1974 in games
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Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
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Card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...
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Wargaming
A wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...
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Miniature wargaming
Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming that incorporates miniature figures, miniature armor and modeled terrain as the main components of play...
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Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
s published in 1974. For video and console games, see 1974 in video gaming
1974 in video gaming
-Events:* The number of copies of Pong exceeds 100,000 units. Approximately 10,000 of these units were manufactured by Atari, the original developer of the title.* H.R. "Pete" Kaufman leaves Ramtek to found Exidy, Inc....
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Game awards given in 1974
- Charles S. Roberts Award for Best Professional Game of 1974: Rise and Decline of the Third ReichRise and Decline of the Third ReichRise and Decline of the Third Reich or more commonly Third Reich is a grand strategy wargame covering the European theater of World War II designed by John Prados, and released in 1974 by Avalon Hill...