Information about 2002 In Games

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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2001. For video and console games, see 2001 in video gaming.
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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2003. For video and console games, see 2003 in video gaming.
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A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game). Simple board games often make ideal "family entertainment" since they are often appropriate for all ages.
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wargame is a game that simulates or represents a military operation. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which are also called conflict simulations.
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Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play. The miniatures are used to represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.).
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role-playing game (RPG; often roleplaying game) is a game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories.
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13 Dead End Drive was a 1995 board game from Milton Bradley with a murder theme. It was followed in 2002 by a sequel, 1313 Dead End Drive.

The story behind the game indicates the death of a wealthy old woman triggers feuding over her will.
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A Game of Thrones (or AGoT, for short) is a collectible card game (CCG) produced by Fantasy Flight Games (FFG), based on the A Song of Ice and Fire (ASoIaF) series of novels written by George R. R. Martin (GRRM).
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Age of Steam is a strategy board game by Martin Wallace published in 2002 by Winsome Games, later licensed to Warfrog. The game depicts the development of railroads in the United States, as well as several other countries using the expansion maps.
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BoardGameGeek entry Apples to Apples is a fast-paced party game published by Out of the Box Publishing. It is designed for four to ten players. The name is a play on the phrase apples and oranges.
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BoardGameGeek entry Apples to Apples is a fast-paced party game published by Out of the Box Publishing. It is designed for four to ten players. The name is a play on the phrase apples and oranges.
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Brain Chain is a strategy-driven trivia board game played by 2 or 3 players or teams. The object is to be the first player or team to connect an unbroken row of six "links" horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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Car Wars is a vehicle combat simulation game developed by Steve Jackson Games.

Game play

In Car Wars, players assume control of one or more automobiles, which may include any powered vehicle, such as motorcycles or semis.
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Children of the Sun is a role-playing game created by the now defunct Misguided Games, Inc. in 2002. Built using the original setting of Krace, an island of giant, supernaturally tough trees, it was part of a generation of steampunk settings that appeared beginning in the
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Diceland is a tile-based game designed by Spartaco Albertarelli and released in 2002 by Kidultgame. Players place hexagonal tiles to form a playing area. They then roll dice to form an army.
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Diceland is a tabletop game played with collectible sets of dice designed by Toivo Rovainen and James Ernest and released in 2002 by Cheapass Games. Players roll paper cut-out octahedral dice into a combat arena.
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Dungeons & Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Boardgame, released in 2002 by Parker Brothers, a division of Hasbro, is based on the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons by Wizards of the Coast, another division of Hasbro.
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Fairy Meat is a warband-based tabletop game first published by Kenzer & Company in 2000, written and designed by Scott Leaton and illustrated by Brian Vega. The game revolves around the battles of a pack (Circle) of vicious, cannibal fairies.
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Farscape Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game based on the television series, Farscape, published by Alderac Entertainment Group.^[1][2][3] The game was nominated for ENnie awards for Best Graphic Design and Layout and
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Fightball is a real-time card game designed by James Ernest and Mike Selinker and published by Cheapass Games in 2002. Fightball
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Fire and Ice is an abstract strategy game played on Fano plane islands that are themselves part of a larger Fano plane.

The game of fire and ice has similar to a reversed game of peg solitaire.
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Flames of War (abbreviated as FoW) is a World War II tabletop miniatures wargame produced by the New Zealand company Battlefront Miniatures Ltd.

Flames of War
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Freeloader is a game published by Cheapass Games. The object of the game is to mooch as much free stuff as possible off of your friends and neighbours.

Freeloader comes with a set of 6 cardboard board pieces which are arranged in a circle.
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The Game of Life Card Game is a card game created by Rob Daviau and published by Hasbro in 2002. The object of the game is to collect as many points as possible before the letters for L.I.F.E. are drawn.
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BoardGameGeek entry Give Me the Brain is a discard-style card game designed by James Ernest and released in 1996 by Cheapass Games.

The name derives from the theme; players assume the role of zombies attempting to complete their tasks for the day at
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Goth (full name Goth: The Game of Horror Trivia) is a board game where progress is determined by a player's ability to answer horror-related trivia and popular culture questions. The game was invented by Matthew Nuccio and manufactured in 2002 by McNutty Games.
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The Great War at Sea series of board wargames released by Avalanche Press features operational and tactical-level naval combat in the period of the early battleships and dreadnoughts (various titles cover from 1898-1930).
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The Great War at Sea series of board wargames released by Avalanche Press features operational and tactical-level naval combat in the period of the early battleships and dreadnoughts (various titles cover from 1898-1930).
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