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Games released or invented in the 1950s

Afrikan tähti (1951)
Yahtzee (1954)
Tactics (1954)
Careers (1955)
Jotto (1955)
Perquackey (1955)
Risk (1957, in French as La Conquête du Monde)
Gettysburg (1958)
RSVP (1958)
Diplomacy (1959)

Significant games-related events in the 1950s

Avalon Hill Game Company founded by Charles S. Roberts to publish the first board wargame, Tactics. For many years Avalon Hill was a dominant maker of wargames.

References

Avalon Hill's General Magazine Index and Company History 1952-1980 Volume 1- Volume 16 page5