Which board game was released first, Lord of the Rings or Castle Risk?
Lord of the Rings (board game) Lord of the Rings is a board game based on the high fantasy trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien. Published in 2000 by Kosmos in Germany, Wizards of the Coast in the U.S., and Parker Brothers in the U.K., the game is designed by Reiner Knizia and features artwork by illustrator John Howe. It won a Spiel des Jahres special award for "best use of literature in a game" and in 2004 it won the Games Magazine Games 100 Honor in the Family Strategy category. A slightly revised version was later published by Fantasy Flight Games.
Babylonian Castle Saga Babylonian Castle Saga, also known as The Tower of Druaga, is a media franchise owned by Namco Bandai. It primarily consists of and action role-playing video game series created by Masanobu Endō and released by Namco, beginning with the 1984 arcade game, "The Tower of Druaga". The franchise went on to spawn an anime series, also called "The Tower of Druaga", in 2008. Much of the setting and many of the characters in the franchise are taken from Babylonian mythology, including the protagonist Gilgamesh, the goddess Ishtar, and the Tower of Babel.