This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1980. For video games, see 1980 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1980

• Ace of Aces • Across Suez • Annihilator & One World • Apocalypse • Arena of Death • Artifact • Asteroid • Azhanti High Lightning • Barbarian Kings • Basic Role-Playing (role-playing game system) • Beachhead • Berlin '85 • Can't Stop • Car Wars • Citadel of Blood • Civilization • Dark Nebula • Death and Destruction • Deathmaze • Devil's Den • Doctor Who: The Game of Time & Space • DragonQuest (role-playing game) • Duel Arcane • Empire Builder • Empires of the Middle Ages • Engage & Destroy • Fifth Corps • Final Frontier • Forest Wars of the Haven • Fast Attack Boats • The Hammer of Thor: The Game of Norse Mythology • Hero • Hof Gap • Intruder • Journey • King of the Mountain • Kings & Castles • Knights and Magick • Land of the Rising Sun (role-playing game) • Laser Tank • The Longest Day • The Morrow Project (role-playing game) • The Mystic Wood • Mythology • Odysseus (role-playing game) • O.K. Corral • Panzer Pranks • Quirks • Raid on Iran • Ram Speed • Revolt on Antares • Robots! • Rolemaster (role-playing game) • Rommel's Panzers • Shooting Stars • Skull & Crossbones (role-playing game) • The Sorcerer's Cave Extension Kit • Space Opera (role-playing game) • Space Warrior • Spellbinder • Star Commandos • Starfire II • Swashbuckler • Tau Ceti 2015 AD • Time Tripper • Timelag • Titan • Top Secret (role-playing game) • Trax • Valkenburg Castle • Valley of the Four Winds • The War of the Worlds • Warlock (card game) • World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting • The Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora

Games awards given in 1980

Significant games-related events of 1980