This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2005. For video games, see 2005 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 2005

• Arkham Horror (originally released in 1987 by Chaosium) • Anachronism • Australia: Aufbruch ins Abenteuer • Axis & Allies Miniatures • Beowulf: The Legend • Bonaparte at Marengo • Breakscore • Capes • Case Closed Trading Card Game • Caylus • ChiZo Rising • Codename: Kids Next Door Trading Card Game • Cyberpunk V3 (role-playing game) • d20 Apocalypse (role-playing game supplement) • d20 Past (role-playing game supplement) • Dark Millennium • Dawning Star (role-playing game) • Descent: Journeys in the Dark • Diamant • Diceland: Cyburg • Diceland: Dragons • ’’Dinosaur King’’ • Dragon Booster Trading Card Game • Dragons of Kir • EcoFluxx • EinStein würfelt nicht • Embassy chess • Epic Battles • Euphrates and Tigris Card Game • Fairy Tale • Federation Commander: Klingon Border • Family Fluxx • Fjords • Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game • Glory to Rome • Gundam War Collectible Card Game • GURPS Infinite Worlds • Hecatomb (collectible card game) • Hollyworld (role-playing game) • Infinite Armies • Infinity (wargame) • Inkan aarre • Key Largo • Khet: The Laser Game • Kruzno • Louis XIV • Manila • Nexus Ops • The Nightmare Before Christmas Trading Card Game • Panzer Grenadier: Eastern Front • Panzer Grenadier: Road to Berlin • Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean • Pentago • Pimp: The Backhanding • PÜNCT • Railroad Tycoon • RoboRally (second edition) • Rocketmen: Axis of Evil • Runebound • Saganami Island Tactical Simulator • Serenity (role-playing game) • Shadow Hunters • Shadows over Camelot • Sleeping Queens • Sonic X Trading Card Game • Starship Troopers: The Miniatures Game • Starship Troopers: The Roleplaying Game • Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition • Terakh • Ticket to Ride Europe • TransEuropa • Truth & Justice (role-playing game) • Tsuro • Twilight Imperium (third edition, first released in 1998) • Twilight Struggle • Usagi Yojimbo Role-Playing Game • Vegas Showdown • WARMACHINE Apotheosis • Weapons of the Gods (role-playing game) • Werewolf: The Forsaken (role-playing game) • Wits and Wagers • World of Warcraft: The Board Game • Xiaolin Showdown Trading Card Game • Zatch Bell! The Card Battle

Game awards given in 2005

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