.

Games released or invented in 2009

• Aksharit
• All Things Zombie
• Axis & Allies: Pacific 1940
• Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune
• Castle Panic
• Connect 4x4
• Dominion: Intrigue
• Dominion: Seaside
• Dungeon Lords
• Endeavor
• Ex illis
• Fiasco
• Finca
• FITS (board game)
• Martian Fluxx
• Granada
• (The) Green Game
• Grind
• Hansa Teutonica
• Havana
• Imperial 2030
• Jaipur
• København
• Logo Board Game
• The Magic Labyrinth
• Malifaux
• Monopoly City
• Murus Gallicus
• My First Carcassonne
• Mythgardia
• Reminiscing:21st Century Edition
• Sector 41
• Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
• Thunderstone
• Words with Friends
• World War IV: One World, One King
• The Sims 3
• MySims Racing
• MySims Party
• MySims Agents

Game awards given in 2009

• Mensa Select: Cornerstone, Dominion, Marrekech, Stratum, Tic-Tac-Ku
• Spiel des Jahres: Dominion
• Games: Small World
• Maria won the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano.[1]

Significant games-related events in 2009

• Mattel, Inc. purchases Sekkoia SAS, makers of Blokus, Blokus Trigon, Blokus 3D, Blokus Duo, and Blokus Giant for an undisclosed sum.[2]

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
March 13	Keith Herber	60	RPG designer
April 7	Dave Arneson	61	co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons
September 6	David J. Ritchie	58	RPG designer
October 14	Wilf K. Backhaus	62	RPG designer, co-creator of Chivalry & Sorcery
November 17	Richard Snider	56	RPG designer, creator of Powers & Perils

See also

• List of game manufacturers
• 2009 in video games

References

1. "Jogo do Ano". Spiel Portugal. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
2. "Mattel buys Sekkoia SAS for undisclosed sum", International Herald Tribune, 2009-01-16