Games Workshop Group PLC
Type	Public LSE:GAW
Founded	1975
Headquarters	Nottingham England
Key people	Mark Wells (Chief Ex.) Tom Kirby (Chairman) Michael Sherwin (FD / Sec.)
Industry	Miniature wargaming publisher
Products	Warhammer Fantasy Battle Warhammer 40,000 The Lord of the Rings SBG
Website	http://www.games-workshop.com/

Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated to GW) is a British game production and retailing company. Games Workshop is one of the largest wargames companies in the world. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange with the symbol GAW.^[1] Game Designers Workshop (GDW) was a company that published many popular wargames, as well as role-playing games such as Traveller and Drang Nach Osten!. Founded in 1973, the company disbanded in 1996 after having suffered financial troubles for quite some time. ... Games Workshop logo. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Chief Executive redirects here. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... A Company Secretary is a senior position in a private company or public organisation. ... Bavarian Napoleonic Infantry, 1811, from the historical wargame Volley & Bayonet. ... It has been suggested that Armies of warhammer be merged into this article or section. ... Warhammer 40,000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K, WH40K, W40K or just 40K) is a science fantasy game produced by Games Workshop. ... The complete One Rulebook to Rule them All. The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (LoTR SBG), often referred to by players as Lord of the Rings, is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop, based on The Lord of the Rings films and novels. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... For other uses, see Game (disambiguation). ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ...

Overview

Games Workshop opening day at 1 Dalling Road, Hammersmith, London, in 1977.

Cover of White Dwarf Issue #1, July 1977.

Founded in 1975 by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (also known for their Fighting Fantasy gamebooks), Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games such as backgammon and chess which later became an importer of the U.S. roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. Under the direction of Livingstone and Jackson, Games Workshop expanded from being a bedroom mail-order company to a successful gaming publisher and manufacturer. An early promotional magazine - Owl and Weasel - was superseded in June 1977, partially to advertise the opening of the first Games Workshop store, by the gaming magazine White Dwarf, which Livingstone also edited. Image File history File links Gamesws1. ... Image File history File links Gamesws1. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ian Livingstone (born December 1949 in Prestbury, England) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. ... Steve Jackson is a games reviewer and writer is one of the best known authors in the gaming industry. ... For a list of Fighting Fantasy media, see List of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks Fighting Fantasy is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, originally published by Puffin and now by Wizard Books. ... Backgammon is a board game for two players in which the playing pieces[1] are moved according to the roll of dice. ... This article is about the Western board game. ... This article is about the role-playing game. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Cover of White Dwarf issue 90, June 1987. ...

Their publishing arm also created UK reprints of famous, but then expensive to import, American RPGs such as Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, Traveller and Middle-Earth Role Playing. In 1979, Games Workshop provided the funding to help found Citadel Miniatures, in Newark, a company that would produce the metal miniatures that were used in role-playing and table-top wargames. The Citadel name has become synonymous with Games Workshop Miniatures and continues to be a trademarked brand name used in association with them long after the Citadel company was absorbed into Games Workshop.^[2] Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on the story of the same name written by H.P. Lovecraft and the so-called Cthulhu Mythos the story inspired. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, first published in 1977 by Game Designers Workshop. ... MERP uses 2 ten-sided dice Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) is a now out-of-print role-playing game based on Tolkiens writings and published by Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.). // The setting for MERP is an expanded version of J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle Earth. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The Citadel Miniatures Logo Citadel Miniatures Limited is a producer of metal and plastic miniatures for tabletop wargames, such as Warhammer Fantasy Battle. ... “(TM)” redirects here. ...

In 1984, Games Workshop ceased distributing its products in the USA through Hobby Games Distributors and opened its Games Workshop (US) office. Games Workshop (US), and Games Workshop in general, went through a large growth phase in the late 80s and early 90s. Issue 126 of the White Dwarf (June, 1990) stated the company had over 250 employees.^[3] This article is about the year. ...

Following a management buyout in December 1991 the company refocused on their most lucrative lines, namely their miniature wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB) and Warhammer 40,000 (WH40K) lines. The retail chain refocused on a younger, more family-oriented market. The change of direction was a great success with a rising share price and growing profits, in spite of the fact that it lost the company much of its old, loyal fanbase. The complaints of these old customers led a breakaway group of GW employees to publish Fantasy Warlord in competition with GW, but this met with little success. Games Workshop expanded in Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia opening new branches and organising events. The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in October 1994. In October 1997, all UK based operations were relocated to the current HQ in Lenton, Nottingham. This site now houses the corporate HQ, the White Dwarf offices, mail order, and the creative hub.^{[citation needed]} A management buyout (MBO) is a form of acquisition where a companys existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company. ... Bavarian Napoleonic Infantry, 1811, from the historical wargame Volley & Bayonet. ... It has been suggested that Armies of warhammer be merged into this article or section. ... Warhammer 40,000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K, WH40K, W40K or just 40K) is a science fantasy game produced by Games Workshop. ... Fantasy Warlord is a fantasy miniatures game released in 1990 by Folio Works and designed by Gary Chalk and Ian Bailey. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Lenton is an area of the City of Nottingham in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ...

By the end of the decade, though, the company was having problems with falling profits being blamed on collectible card games such as Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon. Collectible card games (CCGs), also called trading card games (TCGs), are played using specially designed sets of cards. ... Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ... The official Pokémon logo. ...

In recent years, Games Workshop has been attempting to create a dual approach that will appeal to both older, loyal customers while still attracting the younger audience. This has seen the creation of initiatives such as the "Fanatic" range that supports more marginal lines with a lower cost trading model (the Internet is used widely in this approach, to collect ideas and playtest reports).^{[citation needed]} Games Workshop has also contributed to designing and making games and puzzles for the popular television series The Crystal Maze.^{[citation needed]} The Crystal Maze was a game show, produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1995. ...

The release of Games Workshop's third core miniature wargame, The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (LoTR SBG), in 2000 signalled their intention to capture the younger audience with a simple, yet effective and flexible, combat system.^{[citation needed]} The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (abbreviated as LotR SBG), often referred to by players as Lord of the Rings, is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop (GW). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Other key innovations have been to harmonise their core products, and to branch out into new areas of growth. The acquisition of Sabretooth Games (card games), the creation of The Black Library (literature), and their work with THQ (computer games) have all enabled the company to diversify into new areas which have brought old gamers back into the fold; plus introduced the games to a whole new audience.^{[citation needed]} The Black Library is a section of BL Publishing (itself a division of Games Workshop) devoted to publishing novels, art books, background books, and graphic novels set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes. ... THQ Inc. ...

In the 25 years since the first edition of their flagship game Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the cost of some like-for-like game components, have risen steeply - for example a metal "Goblin Fanatic" miniature has increased from 40p^[4]to £2.67^[5], an increase of 667%. In early 2008 Playthings magazine reported that retailers selling Games Workshop's products had seen a reduction in sales due to market saturation and price increases.^[6] It has been suggested that Armies of warhammer be merged into this article or section. ... In economics, market saturation is a term used to describe a situation in which a product has become diffused (distributed) within a market; the actual level of saturation can depend on consumer purchasing power; as well as competition, prices, and technology. ...

Licensing

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A miniature produced with rights acquired from The Lord of the Rings.

Alongside the UK publishing rights to several American role-playing games in the 1980s (including The Call of Cthulhu, Runequest^[7] and Middle-earth Role Playing ^[8]) Games Workshop also secured the rights to produce miniatures and/or games for several classic British science fiction properties such as Doctor Who^[9][10] and several characters from 2000 AD including Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd. Alongside the rights to reprint ICE's Middle Earth Role Playing Citadel Miniatures acquired the rights to produce 28mm miniatures based on Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Khamul_lotrsbg. ... Image File history File links Khamul_lotrsbg. ... This article is about the novel. ... Cthulhu with the insane city Rlyeh in the background. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... MERP uses 2 ten-sided dice Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) is a now out-of-print role-playing game based on Tolkiens writings and published by Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.). // The setting for MERP is an expanded version of J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle Earth. ... This article is about the television series. ... Cover of the first issue of 2000 AD, 26 February 1977. ... // 2000 AD prog 228, the first appearance of Rogue Trooper Rogue Trooper is a science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons. ... For the 1995 film, see Judge Dredd (film). ... Dust jacket of the 1968 UK edition The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. R. R. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit. ... For other uses, see Hobbit (disambiguation) and There and Back Again (disambiguation). ...

In conjunction with the promotion of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy in 2001, Games Workshop acquired the rights to produce a skirmish wargame and miniatures using the movies production and publicity art, and also on the original novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. (Although it should be noted that the current line uses 25mm scale).^[11] The rights to produce a roleplaying game using the films art and both the book and the movies plots and characters were sold to another firm, Decipher, Inc.. Games Workshop was also able to produce a Battle of Five Armies game based on The Hobbit, although this game was done in 10 mm scale for the normal warriors. This article is about the Peter Jackson films. ... Decipher, Inc. ... Combatants Dwarves of the Iron Hills and Erebor, Elves of the Woodland Realm of Mirkwood, Giant Eagles, Men of Lake-town Orcs, Wargs, Bats Commanders Gandalf, Thranduil, Bard the Bowman, Dain II Ironfoot, Thorin II Oakenshield†, Lord of the Eagles Bolg† Strength 500 Dwarves of the Iron Hills, 13 Dwarves... For other uses, see Hobbit (disambiguation) and There and Back Again (disambiguation). ...

Criticism and Controversy

Over the years, Games Workshop has been criticized for communicating half-truths to their fans, and for their pricing policies, respectively. This is as of yet a stub. Look up Stub in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Pricing

Over the last eight years, Games Workshop has repeatedly been critized for its much protested pricing policy, charging as much as £8 for a singel miniature. This debate is still ongoing and well documented throught the net and the real world.

Games Workshop Group PLC

Games Workshop has expanded into several divisions/companies producing products related to the Warhammer universe.

• Games Workshop produce the tabletop wargames, Citadel miniatures and the Specialist Games range.(officially discontinued,models to be sold online through the specialist games site)
• Forge World make complementary specialist resin miniatures and conversion kits.
• BL Publishing is the fiction, board game and roleplaying game publishing arm of Games Workshop. They comprise several separate imprints; The Black Library, Black Flame, Solaris Books, Black Industries and Warhammer Ancient Battles publisher Warhammer Historical. Warp Artefacts used to produce merchandise based on Games Workshop's intellectual property; they are now folded into BLP as BL Merchandise.^[12]
• Sabertooth Games produce the CCGs and The Lord of the Rings Tradeable Miniatures Game.

The company is seen to have hard to reproduce, unique Intellectual Property, a good export record, and a distinct lack of quality competitors in their market.^[13] Specialist Games is division of Games Workshop which sells tabletop wargames aimed at older gamers who seek more tactically challenging wargames than those sold to Workshops core market (which is served by such games as Warhammer 40,000). ... The term Forge World can relate to one of two concepts related to Games Workshops tabletop wargame, Warhammer 40,000; one within the games fictional universe, one in the real world. In Warhammer 40,000 A Forge World in the Warhammer 40,000 universe is a collective term... BL Publishing is the publishing arm of Games Workshop, and is split into three main divisions. ... The Black Library is a section of BL Publishing (itself a division of Games Workshop) devoted to publishing novels, art books, background books, and graphic novels set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes. ... Black Flame is an imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of Games Workshop and a sister imprint to the Black Library and Solaris Books. ... Solaris is the new imprint of BL Publishing, one of the world’s largest independent publishers of science fiction and fantasy. ... Black Industries is the role-playing game imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of Games Workshop. ... Warhammer Ancient Battles (often referred to as WAB) is a tabletop wargame produced by Games Workshops Warhammer Historical imprint. ... The Cover of the Warhammer Ancient Battles rulebook. ... Sabertooth Games (STG) is a Memphis, Tennessee based game company, founded in 2001. ... Collectible card games (CCGs), also called trading card games (TCGs), are played using specially designed sets of cards. ... For the 2006 film, see Intellectual Property (film). ...

The group reported sales of £136,650,000 sterling in 2005 and employs around 3200. ^[14] Sales decreased for the fiscal year ending in May 2006. "For the fiscal year ended 28 May 2006, Games Workshop plc's revenues decreased 16% to £115.2M. Net income decreased 78% to £2M. Revenues reflect a decrease in sales from Continental Europe, United Kingdom, Asia Pacific and The Americas geographic divisions"^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}

In 2007 the group showed a pre-tax loss of £2.9M.^[20] after issuing profits warnings, closing non-profit-making stores, undertaking management restructuring and laying off staff in order to cut costs.^[21] According to CEO Tom Kirby the company had become complacent due to the relatively easy profits brought about by the popularity of their licensed Lord of the Rings products.^[22]

Miniature games

Games Workshop originally produced miniature figures via an associated, originally independent, company called Citadel Miniatures while the main company concentrated on retail. The distinction between the two blurred after Games Workshop stores ceased to sell retail products by other manufacturers, and Citadel was effectively merged back into Games Workshop. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Citadel Miniatures Logo Citadel Miniatures Limited is a producer of metal and plastic miniatures for tabletop wargames, such as Warhammer Fantasy Battle. ...

Current Core Games

The following games are in production and widely available.

• Warhammer Fantasy Battle
• Warhammer 40,000
• The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game

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Specialist Games

Link to the dedicated page for the Specialist Games division. Specialist Games is division of Games Workshop which sells tabletop wargames aimed at older gamers who seek more tactically challenging wargames than those sold to Workshops core market (which is served by such games as Warhammer 40,000). ...

These games are aimed at the "veteran" gamers. These are gamers who are more experienced in the core games produced by Games Workshop. This is because the rules and the complexity of tactics inherent in the systems are often more in-depth than the core games.

Warhammer Fantasy universe

• Blood Bowl - an American football style game using fantasy creatures
• Mordheim - a skirmish game. An expansion (Empire in Flames) was also released
• Warmaster - a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (10 mm) miniatures

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Warhammer 40,000 universe

• Battlefleet Gothic - a game based around spacecraft combat
• Epic - a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (6 mm) miniatures.
• Inquisitor - a skirmish game using larger (54 mm) more detailed miniatures
• Necromunda - a squad-based skirmish game,located in the underhive of Necromunda
• Apocalypse - large-scale war with normal 40,000 minis for large point battles (usually over 5,000pts)
• Cities of Death - urban-area skirmish battle usually inside cities with its own unique special rules developed for tight quarter battle

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The Lord Of The Rings Strategy Battle Game universe

• The Battle of Five Armies: The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game - a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (10 mm) miniatures. The game was named after (and initially centred on) the Battle of Five Armies, one of the later scenes in JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit.
• The Strategy Battle Game has now expanded and has recently added many new supplements to the list of its current games and scenarios.

Combatants Dwarves of the Iron Hills and Erebor, Elves of the Woodland Realm of Mirkwood, Giant Eagles, Men of Lake-town Orcs, Wargs, Bats Commanders Gandalf, Thranduil, Bard the Bowman, Dain II Ironfoot, Thorin II Oakenshield†, Lord of the Eagles Bolg† Strength 500 Dwarves of the Iron Hills, 13 Dwarves... For other uses, see Hobbit (disambiguation) and There and Back Again (disambiguation). ...

Forge World

Forge World has recently released its first in-house game: The term Forge World can relate to one of two concepts related to Games Workshops tabletop wargame, Warhammer 40,000; one within the games fictional universe, one in the real world. In Warhammer 40,000 A Forge World in the Warhammer 40,000 universe is a collective term...

• Aeronautica Imperialis - a game based around aircraft combat with WH40k scale models

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Warhammer Historical Wargames

Main article: Warhammer Historical Wargames

• Warhammer Ancient Battles
• English Civil War
• Warmaster Ancients
• Legends of the Old West
• Legends of the High Seas

Warhammer Ancient Battles (often referred to as WAB) is a tabletop wargame produced by Games Workshops Warhammer Historical imprint. ... The Warmaster rulebook. ...

Out of print

Warhammer Fantasy universe

• Advanced HeroQuest
• Kerrunch - a simplified version of Blood Bowl.
• Man O'War - a game of naval combat in a fantasy world. Two expansions were also released, Sea of Blood and Plague Fleet.
• Mighty Empires
• Mighty Warriors
• Warhammer Quest - a game of dungeon exploration and questing, effectively an updated version of Advanced HeroQuest.

The Original Board Game Released in 1989 HeroQuest, sometimes also written as Hero Quest, is an adventure board game created by Milton Bradley in conjunction with Games Workshop and, set in the Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe. ... Man OWar (also known as Manowar) is a now out-of-print table top war game by Games Workshop. ... A revolutionary opera created in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) about the mass killings during the Japanese occupation. ... Mighty Empires is both a strategic layer to the Warhammer Fantasy Battle miniature game and a board game in its own right. ... Warhammer Quest is a board game created by Games Workshop and set in the Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe. ...

Warhammer 40,000 universe

• Adeptus Titanicus (original game in the Epic series, which concerned combat betweens Titans.)
  • Codex Titanicus - expansion rules for same
• Advanced Space Crusade
• Epic 40,000 (precursor to Epic Armageddon, although some people still use the terms interchangeably, alongside Epic.)
• Gorkamorka (a skirmish game detailing gangs of orks)
  • Digganob (an expansion for Gorkamorka)
• Lost Patrol
• Space Fleet (Simple spaceship combat game from before Battlefleet Gothic)
• Space Hulk (two editions were published, expansions below were for 1st edition)
  • Deathwing (expansion boxed set)
  • Genestealer (expansion boxed set)
  • Space Hulk Campaigns (expansion book in both soft and hard-cover)
• Space Marine (original Epic-scale game concerning troops and infantry, 1st edition is a pair with Adeptus Titanicus, 2nd with Titan Legions)
• Titan Legions (effectively an expansion of Space Marine, though it extended the game system)
• Tyranid Attack
• Ultra Marines - introductory game in same series as Space Fleet

Adeptus Titanicus was one half of the ruleset for the original Epic wargame released by Games Workshop and covered the use of Titans - giant war machines standing upto 60 metres in height. ... In the Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe, a Titan is a colossal armoured fighting vehicle which moves as a walker. ... Advanced Space Crusade was a modular board game published in 1990 by Games Workshop and Milton Bradley. ... Epic 40,000 is a tabletop wargame made by Games Workshop set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. ... Epic Armageddon (the latest in Epic series of games) is a tabletop war game made by Games Workshop. ... Epic is a series of tabletop wargames set in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. ... Cover of the Gorkamorka starter set Gorkamorka is a vehicle-using campaign game produced by Games Workshop. ... The Orks are a race from the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. ... Space fleet was a board game for 2-4 players, published by Games Workshop and designed by Jervis Johnson and Andy Jones. ... Cover of the first edition of Space Hulk Space Hulk was a board game by Games Workshop. ... The name Deathwing may refer to: In the Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe: Deathwing, the First Company of the Dark Angels Space Marines. ... A Genestealer Brood In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000 by Games Workshop, a Genestealer (scientific name Corporaptor Hominii) is an alien creature associated with the Tyranids. ... Epic is a tabletop wargame set in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. ... Modular board game published in 1993 by miniature hobby company Games Workshop, set in the gothic sci-fi Warhammer 40,000 universe. ... Ultra Marines is one of a series of 4 introductory games released by Games Workshop in the mid-1990s. ...

Licensed games

These games were not made by Games Workshop but used similar-style models, artwork and concepts. These games were made by mainstream toy companies and available in standard toy and department stores rather than just in Games Workshop and speciality gaming stores.

• Battlemasters (published by Milton Bradley)
• HeroQuest (published by Milton Bradley)
  • Kellar's Keep (Expansion for Hero Quest)
  • Return of the Witch Lord (Expansion for Hero Quest)
  • Against the Ogre Horde (Expansion for Hero Quest)
  • Wizards of Morcar (Expansion for Hero Quest)
  • The Frozen Horror (Expansion for Hero Quest)
  • The Magic of the Mirror (Expansion for Hero Quest)
  • The Dark Company (Expansion for Hero Quest)
  • HeroQuest Adventure Design Kit (Expansion for Hero Quest)
  • Adventure Design Booklet (Expansion for Hero Quest)
• Space Crusade (published by Milton Bradley)
  • Operation Dreadnought (Expansion for Space Crusade)
  • Eldar Attack (Expansion for Space Crusade)

Battlemasters game by Milton Bradley is based on the Warhammer world by Games Workshop The playing pieces are 30 mm citadel style (though of lesser quality) minatures which are mounted between 1 and 5 figures to an approximately 8 cm square base. ... For the Oakland Athletics outfielder, see Milton Bradley (baseball player) The Milton Bradley Company is an American game company established by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1860. ... For other uses, see Hero Quest. ... Space Crusade is a board game produced by Milton Bradley in conjunction with Games Workshop and was first made in 1990. ...

Role playing games

Several of the miniatures games (e.g. Inquisitor) involve a role playing element, however Games Workshop has in the past published role playing games set within the Warhammer universe. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay was first published in 1986 and returned to print with a new edition on March 29, 2005. It is being published by Black Industries[4], part of GW's fiction imprint BL Publishing. This article is about games in which one plays the role of a character. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Black Industries is the role-playing game imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of Games Workshop. ... BL Publishing is the publishing arm of Games Workshop, and is split into three main divisions. ...

Warhammer 40,00: Dark Heresy, the first of three proposed role playing games set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe was released in late January 2008 and sold out almost immediately. Shortly after the release, Black Industries announced that they would cease producing role playing supplements in September 2008, in order to focus on the more profitable Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 novels. A later announcement indicated that the game would continue to be produced, however; production had simply been turned over to a third-party publisher, Fantasy Flight Games, instead.^[23] Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a Roseville, Minnesota-based game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. ...

Out of print

• Golden Heroes - a superhero roleplaying game, published in 1984 after initially being published on an amateur basis.
• Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game - published under license in 1985.
• Stormbringer - the third edition of the game, published jointly with Chaosium in 1987.
• Runequest - GW published the second edition rules in UK

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Board games

Games Workshop had a strong history in boardgames development, alongside the miniatures and RPGs. Confusingly, several may have had roleplaying elements, or for that matter had miniatures included or produced. Currently one board game is set for release via the Black Industries arm of the company, the fourth edition of Games Workshop's classic game "Talisman". The Talisman 2nd edition game cover featured a striking fantasy image. ...

Out of print

• Apocalypse
• Battlecars
• Battle for Armageddon
  • Chaos Attack (Expansion for Battle for Armageddon)
• Chaos Marauders A boardgame of 'orcish mayhem'.
• Block Mania - 2000AD Judge Dredd setting
• Blood Royale (multiplayer, battle and resource game of medieval Europe)
• Calamity
• Chainsaw Warrior (solo play game)
• Cosmic Encounter (under license)
• Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
• Dark Future (similar to Car Wars)
• Doctor Who - The Game of Time and Space (1980)
• Doom of the Eldar
• Dungeonquest (and expansion pack)
• Fury of Dracula (New edition available from Fantasy Flight Games)
• Gobbo's Banquet
• Horus Heresy
• Hungry Troll and the Gobbos
• Judge Dredd (see 2000 AD character Judge Dredd for background)
• Kings and Things (under license)
• Oi! Dat's My Leg!
• Quirks
• Railway Rivals
• Rogue Trooper (see 2000 AD character Rogue Trooper for backgound)
• Squelch!
• Super Power
• Trolls in the Pantry
• Valley of the Four Winds
• Warlock
• The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (based on the Fighting Fantasy game book)
• Warrior Knights (New edition available from Fantasy Flight Games)

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Computer games

Games Workshop produced and published several ZX Spectrum games in the early years, not all of which were based in the usual Warhammer settings The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ...

• Apocalypse (1983) based on the original boardgame
• Argent Warrior (1984) Illustrated adventure
• Battlecars (1984) 2 player racing game written in BASIC
• Blood Bowl (1995), published by MicroLeague
• Chaos (1985) multiplayer turn based "board" game, written by Julian Gollop
• D-Day (1985) based on the Normandy Landings
• HeroQuest (1991) based on the MB board game
• Journey's End (1985) text adventure
• Key Of Hope, The (1985) text adventure
• Ringworld (1984) text adventure
• Runestone (1986) text adventure
• Talisman (1985) multiplayer turn based "board" game
• Tower Of Despair (1985) text adventure

Many computer games have been produced by third parties based on the Warhammer universes owned by the firm. These include: (Miniature game they are based on is included in parentheses after the game name) BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of high-level programming languages. ... Free agency screen in the MS-DOS version. ... Chaos — The Battle of Wizards is a simple turn based strategy game where the player(s) take the role of wizards who vie with one another to rule the game. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ...

• Space Crusade (Space Crusade) and 1 sequel for the Amiga.
• Dark Omen (RTT game based on Warhammer Fantasy Battles)
• Shadow of the Horned Rat (RTT game based on Warhammer Fantasy Battles)
• Space Hulk (Space Hulk)
• Space Hulk - Vengeance of the Blood Angels (Space Hulk)
• Final Liberation (Epic 40,000 - Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Orks)
• Fire Warrior (First Person Shooter)(Warhammer 40,000 - Tau)
• Dawn of War (Warhammer 40,000 - Space Marines (New Chapter: 'Blood Ravens'), Orks, Eldar, Forces of Chaos)
  • Winter Assault (PC Only/Add-on)(Warhammer 40,000: Armies same as Dawn of War, also: Imperial Guard (Cadian)
  • Dark Crusade (PC Only/Stand-Alone)(Warhammer 40,000: Same as Winter Assault, also: Necrons and Tau)
  • Soulstorm (PC Only/Stand-Alone)(Warhammer 40,000: Same as Dark Crusade, also: Sisters of Battle and Dark Eldar)
• Chaos Gate (Warhammer 40,000 - Space Marines, Forces of Chaos)
• Rites of War (Warhammer 40,000 - Eldar, Space Marines, Tyranid)
• GorkaMorka (Warhammer 40K - Orks, cancelled)
• Warhammer: Mark of Chaos (Warhammer - Orcs, Goblins, Dwarfs, Vampires, The Empire, Chaos, Skaven, High Elves,)
• Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command A turn based strategy game which focuses on a squad of ultramarines fighting chaos space marines.

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In development

This section contains information about scheduled or expected future products. It may contain preliminary information that does not reflect the final version of the product.

As of January 2006, there are also some future games in development: Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ...

• Warhammer Online is a Warhammer online role-playing game by Mythic Entertainment.
• Blood Bowl, a fantasy American football style game being developed by Cyanide. Cyanide developed the Chaos League series of games, similar in format to Blood Bowl.
• Unnamed Warhammer 40,000 MMO by THQ. Information is found on the site that it is in development, but not releasing information.^{[citation needed]}

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Events

There are yearly Games Day events held by Games Workshop which feature the Golden Demon painting competition,news stands for upcoming models,sale stands as well as tables to play on. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The Golden Demon is the most prestigious miniature painting events by Games Workshop, and is held during the Games Day Event. ...

Worldwide campaigns

Games Workshop has run numerous Worldwide Campaigns for its three core game sysyems. In each campaign, players are invited to submit the results of games played within a certain time period.^[24] The collation of these results provides a result to the campaign's scenario, and in the case of Warhammer, often goes on to impact the fictional and gameplay development of the fictional universe. Although in the past, campaign results had to be posted to the United Kingdom to be counted, the more recent campaigns have allowed result submission via the Internet. For other uses, see Mail (disambiguation). ...

Each Warhammer campaign has had a new codex published with the rules for special characters or "incomplete" army lists. Below are listed the Games Workshop Worldwide Campaigns (with the campaign's fictional universe setting in parentheses):

• 1995 - The Battle of Ichar IV (Warhammer 40,000)
• 2000 - Third War for Armageddon (Warhammer 40,000)^[25]
• 2001 - Dark Shadows (Warhammer)
• 2003 - Eye of Terror (Warhammer 40,000)^[26]
• 2004 - Storm of Chaos (Warhammer)^[27]
• 2005 - The War of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game)^[28][29]
• 2006 - The Fall of Medusa V (Warhammer 40,000)^[30]
• 2007 - The Nemesis Crown (Warhammer)^[31]

These Campaigns were run to promote its miniature wargames, and attracted interest in the hobby, particularly at gaming clubs, Hobby Centres and independent stockists.^[24] Forums for the community were created for each campaign (in addition to those on the main site), as a place to "swap tactics, plan where to post your results, or just chat about how the campaign is going."^[24] In some cases special miniatures were released to coincide with the campaigns; the promotional "Gimli on Dead Uruk-hai" miniature, for example, was available only through the campaign roadshows or ordering online.^[32] As a whole these events have been successful; one, for example, was deemed "a fantastic rollercoaster", with thousands of registered participants.^[33] Armageddon is a fictional planet in the universe of the Warhammer 40,000 setting and has been featured heavily in Games Workshops table top wargames and related games. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Storm of Chaos was a massive narrative campaign created by Games Workshop for their Warhammer Fantasy setting, played in the northern hemisphere summer of 2004 . ... The promotional Gimli on Dead Uruk-hai miniature. ... Medusa V is a fictional world in the Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe. ... The Nemesis Crown is a massive narrative campaign created by Games Workshop for their Warhammer Fantasy setting, due to start in late June 2007. ... Gimli is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium, featured in The Lord of the Rings. ... In J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional realm of Middle-earth, the Uruk-hai (Black Speech: Orc folk) were a new breed of Orcs that appeared during the Third Age. ...

Magazines

Cover of Battle Games in Middle Earth Pack 78, January 2006 (UK).

Games Workshop's best known magazine is White Dwarf, which in the UK has now passed over 330 issues. Nine different international editions of White Dwarf are currently published, with different material, in five languages. Originally a more general roleplaying magazine, since around issue 100 White Dwarf has been devoted exclusively to the support of Games Workshop properties. Image File history File links BGIME78. ... Image File history File links BGIME78. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cover of White Dwarf issue 90, June 1987. ...

Games Workshop also published Fanatic Magazine in support of their Specialist Games range, but it was discontinued after issue 10, though it lives on in electronic form. The electronic form, known as "Fanatic Online" was originally released weekly, and contained 3 downloadable articles, but around November 2006 it changed to a monthly schedule. The first monthly edition, December 2006 still only contained 3 articles, though it is hoped that more articles will be in forthcoming issues. Fanatic was preceded by a number of newsletters, devoted to the particular games.

There was also the Citadel Journal, intended as a "deeper" magazine for modelling enthusiasts and more experienced gamers. It often featured unusual rules and armies, and was occasionally used as an outlet for test rules. Under some editors, they also published fan fiction and fan art. This is no longer published.

For a brief period in the mid-1980s GW took over publication of the Fighting Fantasy magazine Warlock from Puffin Books. The magazine turned into a general introductory gaming magazine but was discontinued after issue 13. For a list of Fighting Fantasy media, see List of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks Fighting Fantasy is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, originally published by Puffin and now by Wizard Books. ... Warlocks are, among historic Christian traditions, said to be the male equivalent of witches (usually in the pejorative sense of Europes Middle Ages), and were said to ride pitchforks instead of broomsticks. ... Penguin Books is a British publisher founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. ...

There was also a fortnightly series called "Battle Games in Middle Earth", which came with a free Lord of the Rings SBG miniature. Though the miniatures were made by Games Workshop, the magazine itself was written by SGS (part of Games Workshop) and published by De Agostini. It was published in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, and Poland. The magazine became more popular than the publishers had anticipated, and the deadline was extended several times and ended on Pack 91. Battle Games in Middle Earth was reported as being the biggest selling part works magazine in De Agostini's history. Battle Games in Middle Earth Magazine (BGiME) is a fortnightly magazine published by DeAgostini in conjunction with British games manufacturer Games Workshop. ... The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (abbreviated as LotR SBG), often referred to by players as Lord of the Rings, is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop (GW). ...

Other media

Many novels, and comics have also been produced based on the Warhammer universes, published by the Black Library. For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). ... Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... The Black Library is a section of BL Publishing (itself a division of Games Workshop) devoted to publishing novels, art books, background books, and graphic novels set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes. ...

Games Workshop illustrators also published artbooks covering parts of their commissioned work for the company. Among them, one can find Adrian Smith and John Blanche. Adrian Smith is a British illustrator, best known for his numerous illustrations for Games Workshops games. ...

References

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External links

• Official Games Workshop website
• The Specialist Games website
• List of Games Workshop Games (including pictures)
• Official 2005 Games Workshop Online Summer Campaign website