These games didn't make it into the Top 50 for various reasons, but deserve to be mentioned as culturally and historically significant modern games.
- Authors (1861, G.M. Whipple & A.A. Smith)
- Carrom (1896, Ludington Novelty Company)
- Little Wars (1913, H.G. Wells)
- Bridge (1925, Harold Vanderbilt)
- Salvo - ancestor of Battleship (1931, Starex Novelty Co.)
- Canasta (1939, Segundo Sanchez)
- Careers (1955, James Cooke Brown)
- Stratego (1961, Milton Bradley)
- Panzer Blitz (1970, James F. Dunnigan)
- Odyssey I (1972, Magnavox)
- 1829 (1974, Francis Tresham)
- Clue VCR Mystery Game (1985, Parker Brothers)
- Taboo (1989, Brian Hersch)
- Guesstures (1990, Milton Bradley)
- Cranium (1998, Cranium)
- Lord of the Rings (2000, Reiner Knizia)
