Information about 2005 In Games

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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2004. For video and console games, see 2004 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 2006. For video and console games, see 2006 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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Arkham Horror is an adventure board game designed by Richard Launius, most recently published in 2005 by Fantasy Flight Games. A previous, different edition was published in 1987 by Chaosium. In both editions, players take on the role of investigators in H.P.
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Chaosium Inc.

Private
Founded 1975
Headquarters Hayward, California (originally Oakland)

Key people Greg Stafford, Charlie Krank, Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis
Industry Wargame and Role-playing game publisher
Products Call of Cthulhu
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Australia: Aufbruch ins Abenteuer is a board game intended for two to five people. It is authored by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling, and is published by Ravensburger. It is recommended for ages 10-99. Australia has won the GAMES Magazine Game of the Year award.
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Axis & Allies Miniatures is a miniature wargaming system including both a rule set and a line of collectible miniatures. The game is set in the World War II era with units representing individual vehicles and artillery or squads of infantry.
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Breakscore is a board game usually played by two to four players at a time.

Gameplay

The aim of the game is to race others to the enzone and win with the highest score.
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BoardGameGeek entry Caylus is a strategy oriented, German-style board game designed by William Attia and independently published in 2005 by Ystari in France and England, and Rio Grande Games in North America.
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BoardGameGeek entry ChiZo Rising is a collectible tile game that combines the elements of a collectible game with a German-style board game.

The game’s name is created by shortening the words Chinese Zodiac to ‘ChiZo’.
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Cyberpunk 2020 is a cyberpunk role-playing game written by Mike Pondsmith and published by R. Talsorian Games.

Overview

This role-playing game is based on the works of William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and other authors of the "mirrorshades group".
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Dawning Star (abbreviated "DS") is a science fiction role-playing game by Blue Devil Games built on d20 Modern and powered by d20 Future by Wizards of the Coast. It is the first full-scale campaign setting using the d20 Future ruleset.
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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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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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BoardGameGeek entry  (more...) Fluxx is a card game, played with a specially-designed 84-card deck. It is different from most other card games, in that the rules and the conditions for winning are altered throughout the game, via cards played by the players.
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EinStein würfelt nicht! (... does not play dice) is a board game, designed by Ingo Althöfer, a professor of applied mathematics in Jena, Germany. It is the official game of an exhibition about Einstein in Germany during the Einstein Year (2005).
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BoardGameGeek entry  (more...) Fluxx is a card game, played with a specially-designed 84-card deck. It is different from most other card games, in that the rules and the conditions for winning are altered throughout the game, via cards played by the players.
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Fjords is a tile-based German-style board game designed by Franz-Benno Delonge and published in 2005 by Hans im Glück and Rio Grande Games. Unlike some other games in the genre, Fjords is strictly limited to two players.
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GURPS Infinite Worlds is a supplement for the Fourth Edition of the GURPS role-playing game, published by Steve Jackson Games in 2005 and written by Kenneth Hite, Steve Jackson, and John M. Ford.
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Infinite Armies is a customizable card game for two players. It was created by Greg Porter, and published in 2005 by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center.
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Key Largo is a German-style board game designed by Paul Randles with Mike Selinker and Bruno Faidutti, and published in 2005 by Tilsit Editions. The game takes place in 1899 in the Key Largo area of Florida, where treasure-hunting companies seek gold and artifacts from
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Khet is a Chess-like abstract strategy board game using lasers that was formerly known as Deflexion. Players alternate turns moving Egyptian-themed pieces around the playing field after which they fire their low powered laser diode with the goal of illuminating
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PÜNCT is a two-player strategy board game. It is the sixth (and final) release in the GIPF project of six abstract strategy games, although it is considered the fifth game in the project. It was released in 2005.
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Serenity is a science fiction role-playing game released in 2005 and set in the universe of the movie Serenity and television series Firefly. It is produced by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd, and its mechanics are the first iteration of the
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Shadows Over Camelot is an Arthurian-themed board game designed by Serge Laget and Bruno Cathala. The game was also published in French as Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde.
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