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'''Games Workshop Group PLC''' (often abbreviated to '''GW''') is a ] ] production and retailing company. Games Workshop is one of the largest wargames companies in the world. The company is listed on the ] with the symbol GAW.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/prices/system/detailedprices.htm?sym=GB0003718474GBGBXSEQ10371847GAW |title=GAW GAMES WORKSHOP GROUP PLC ORD 5P |accessdate=2007-09-14 |author= |date=2007-09-14 |work= |publisher=]}}</ref>
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'''Games Workshop Group''' (often abbreviated as '''GW''') is a British manufacturer of ]s, based in ], England. Its best-known products are '']'' and '']''.
==Overview==
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Founded in ] by ] and ] (also known for their '']'' gamebooks), Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games such as ] and ] which later became an importer of the U.S. roleplaying game '']''. 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 An early promotional magazine ''Owl and Weasel'' was superseded in June ], partially to advertise the opening of the first Games Workshop store, Livingstone and Jackson with the gaming magazine ], which Livingstone also edited. Founded in 1975 by ], ] and ], Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including ], ], ] and ]. It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game '']'', and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. It expanded into Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia in the early 1990s. All UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in ] in 1997.
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It started promoting games associated with ] in 2001. It also owns Forge World (which makes complementary specialist resin miniatures and conversion kits). It is listed on the ] and is a constituent of the ].
Their publishing arm also created UK reprints of famous, but then expensive to import, American RPGs such as '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.
In ], Games Workshop provided the funding to help found ], 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 ]ed brand name used in association with them long after the Citadel company was absorbed into Games Workshop.<ref name="Vector">{{cite journal | last =Baxter | first =Stephen | authorlink =Stephen Baxter | title =Freedom in an Owned World: Warhammer Fiction and the Interzone Generation | journal =Vector Magazine - The Critical Journal of the British Science Fiction Association | volume = | issue =229 | publisher =British Science Fiction Association | date =2006 | url =http://www.vectormagazine.co.uk/article.asp?articleID=42 | accessdate = 2007-02-07 }}</ref>


==History==
In ], Games Workshop ceased distributing its products in the ] through ] 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.<ref name=WD126">{{cite journal | title = White Dwarf | journal =White Dwarf | volume =126 | pages = | publisher =Games Workshop
| date =June 1990 | url = | doi = | id = | accessdate = }}</ref>


=== Early years ===
Following a ] in December 1991 the company refocused on their most lucrative lines, namely their ] '']'' (WFB) and '']'' (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 '']'' in competition with GW, but this met with little success. Games Workshop expanded in ], the USA, ] and ] 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 ], ]. This site now houses the corporate HQ, the White Dwarf offices, mail order, and the creative hub.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}
Founded in 1975 at 15 Bolingbroke Road, London by ], ] and ] (not to be confused with U.S. game designer ]), Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Livingstone | first = Ian | author-link = Ian Livingstone | title = Editorial | journal =] | issue = 3 | page = 2 | publisher = Games Workshop | date = April 1975 }}</ref> It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game '']'', and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nerdist.com/article/4-things-we-should-thank-games-workshop-for/|title=Four things we should thank Games Workshop for|date=20 January 2016|publisher=Nerdist|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>


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By the end of the decade, though, the company was having problems with falling profits being blamed on ]s such as '']'' and '']''.
In order to promote their business and postal games, create a games club, and provide an alternative source for games news, the newsletter '']''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson interview|url = http://www.gamesradar.com/ian_livingstone_and_steve_jackson_interview/|website = GamesRadar+| date=24 August 2007 |access-date = 18 January 2016}}</ref> was founded in February 1975. This was superseded in June 1977 by ].<ref name="Livingstone 6">{{cite journal | last = Livingstone | first = Ian | author-link = Ian Livingstone | title = White Dwarf | journal = ] | issue = 25 | pages = 6 | publisher = Games Workshop |date=April 1977 }}</ref>


From the outset, there was a clear, stated interest in print regarding "progressive games", including ],<ref>{{cite journal | last = Jackson | first = Steve | author-link = Steve Jackson (UK) | title = Editorial | journal =] | issue = 1 | page = 1 | publisher = Games Workshop | date = February 1975 }}</ref> which led to the departure of John Peake in early 1976, who preferred "traditional games" (such as backgammon). The loss of Peake also meant the loss of the fledgling company's main source of income.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Livingstone | first = Ian | author-link = Ian Livingstone | title = Editorial | journal =] | issue = 12 | page = 2 | publisher = Games Workshop | date = Jan 1976 }}</ref> However, having successfully obtained official distribution rights to '']'' and other ] products in the UK, and maintaining a high profile by running ], the business grew rapidly. It opened its first shop in April 1978.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://unbound.com/books/games-workshop/|title=Dice Men: Games Workshop 1975 to 1985: Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson with Jamie Thomson|date=11 January 2017 |publisher=Unbound|isbn=9781407181301 |access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>
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).{{Fact|date=July 2007}} Games Workshop has also contributed to designing and making games and puzzles for the popular television series '']''.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}


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The release of Games Workshop's third core miniature wargame, '']'' (LoTR SBG), in ] signalled their intention to capture the younger audience with a simple, yet effective and flexible, combat system.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
In late 1978 Games Workshop provided the funding to co-found ] in ]. Citadel would produce the metal miniatures used in its role-playing games and tabletop wargames. The "Citadel" name became 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.<ref>{{cite journal | title = News | journal =] | issue = 11 | page = 10 | publisher = Games Workshop | date = Feb–Mar 1979 }}</ref><ref name="Vector">{{cite journal |last=Baxter |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Baxter (author) |title=Freedom in an Owned World: Warhammer Fiction and the Interzone Generation |journal=Vector Magazine - the Critical Journal of the British Science Fiction Association |issue=229 |publisher=British Science Fiction Association |year=2006 |url=http://www.vectormagazine.co.uk/article.asp?articleID=42 |access-date=7 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216083901/http://www.vectormagazine.co.uk/article.asp?articleID=42 |archive-date=16 February 2012 }}</ref> For a time ] promoted the idea of ] merging with Games Workshop, until Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone backed out.<ref name="Kyngdoms">{{cite web | last = Sacco | first = Ciro Alessandro | title = The Ultimate Interview with Gary Gygax | work = thekyngdoms.com | url = http://www.thekyngdoms.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37 | access-date = 24 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208133710/http://www.thekyngdoms.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37 | archive-date = 8 February 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>


The company's publishing arm also released UK reprints of American RPGs such as ''],'' ''],'' '']'' and '']'', which were expensive to import (having previously done so for '']'' since 1977).<ref>{{cite journal | title = News | journal =] | issue = 4 | publisher = Games Workshop }}</ref>
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 ] (literature), and their work with ] (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.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}


In 1984 Games Workshop ceased distributing its products in the U.S. through hobby games distributors and opened its Games Workshop (U.S.) office. Games Workshop (U.S.), and Games Workshop in general, grew significantly in the late 1980s, with over 250 employees on the payroll by 1990.<ref name="WD126">{{cite journal | title = White Dwarf | journal =] | issue = 126 | publisher = Games Workshop | date = June 1990 }}</ref>
===Licensing===
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Alongside the UK publishing rights to several American role-playing games in the 1980s (including ], ]<ref>Guy Haley ''The History of White Dwarf'' ] #300.</ref> and ] <ref>Newsboard ] #58.</ref>) Games Workshop also secured the rights to produce miniatures and/or games for several classic British science fiction properties such as '']''<ref>] Editorial ] #63.</ref><ref>Guy Haley ''Thirty Years of Games Workshop''] #304.</ref> and several characters from ] including ] and ]. Alongside the rights to reprint ICE's ''Middle Earth Role Playing'' Citadel Miniatures acquired the rights to produce 28mm miniatures based on '']'' and '']''.


=== Refocus ===
In conjunction with the promotion of '']'' in 2000, 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).<ref>"Note that these figures are 25 mm and not the 28 mm figures that are more popular today"; ({{cite web | title = Painting the Lord of the Rings Mines of Moria Game | date = 2005-11-23 | url = http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/minis/mini28/LotRMoria/ | accessdate = 2007-07-17 }})</ref> The rights to produce a roleplaying game using the films art were sold to another firm, ]. Games Workshop was also able to produce a '']'' game based on '']'', although this game was done in 10 mm scale for the normal warriors, and "heroic" scale for the named characters.{{Fact|date=August 2007}}
Tom Kirby became General Manager in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://investor.games-workshop.com/our-history/|title=Our history - Games Workshop Group PLC - Investor Relations|date=7 February 2011|access-date=15 June 2019}}</ref>
Following a management buyout by him and ] in December 1991, when Livingstone and Jackson sold their shares for {{currency|10|GBP}} million,<ref name=independent>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-visit-to-the-fantasy-world-of-ian-livingstone-1162339.html | author=McGrath, Melanie | title=A Visit to the Fantasy World of Ian Livingstone | work=] | date=2 June 1998 | access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> Games Workshop refocused on their ] '']'' (WFB) and '']'' (WH40k), their most lucrative lines. The retail chain refocused on a younger, more family-oriented market. The change of direction was a great success and the company enjoyed growing profits, but the more commercial direction of the company made it lose some of its old fan base. A breakaway group of two company employees published '']'' in competition with Games Workshop, but the new company met with little success and closed in 1993. Games Workshop expanded in Europe, the US, Canada and Australia, opening new branches and organising events in each new commercial territory. Having been acquired by private equity firm ] the company was floated on the ] in October 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mergr.com/eci-partners-exits-games-workshop-group|title=ECI Partners Exits Games Workshop Group &#124; Mergr|website=mergr.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/summary/company-summary/GB0003718474GBGBXSSMM.html|title=Games Workshop|publisher=London Stock Exchange|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> In October 1997 all UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/streets/willow_road.htm|title=Willow Road |publisher=Lenton Times|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>


The company diversified by acquiring Sabretooth Games (card games), creating the ] (literature), and working with ] (computer games).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/04/26/thq-extends-warhammer-40k-licensing-deal/|title=THQ extends Warhammer 40K licensing deal|date=26 November 2004|publisher=Engadget|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>
===Games Workshop Group PLC===
Games Workshop has expanded into several divisions/companies producing products related to the Warhammer universe.


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* Games Workshop produce the tabletop wargames, Citadel miniatures and the ] range.
In late 2009 Games Workshop issued a succession of '']'' orders against various Internet sites it accused of violating its ] generating anger and disappointment from its fan community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2009/11/28/games-workshop-decla.html|title=Games Workshop declares war on best customers. Again. / Boing Boing|website=boingboing.net|date=28 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/264704.page |title=GW Fansites vs. GW: Cease & Desist Fallout - Forum |publisher=DakkaDakka |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
* ] make complementary specialist resin miniatures and conversion kits.
* ] is the fiction, board game and roleplaying game publishing arm of Games Workshop. They comprise several separate imprints; ], ], ], ] and ] 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.<ref></ref>
* ] produce the ]s and The Lord of the Rings Tradeable Miniatures Game.
The group reported sales of £136,650,000 sterling in 2005 and employs around 3200. <ref></ref>


On 16 May 2011, Maelstrom Games announced that Games Workshop had revised the terms and conditions of their trade agreement with independent stockists in the UK. The new terms and conditions restricted the sale of all Games Workshop products to within the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/index.php?act=new&ref=212|title=Games Workshop Changes|access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
Sales have 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"<ref></ref>
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On 16 June 2013, WarGameStore, a UK-based retailer of Games Workshop products since 2003, announced further changes to Games Workshop's trade agreement with UK-based independent stockists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqBGtuKrJaQ&feature=c4-overview&list=UUryD5rJgGsJ8JiqrFwgzRSA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/gqBGtuKrJaQ| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Games Workshop UK Retailer Trade Terms Changes 2013|last=WarGameStore|date=18 June 2013|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2007 the group showed a pre-tax loss of £2.9M.<ref>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a8c5c8fc-3fc7-11dc-b034-0000779fd2ac.html</ref> after issuing profits warnings, closing non-profit-making stores, undertaking management restructuring and laying off staff in order to cut costs.<ref>http://investor.games-workshop.com/latest_results/Results2007/downloads/GW_year_end_07.pdf</ref>


Tom Kirby stepped down in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://investor.games-workshop.com/2017/07/25/retirement-of-tom-kirby-as-non-executive-chairman/|title=Retirement of Tom Kirby as non-executive chairman - Games Workshop Group PLC - Investor Relations|date=25 July 2017|access-date=15 June 2019}}</ref>
==Miniature games==
Games Workshop originally produced ]s via an associated, originally independent, company called ] 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.


In July 2021, Games Workshop made changes to their IP guidelines, adopting a "zero tolerance" stance towards fan-made games, videos and animations, drawing criticism from fans.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Clayton|first=Natalie|date=21 July 2021|title=Games Workshop is trying to shut down fan animations|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games-workshop-is-trying-to-shut-down-fan-animations/|access-date=7 September 2021|website=PC Gamer|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Creative Assembly reiterates stance on Total Warhammer mods in wake of Games Workshop IP changes|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/total-war-warhammer-2/mods-radious-games-workshop-ip|access-date=7 September 2021|website=PCGamesN|date=5 August 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=21 July 2021|title=Lookout YouTube, GW Just Updated Their IP Guidelines|url=https://spikeybits.com/2021/07/lookout-youtube-gw-just-updated-their-ip-guidelines.html|access-date=7 September 2021|website=Spikey Bits|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Current Core Games ===
The following games are in production and widely available.


The presence of Games Workshop in the East Midlands has led the region to become the centre of the wargames industry in the UK, known as the ] with numerous other
* '']''
companies founded by former employees.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Games Workshop is worth more than Marks & Spencer and Centrica |url=https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/07/02/why-games-workshop-is-worth-more-than-marks-and-spencer-and-centrica |access-date=25 August 2021 |newspaper=The Economist |date=2 July 2020}}</ref>
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==Operations==
=== Specialist Games ===
===Licensing===
Alongside the UK publishing rights to several American role-playing games in the 1980s (including ], ]<ref>{{cite journal | last = Haley| first = Guy | title = The History of White Dwarf | journal =] | issue = 300 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = Jan 2005 }}</ref> and ],<ref>{{cite journal | title = Newsboard | journal =] | issue = 58 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = October 1984 }}</ref>) Games Workshop also secured the rights to produce miniatures or games for several classic British science fiction properties such as '']''<ref>{{cite journal | last = Livingstone| first = Ian | author-link = Ian Livingstone | title = Editorial | journal =] | issue = 63 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = March 1985 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Haley| first = Guy | title = Thirty Years of Games Workshop | journal =] | issue = 304 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = May 2005 }}</ref> and several characters from ] including ] and ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|author-link=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=51}}</ref> Alongside the rights to reprint ]' ], Citadel Miniatures acquired the rights to produce 28 mm miniatures based on '']'' and '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NL/What-is-The-Hobbit-An-Unexpected-Journey-Strategy-Battle-Game|title=What is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Strategy Battle Game?|publisher=Forge World|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>


In conjunction with the promotion of ] in 2001, Games Workshop acquired the rights to produce a skirmish wargame and miniatures, using the movies' production and publicity art, and information provided by the original novels by ]. A 25 mm scale was used.<ref>"Note that these figures are 25 mm and not the 28 mm figures that are more popular today"; ({{cite web | title = Painting the Lord of the Rings Mines of Moria Game | date = 23 November 2005 | url = http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/minis/mini28/LotRMoria/ | access-date = 17 July 2007 | archive-date = 26 August 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070826184115/http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/minis/mini28/LotRMoria/ | url-status = dead }})</ref> The rights to produce a role-playing game using the films' art and both the book and the movies' plots and characters were sold to another firm, ] Games Workshop also produced a '']'' game based on a culminating episode in '']'', using 10&nbsp;mm scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solegends.com/citcat2005ussc/c2005usscp0021-00.htm|title=The Battle of Five Armies|publisher=The Stuff of Legends|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>
Link to the dedicated page for the ] division.


On 10 February 2011 Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced that it had extended its six-year agreement with Games Workshop, continuing its exclusive, worldwide rights to produce tabletop games based on "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings." Games Workshop announced plans to expand their offerings of battle-games and model soldiers, and to continue to develop and increase offerings based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag/Brands/Warner-Bros-Continues-Hobbit-Games/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/707126?contextCategoryId=9989|title=Warner Bros. Continues Hobbit Games - License! Global|website=www.licensemag.com}}</ref>
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==== ===Group divisions===
Games Workshop has expanded into several divisions/companies producing products related to the ''Warhammer'' universe.
* '']'' - an ] style game using fantasy creatures
* '']'' - a ] game. An expansion (]) was also released
* '']'' - a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (10 mm) miniatures


* Forge World makes specialist resin miniatures and conversion kits for Games Workshop's titles as well as its ] range. Forge World was also responsible for the ] line of historical wargames rules, including '']'', all of which were previously published by as a component of Black Library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NL/Warhammer|title=Warhammer|publisher=Forge World|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> In August 2018, Forge World announced substantial changes to its U.S. pricing model in exchange for faster and less costly shipping services to the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spikeybits.com/2018/08/forge-world-raise-prices-substantially-for-us-customers.html|title=Forge World Raise Prices Substantially For US Customers - Spikey Bits|website=spikeybits.com|date=22 August 2018|language=en-US|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref> As of 31 November 2023, the Forge World website was made defunct as part of the company merger under the banner name "Warhammer" in one website, the resin kits sold were also marked as "Advance model kits" with an age rating attached <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/10/31/warhammer-com-is-here-the-new-home-of-the-worlds-greatest-miniatures/|title=Warhammer.com Is Here – The New Home of the World's Greatest Miniatures - Warhammer Community}}</ref>
====Warhammer 40,000 universe====
* ] was the fiction, board game and roleplaying game publishing arm of Games Workshop. They comprised several separate imprints; ], ], ] and Warp Artefacts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warpartefacts.com|title=Warpartefacts.com|website=www.warpartefacts.com}}</ref>
* '']'' - a game based around spacecraft combat
* '']'' - a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (6 mm) miniatures.
* '']'' - a skirmish game using larger (54 mm) more detailed miniatures
* '']'' - a skirmish game


The company has hard-to-reproduce, unique intellectual property, and a good export record. Sales slowed around 1999-2000 due to supply chain issues, but quickly rebounded a few years later.<ref>Paton, Maynard, ''Are Small Companies Suitable For Long-Term Portfolios?'', 22 November 2001</ref>
====The Lord Of The Rings Strategy Battle Game universe====
* '']'' - a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (10 mm) miniatures. The game was named after (and initially centred on) the ], one of the later scenes in JRR Tolkien's '']''.
* The Strategy Battle Game has now expanded and has recently added many new supplements to the list of its current games and scenarios.


==Miniature games==
=== Forge World ===
Games Workshop previously produced ] via an associated, originally independent, company called ] 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.<ref>{{cite book
] has recently released its first in-house game:
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* '']'' - a game based around aircraft combat

===Current core games===
The following games were in production {{As of|2024|lc=y}}:
* '']'' (4th Edition, 2024)
* '']'' (2024)
* '']'' ''(10th Edition, 2023)''
*''Warhammer - The Horus Heresy (2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ellis |first1=Caelyn |date=13 June 2022 |title=Warhammer 40K spin-off Horus Heresy is back - here's why that's a big deal, and why you should be interested |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/opinion/warhammer-30k-horus-heresy-why-big-deal |access-date=27 June 2022 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}}</ref>''
* '']'' ''(2018)''

====Other games====
The following games were in production {{As of|2024|lc=y}}:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.warhammer.com|title=Warhammer|website=www.warhammer.com|date=14 November 2024|access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
* ''Adeptus Titanicus'' – A new version of the ] game (released 2019).
* '']'' – Aerial combat game, updated from the ] version (released 2019).
* '']'' – an ] style game using fantasy creatures. Originally released in 1986, it was revived in 2016 with a "Second Season Edition" in 2020.
* ''Legions Imperialis'' - a war game set during the Horus Heresy, in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Legions Imperialis is a revitalised version of ].
* '']'' – a skirmish game set on a hive world which pits gangs of humans against each other (released 2017), updated from the 1995 version.
* ''Warcry'' – A skirmish game set in the Age of Sigmar universe (new edition released 2022).
* ''Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team'' - A skirmish version of Warhammer 40,000, using the same factions and units (new edition released 2024).
*''Warhammer: Underworlds'' – A game set in the Age of Sigmar setting combining miniature gaming and ] (released 2017).


=== Warhammer Historical === ===Out of print===


*'']'' ====''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' universe====
* ''Warhammer Quest: Shadows over Hammerhal'' (released 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-Quest-Shadows-Over-Hammerhal-ENG|title=Warhammer Quest: Shadows over Hammerhal|website=www.games-workshop.com|date=30 December 2019|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref> - dungeon crawl game in the ] universe. Despite sharing the ] brand, rules and setting are completely different from the original game.
*'']''
*''English Civil War''
*''Legends of the Old West''


====''Warhammer Fantasy'' universe====
=== Out of print ===
====Warhammer Fantasy universe====
* '']'' * '']''
* '']'' - a simplified version of Blood Bowl. * ''Kerrunch'' – a simplified version of Blood Bowl.
* '']'' - a game of naval combat in a fantasy world. Two expansions were also released, '']'' and '']''. * '']'' – a game of naval combat in a fantasy world. Two expansions were also released, ''Sea of Blood'' and ''Plague Fleet''.
* '']'' – a simplified version of Advanced HeroQuest. More of a light Skirmish game using AHQ minis set in a dungeon.
* '']''
** ''Dragon Masters'' – a board game which played like a simplified version of ], in which players take the role of competing Elven princes in Ulthuan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37/dragon-masters|title=Dragon Masters|website=BoardGameGeek}}</ref>
* '']''
* '']'' - a game of dungeon exploration and questing, effectively an updated version of Advanced HeroQuest. * '']'' – a game of mass fantasy battles
**'']'', a set of three linked scenarios using ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle'' setting and rules.
* '']'' – a game of dungeon exploration and questing, effectively an updated version of Advanced HeroQuest
* ''Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower'' (released 2016) – dungeon crawl game in the '']'' universe. Despite sharing the ''Warhammer Quest'' brand, rules and settings are completely different from the original game.


====Warhammer 40,000 universe==== ====''Warhammer 40,000'' universe====
* '']'' (original game in the Epic series, which concerned combat betweens ].) * '']'' (The original game in the Epic series, which dealt solely with combat between Titans.)
**''Codex Titanicus'' - expansion rules for same **''Codex Titanicus'' (Expanded rules for the above, adding rules for Ork and Eldar titans along with expanded rules for Eldar, Orks, Imperial Guard infantry and vehicles.)
* '']'' * '']''
* ''Assassinorum: Execution Force''
* '']'' (precursor to ], although some people still use the terms interchangeably, alongside ].)
* ''Bommerz over da Sulphur River'' (Board game using Epic miniatures.)
* '']'' (a skirmish game detailing gangs of ])
* ''Blackstone Fortress'' - a ] game set in the '']'' universe.
** '']'' (an expansion for Gorkamorka)
* '']'' (The precursor to ], although some people still use the terms interchangeably, alongside ].)
* '']''
* '']'' (A vehicle skirmish game set on a desert world, revolving principally around rival Ork factions.)
* '']'' (Simple spaceship combat game from before Battlefleet Gothic)
** ''Digganob'' (An expansion for Gorkamorka, adding rebel gretchin and feral human factions.)
* '']'' (two editions were published, expansions below were for 1st edition)
* ''Lost Patrol''
** '']'' (expansion boxed set)
* ''Shadow War: Armageddon'' - an updated version of the ] skirmish ruleset, using the current ''Warhammer 40,000'' factions in place of Necromunda's human gangs (released 2017).
** '']'' (expansion boxed set)
* '']'' (A simple spaceship combat game, later greatly expanded via White Dwarf magazine with material intended for the aborted 'Battleship Gothic', itself later relaunched as Battlefleet Gothic.)
** ''Space Hulk Campaigns'' (expansion book in both soft and hard-cover)
* '']'' (Four editions were published; expansions are listed below.)
* ''Space Marine'' (original Epic-scale game concerning troops and infantry, 1st edition is a pair with Adeptus Titanicus, 2nd with Titan Legions)
* '']'' (effectively an expansion of Space Marine, though it extended the game system) ** '']'' (An expansion boxed set adding new Terminator weapons and a new campaign.)
** '']'' (An expansion boxed set adding rules for Genestealer hybrids and psychic powers.)
* '']''
** ''Space Hulk Campaigns'' (An expansion book released in both soft and hard-cover collecting reprinted four campaigns previously printed in White Dwarf.)
* '']'' - introductory game in same series as Space Fleet
* ''Space Marine'' (The original Epic-scale game concerning troops and infantry, 1st edition was compatible with Adeptus Titanicus, 2nd with Titan Legions)
* '']'' (An update of Adeptus Titanicus, effectively an expansion of Space Marine 2nd edition.)
* '']'' (An introductory game reusing the boards from Advanced Space Crusade.)
* '']'' (An introductory game reusing the boards from Space Hulk.)


==== Licensed games ==== ====Specialist Games====
These games were 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. This also includes games that aren't necessarily more complex, but have a smaller more specialised target audience. The Specialist Games division was shut down in 2013, with all games being discontinued.
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.


*'''Warhammer Fantasy universe'''
* '']'' (published by ])
** '']'' – a naval combat style board game (limited stock) released on 1 October 2011
** '']'' – a hexagonal tile based campaign supplement
** '']'' – a ] game. An expansion called ''Empire in Flames'' was also released
** '']'' – a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (10&nbsp;mm) miniatures
* '''Warhammer 40,000 universe'''
** '']'' – a game which depicts battles between fleets of space ships.
** '']'' – a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (6&nbsp;mm) miniatures (known as ''Epic Armageddon'' in its current edition).
** '']'' – a skirmish/role play game using larger (54&nbsp;mm) more detailed miniatures and intended for older gamers.
** '']'' – a skirmish game set on a hive world which pits gangs of humans against each other, using modified 2nd edition ''Warhammer 40,000'' rules, which are more detailed than newer editions and more suitable for skirmish games. Originally printed in 1995, it was revived at the end of 2017.
** '']'' – a two-player game of Space Marines versus Tyranids released in 1989.
*'''The Lord of the Rings universe'''
** '']'' – a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (10&nbsp;mm) miniatures. The game was named after (and initially centred on) the Battle of Five Armies, one of the later scenes in J.R.R. Tolkien's '']''.
** The ] was expanded with new supplements. In 2009 an expansion for the game entitled 'War of the Ring' was released, allowing players to recreate large scale battles in Middle-Earth. In December 2012 Games Workshop released the first wave of models based on the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landing.jsp?catId=cat970001a&rootCatGameStyle=athletic |title=Grim Hammers |publisher=Games Workshop |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>

====Forge World====
* '']'' – a game based around Epic scale aircraft combat

====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 were available in toy and department stores.

* '']'' (published by ])
* '']'' (published by Milton Bradley) * '']'' (published by Milton Bradley)
** ''Kellar's Keep'' (Expansion for Hero Quest) ** '']'' (Expansion for Hero Quest)
**''Return of the Witch Lord'' (Expansion for Hero Quest) **''Return of the Witch Lord'' (Expansion for Hero Quest)
**''Against the Ogre Horde'' (Expansion for Hero Quest) **''Against the Ogre Horde'' (Expansion for Hero Quest)
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**''Adventure Design Booklet'' (Expansion for Hero Quest) **''Adventure Design Booklet'' (Expansion for Hero Quest)
* '']'' (published by Milton Bradley) * '']'' (published by Milton Bradley)
** ''Operation Dreadnought'' (Expansion for Space Crusade) ** ''Mission Dreadnought'' (Expansion for Space Crusade)
** ''Eldar Attack'' (Expansion for Space Crusade) ** ''Eldar Attack'' (Expansion for Space Crusade)


== Citadel brand acrylic paints ==
==Role playing games==
Several of the miniatures games (e.g. Inquisitor) involve a role playing element, however Games Workshop has in the past published ] set within the Warhammer universe. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay was first published in 1986 and returned to print with a new edition on ] ]. It is being published by ], part of GW's fiction imprint ]. BI has also announced a brand new game, Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, to be published in several parts starting Fall 2007.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}


Games Workshop produces a line of acrylic paints for ], under the Citadel name. At the end of March 2012 the company announced a new range of over 145 colours made in the UK,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Review: The new Citadel Paint Range|url = http://taleofpainters.blogspot.com/2012/04/review-citadel-paint-range.html|website = Tale of Painters|access-date = 12 October 2015}}</ref> which has since been expanded and reorganised. These paints are broken down into different types, each with a different intended purpose. This allows painters to follow painting guides produced by Games Workshop and create custom paint schemes more easily as each step in Games Workshop's 'Eavy Metal painting style has a paint type designed to assist in application. The 'Eavy Metal style is named after the 'Eavy Metal Team, Games Workshop's studio painting team, and is characterised by simple highlights and shadows with strong edge-highlights on all edges, creating a look that is clean, easily and quickly reproducible across many models, and defines details well on a game table.
=== Out of print ===

* '']'' - a superhero roleplaying game, published in ] after initially being published on an amateur basis.
The current Citadel paint types are:<ref>{{Cite web|title = Citadel Colour paint types|url = https://citadelcolour.com/#paint-types|website = Citadel Colour|access-date = 1 August 2020}}</ref>
* '']'' - published under license in ].
* ''Base'': Pigment dense for high opacity. Intended to offer good coverage over a primer layer for a strong foundation of colour.
* '']'' - the third edition of the game, published jointly with ] in ].
* ''Layer'': Thinner and less pigment dense than Base paints for slight translucency. Intended to be built up over multiple layers to create smooth transitions of colour or value.
* ''Shade'': Acrylic ink based "paints" that are thin and flow easily into recessed details. Intended to be applied as a wash to add depth and shadow.
* ''Dry'': Thick, paste-consistency paints with maximum pigment concentration. Intended to aid in dry-brushing to achieve easy highlighting of models.
* ''Air'': A selection of colours from the Base and Layer lines that are thinned down, as well as some "Clear" paints. Intended to be used through an airbrush.
* ''Technical'': A range of non-standard "paints" to achieve additional effects. These include gloss paints for slime or wet blood, semi-transparent glossy paints for gemstone effects, weathering effect paints, spectral effect paints, textured pastes for gaming bases, acrylic mediums, and acrylic varnishes. Intended for adding finishing details to models.
* ''Spray'': Spray-can paints that come in black, white, and a small selection of colours from the Base line. Intended as a primer layer and to add a foundation coat of colour quickly.
* ''Contrast'': Thinned paint and medium mixtures that flow into recesses similar to Shade paints, but also stain the raised details creating a blended fade from highlight to shadow. Intended to be applied over specialised Spray paints to give an effect similar to using a Base, then Layer, then Shade, but in one coat of paint to speed up the painting process.

The line includes both metallic and non-metallic paints in the Base, Layer, Edge, Dry, and Air lines, with non-metallic paints having a matte/light-satin finish.

Contrast paints were added to the Games Workshop paint range in 2019, promoted as speeding up the painting process for players. The existing range of paints was also expanded and reorganised when Contrast was released,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Pre-order Today: Contrast and a Great Deal of Paint|url = https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/06/08/pre-order-today-contrast-and-a-great-deal-of-paint/|website = Warhammer Community|access-date = 1 August 2020}}</ref> and branding changed from ''Citadel'' to ''Citadel Colour''. The previously available Glaze line of paints was discontinued, replaced with the introduction of the Air Clear paints, the previously available Edge line of paints were combined into the Layer line, with some colours also being renamed, and the previously separate Texture line of paints was combined into the Technical line.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Complete List of Contrast, New & Discontinued Citadel Paints|url = https://spikeybits.com/2019/05/complete-list-of-contrast-new-discontinued-citadel-paints.html|website = Spikey Bits| date=30 May 2019 |access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref>

The Citadel line also includes various other hobby supplies, including basing materials such as static grass and tufts, as well as modelling tools, such as paint brushes, glues, and hobby clippers.

==Role-playing games==
Several of the miniatures games (e.g. Inquisitor) involve a role-playing element; however, Games Workshop has, in the past, published ]s set within the Warhammer universe. '']'' was first published in 1986; a second edition appeared in 2005 published by ], part of GW's fiction imprint ]. In 2018 a 4th edition was published by ] who will also re-publish the iconic Enemy Within campaign in 2020, adapted for the new edition by the original writers.

'']'', 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. In September 2008 production was transferred to ].<ref name="FFG+GW"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509192737/http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/PDF/pr-2008-GamesWorkshop-Sabertooth.pdf |date=9 May 2008 }} from Fantasy Flight Games website</ref>

Fantasy Flight Games subsequently published four other roleplaying games; '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'', set in the same ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe and employing similar mechanics. In 2009 Fantasy Flight also released a new edition of ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay''.

===Out of print===
* '']'' - a superhero roleplaying game, published in 1984 after initially being published on an amateur basis.
* '']'' - published under licence in 1985.
* '']'' - the third edition of the game, published under license from ] in 1987.
* '']'' - GW published the second edition under license from ], and the third edition under license from ] in the UK.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Appelcline |first1=Shannon |title=Designers & dragons. '80-'89 : a history of the roleplaying game industry |date=2014 |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |location=Silver Springs, MD, USA |isbn=978-1-61317-081-6 |edition=2nd}}</ref>{{rp|221}}
* '']'' - GW published the second and third edition rules in the UK, along with their own ] and ].
* '']'' - GW published ''Classic Traveller'' rules, supplements and adventures under licence from ] from 1979. They published their own ], ] and starship sheets in 1981.<ref name="designers00s">{{Cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |title=Designers & Dragons: The '00s |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-61317-087-8}}</ref>{{rp|122}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schick |first1=Lawrence |title=Heroic worlds : a history and guide to role-playing games |date=1991 |publisher=Prometheus Books |location=Buffalo |isbn=0-87975-652-7}}</ref>{{rp|334,337,339}}
* '']'' - a roleplaying game adventure, published in 1986

===Out of print, republished===
The following games are technically out of print in their original editions, but have had new versions (in some cases heavily revised and in some cases with additional game expansions) published by Fantasy Flight Games.

* '']'' - an RPG based in the WH40k Universe where players control one member of an Inquisitor's retinue.
* '']''


==Board games== ==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 "]". Games Workshop had a strong history in boardgames development, alongside the miniatures and RPGs. Several may have had roleplaying elements, or had miniatures included or produced. '']'' released in 1981 was one of these board games with a set of miniature rules especially designed for use with ]' figures.<ref name="DD70-79">{{cite book |last1=Appelcline |first1=Shannon |title=Designers & Dragons. '70-'79 : A history of the roleplaying game industry |date=2014 |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |location=Silver Springs, MD, USA |isbn=978-1-61317-075-5|edition=2nd}}</ref>{{rp|139}}

Licensing for an undisclosed proportion of Games Workshop's back catalogue of board games was transferred to Fantasy Flight Games as part of the same transaction which included Black Library's Role Playing Games. Fantasy Flight has republished revised editions of a number of these games. At the time of the announcement, Black Library had only one boardgame in print, the 4th Edition of "]". Fantasy Flight subsequently released revised editions of Talisman and of other former Games Workshop boardgames. On 9 September 2016, Fantasy Flight Games announced the termination of its licensing agreement with Games Workshop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/9/9/a-new-path-forward|title=A New Path Forward|website=www.fantasyflightgames.com|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>

Games Workshop currently has several standalone board games in production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Boxed-Games|title=Boxed Games {{!}} Games Workshop Webstore|website=www.games-workshop.com|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref> Being standalone games, they do not depend on the rules or components of the current core game systems of ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' or ''Warhammer 40,000''. All of these include miniatures that require some assembly, and those miniatures can be used with the core game systems.

* '']''
* '']''
* ''Deathwatch: Overkill''
* ''Gorechosen''
* ''Lost Patrol''
* ''Stormcloud Attack''
* ''The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth''
* ''The Horus Heresy: Burning of Prospero''
* ''Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team''
* ''Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower''


=== Out of print === ===Out of print===
* '']'' * '']'' (not to be confused with the expansion ])
* '']'' * '']''
* '']'' * '']''
** '']'' (Expansion for ''Battle for Armageddon'') ** ''Chaos Attack'' (Expansion for ''Battle for Armageddon'')
* '']'' - 2000AD Judge Dredd setting
* '']'' A boardgame of 'orcish mayhem'.
* '']'' - 2000AD Judge Dredd setting ** '']'' (Expansion for ''Block Mania'')
* '']'' (multiplayer, battle and resource game of medieval Europe) * '']'' (multiplayer, battle and resource game of medieval Europe)
* '']'' * '']''
* '']'' (solo play game) * '']'' (solo play game)
* '']'' (under license) * '']'' (under licence)
* '']'' * '']''
* '']'' (similar to Car Wars) * '']'' (similar to ])
* '']'' (1980) * '']'' (1980)
* '']'' * ''Doom of the Eldar''
* ''Gobbo's Banquet''
* '']'' (and expansion pack)
* '']'' - a fantasy board game published in 1989 in collaboration with ]
* '']'' (New edition available from Fantasy Flight Games)
* ''Hungry Troll and the Gobbos''
* '']''
* '']'' * '']'' (see ] character ] for background)
* '']'' * ''Kings and Things'' (under licence)
* ''Oi! Dat's My Leg!''
* '']'' (see 2000 AD character ] for background)
* '']'' (under license) * ''Quirks'' (under licence)
* '']'' * '']'' (under licence)
* '']'' (see 2000 AD character ] for background)
* '']''
* ''Squelch!''
* '']'' (another ] related game)
* '']''
* '']'' * '']''
* '']'' * ''Trolls in the Pantry''
* '']'' * ''Valley of the Four Winds''
* ''Warlock''
* '']'' (based on the ] game book)
* '']'' (based on the ] game book)

===Out of print, republished===
The following games are technically out of print in their original editions, but have had new versions (in all cases heavily revised and in some cases with additional game expansions) published by Fantasy Flight Games.
* '']'' - A boardgame of 'orcish mayhem'.
* '']''
* '']''
* ''Horus Heresy''
* '']''
* '']'' * '']''


==Computer games== ==Video games==
{{See also|List of Games Workshop video games}}

Games Workshop licensed or produced several ] games in the early years, none of which were based in the usual Warhammer settings:


*'']'' (1983) based on the original boardgame
Games Workshop produced and published several ] games in the early years, not all of which were based in the usual Warhammer settings
]
*''Apocalypse'' (1983) based on the original boardgame
*''Argent Warrior'' (1984) Illustrated adventure *''Argent Warrior'' (1984) Illustrated adventure
*''Battlecars'' (1984) 2 player racing game written in ] *'']'' (1984) 2 player racing game written in ]
*'']'' (1985) multiplayer turn based "board" game, written by Julian Gollop *'']'' (1985) multiplayer turn based "board" game, written by ]
*''D-Day'' (1985) based on the Normandy Landings *'']'' (1985) based on the Normandy Landings
*''HeroQuest'' (1991) based on the MB board game *'']'' (1991) based on the MB board game
*''Journey's End'' (1985) text adventure *''Journey's End'' (1985) text adventure
*''Key Of Hope, The'' (1985) text adventure *''Key Of Hope, The'' (1985) text adventure
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*''Runestone'' (1986) text adventure *''Runestone'' (1986) text adventure
*''Talisman'' (1985) multiplayer turn based "board" game *''Talisman'' (1985) multiplayer turn based "board" game
*'']'' (1985) text adventure, also released for the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/tower-of-despair|title=Tower of Despair for Commodore 64 (1985) - MobyGames|website=MobyGames}}</ref>
*''Tower Of Despair'' (1985) text adventure


Many ]s have been produced by third parties based on the Warhammer universes owned by the firm. These include: Many video 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):
(Miniature game they are based on is included in parentheses after the game name)


* '']'' (Space Crusade) and 1 sequel for the ]. * '']'' (Space Crusade) and 1 sequel for the ].
* '']'' (] game based on Warhammer Fantasy Battles) * '']'' (] game based on ''Warhammer Fantasy Battles'')
* '']'' (] game based on Warhammer Fantasy Battles) * '']'' (] game based on ''Warhammer Fantasy Battles'')
* '']'' (Space Hulk) * '']'' (Space Hulk)
* ''Space Hulk - Vengeance of the Blood Angels'' (Space Hulk) * '']'' (Space Hulk)
* '']'' (Epic 40,000 - Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Orks) * '']'' (Epic 40,000 - Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Orks)
* '']'' (First Person Shooter)(Warhammer 40,000 - Tau) * '']'' (''Warhammer 40,000'' - Tau)
* '']'' (1995), published by MicroLeague
* '']'' (Warhammer 40,000 - Space Marines (New Chapter: 'Blood Ravens'), Orks, Eldar, Forces of Chaos)
** '']'' (PC Only/Add-on)(Warhammer 40,000: Armies same as Dawn of War, also: Imperial Guard (Cadian) * '']'' (Warhammer 40,000 - Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, Chaos Space Marines)
** '']'' (PC Only/Stand-Alone)(Warhammer 40,000: Same as Winter Assault, also: Necrons and Tau) ** '']'' (Add-on) (Armies same as Dawn of War, also: Imperial Guard)
* '']'' (Warhammer 40,000 - Space Marines, Forces of Chaos) ** '']'' (Stand-Alone) (Same as Winter Assault, also: Necrons and Tau)
** '']'' (Stand-Alone) (Same as Dark Crusade, also: Sisters of Battle and Dark Eldar)
* '']'' (Warhammer 40,000 - Space Marines, Forces of Chaos)
* '']'' (Warhammer 40,000 - Eldar, Space Marines, Tyranid) * '']'' (Warhammer 40,000 - Eldar, Space Marines, Tyranid)
* '']'' (Warhammer - The Empire, High Elves, Hordes of Chaos, Skaven, Orcs and Goblins, Dwarves)
* ''GorkaMorka'' (Warhammer 40K - Orks, cancelled)
* '']'' (Warhammer - Orcs, Goblins, Dwarfs, Vampires, The Empire, Chaos, Skaven, High Elves,) ** '']'' (Add-on) (Armies same as Mark of Chaos, also: Dark Elves)
* '']'', a turn based strategy game which focuses on a squad of Ultramarines fighting Chaos Space Marines.
* '']'', a Warhammer MMORPG by ].
* '']'', a sequel to Dawn of War focusing less on base-building and more on squad tactics. (''Warhammer 40,000'' - Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, Tyranids)
** '']'' (Stand-Alone) (Armies same as Dawn of War II, also: Chaos Space Marines)
** '']'' (Stand-Alone) (Same as Chaos Rising, also: Imperial Guard)
*'']''/'']'' (Blood Bowl)
*'']'', an Action/RPG game featuring the Ultramarines Space Marines.
* '']'', a Warhammer ] game developed by ] (cancelled).
* '']'', a ] ] game developed by ].
* '']'', a ]-focused ] ] developed by ]. Set in the End Times, players can team up with three other players to fight against the ], a race of rodent-like monstrous creatures, in the city of Ubersreik
* '']'', a ] ] video game developed by ]. Set in the ] fictional universe, players battle ] against a ] of nurgle called Rotbloods and the Skaven of Clan Fester. This alliance is called the Pactsworn and they function as the main enemy in the game.
* '']'', a ] and ] game, part of ] and ] ] (Warhammer Fantasy - Empire, Vampire Counts, Dwarves, Orcs and Chaos playable)
* '']'' is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by ] and published by ]. It is part of the Total War series and the sequel to 2016's ]. (Warhammer Fantasy - High Elves, Skaven, Dark Elves, Lizardmen playable in the core game. All factions from the first game and the second are playable in a combined super-map for free if one bought the first game and any of the DLC races and content bought from either game is added as well.)
* '']'', capstone game in the trilogy. (Warhammer Fantasy - Monogods of Chaos, Cathay, Ogre Kingdoms, Daemons of Chaos, Kislev playable in core game. Owners of previous two games can play a combined map of all 3 games including all previously playable factions)
* '']'', a First-Person Shooter game, developed by Streum On Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive.
* '']'' (2017) a real-time strategy video game with ] influences released by Relic Entertainment and Sega, in partnership with Games Workshop.
* '']'' (2022) a ] ] video game under development by ].


== Trading card games (TCGs) ==
===In development===
Games Workshop released a ] (TCG) in 2018 based on the ''Age of Sigmar'' universe called ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions Trading Card Game''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions Trading Card Game |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/255653/warhammer-age-sigmar-champions-trading-card-game |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=BoardGameGeek |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Champions'' featured several unique features, such as a companion online version of the game with collections being synced across both paper and digital versions. Compared to other, more traditional TCGs (such as '']'') ''Champions'' also included a rotation system as a resource management and lanes for play – similar to ] style games such as '']''.
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As of January 2006, there are also some future games in development:

* '']'' is a ''Warhammer'' ] by ].
* '']'', a fantasy American football style game being developed by ]. Cyanide developed the ] 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.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}
* Warhammer 40,000 turn based strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command which focuses on a squad of ultramarines fighting chaos space marines.


==Events== ==Events==
There were yearly ] events held by Games Workshop which was started in 1975, at Seymour Hall, ] on 20 December 1975.<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 1975 |title=Games Day Programme |journal=] |publisher=Games Workshop |issue=11}}</ref> It included the ] painting competition, news stands, sales stands, and tables to play on. In 2014 it was replaced by 'Warhammer Fest', similar but with additions such as demonstration pods and seminars.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Games Day Programme | journal =] | issue = 11 | publisher = Games Workshop |date=December 1975 }}</ref>
There are yearly ] events held by Games Workshop which feature the ] painting competition.


==Worldwide campaigns== === 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.<ref name="BGIME1"/> 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 ] to the ] to be counted, the more recent campaigns have allowed result submission via the Internet. Games Workshop has run numerous ''Worldwide Campaigns'' for its three core game systems. In each campaign, players are invited to submit the results of games played within a certain time period.<ref name="BGIME1">], Issue 56</ref> The collation of these results provides a result to the campaign's scenario, and sometime leads to modifications in the games.


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): 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) * 1995 - The Battle of Ichar IV (''Warhammer 40,000'')
* 1997 - A Dark Conspiracy (Warhammer)
* 2000 - ] (Warhammer 40,000)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.armageddon3.com/English/40KIntro/40Kintro.html | title = Third War for Armageddon Campaign Site| accessdate = 2007-06-30| date = | publisher = Games Workshop| }}</ref>
* 2000 - Third War for Armageddon (''Warhammer 40,000'')<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.armageddon3.com/English/40KIntro/40Kintro.html| title = Third War for Armageddon Campaign Site| access-date = 30 June 2007| publisher = Games Workshop| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070607173953/http://www.armageddon3.com/English/40KIntro/40Kintro.html| archive-date = 7 June 2007| df = dmy-all}}</ref>
* 2001 - Dark Shadows (Warhammer) * 2001 - Dark Shadows (Warhammer)
* 2003 - ] (Warhammer 40,000)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eyeofterror.com/ | title = Eye of Terror Campaign Site| accessdate = 2007-06-30| date = | publisher = Games Workshop| }}</ref> * 2003 - Eye of Terror (Warhammer 40,000)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eyeofterror.com/ | title = Eye of Terror Campaign Site| access-date = 30 June 2007| publisher = Games Workshop}}</ref>
* 2004 - ] (Warhammer)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stormofchaos.uk.games-workshop.com/default.htm | title = Storm of Chaos Campaign Site | accessdate = 2007-06-30| date = | publisher = Games Workshop| }}</ref> * 2004 - Storm of Chaos (Warhammer)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://stormofchaos.uk.games-workshop.com/default.htm | title = Storm of Chaos Campaign Site | access-date = 30 June 2007 | publisher = Games Workshop | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070626032827/http://stormofchaos.uk.games-workshop.com/default.htm | archive-date = 26 June 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
* 2005 - ] (The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://thewarofthering.uk.games-workshop.com/warnews/ | title = The War of the Ring Campaign Site (United Kingdom) | accessdate = 2007-06-30| date = | publisher = Games Workshop| }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://thewarofthering.ca.games-workshop.com/warnews/ | title = The War of the Ring Campaign Site (Canada) | accessdate = 2007-06-30| date = | publisher = Games Workshop| }}</ref> * 2005 - ] (The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://thewarofthering.uk.games-workshop.com/warnews/ | title = The War of the Ring Campaign Site (United Kingdom) | access-date = 30 June 2007 | publisher = Games Workshop | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070627050627/http://thewarofthering.uk.games-workshop.com/warnews/ | archive-date = 27 June 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://thewarofthering.ca.games-workshop.com/warnews/ | title = The War of the Ring Campaign Site (Canada) | access-date = 30 June 2007 | publisher = Games Workshop | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930062823/http://thewarofthering.ca.games-workshop.com/warnews/ | archive-date = 30 September 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
* 2006 - ] (Warhammer 40,000)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://medusav.games-workshop.com/ | title = The Fall of Medusa V Campaign Site | accessdate = 2007-06-30| date = | publisher = Games Workshop| }}</ref> * 2006 - The Fall of Medusa V (Warhammer 40,000)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://medusav.games-workshop.com/ | title = The Fall of Medusa V Campaign Site | access-date = 30 June 2007 | publisher = Games Workshop | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070625111050/http://medusav.games-workshop.com/ | archive-date = 25 June 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
* 2007 - ] (Warhammer)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://nemesis.games-workshop.com/ | title = Nemesis Crown Campaign Site | accessdate = 2007-06-30| date = | publisher = Games Workshop| }}</ref> * 2007 - The Nemesis Crown (Warhammer)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nemesis.games-workshop.com/ | title = Nemesis Crown Campaign Site | access-date = 30 June 2007 | publisher = Games Workshop | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070630104607/http://nemesis.games-workshop.com/ | archive-date = 30 June 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
* 2011 - Scourge of the Storm (Warhammer)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.games-workshop.com/stormofmagic | title = Scourge of the Storm Site | access-date = 24 July 2011 | publisher = Games Workshop | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720022135/http://www.games-workshop.com/stormofmagic | archive-date = 20 July 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>


These Campaigns were run to promote its miniature wargames, and attracted interest in the hobby, particularly at gaming clubs, Hobby Centres and independent stockists.<ref name="BGIME1"/> 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."<ref name="BGIME1"/> In some cases special miniatures were released to coincide with the campaigns; the promotional "] on Dead ]" miniature, for example, was available only through the campaign roadshows or ordering online.<ref name="Gimli"></ref> As a whole these events have been successful; one, for example, was deemed "a fantastic rollercoaster", with thousands of registered participants.<ref name="War of the Ring">Alessio Cavatore, "Victory for the Free Peoples". ''] ] 312'', p 98-99</ref> These Campaigns were run to promote its miniature wargames, and attracted interest in the hobby, particularly at gaming clubs, Hobby Centres and independent stockists.<ref name="BGIME1"/> 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."<ref name="BGIME1"/> In some cases special miniatures were released to coincide with the campaigns; the promotional "] on Dead ]" miniature, for example, was available only through the campaign roadshows or ordering online.<ref name="Gimli">{{cite web |url=http://thewarofthering.uk.games-workshop.com/events/umbar/1/ |title=Wrath of Umbar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930065528/http://thewarofthering.uk.games-workshop.com/events/umbar/1/ |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> As a whole these events have been successful; one, for example, was deemed "a fantastic rollercoaster", with thousands of registered participants.<ref name="War of the Ring">{{cite journal | last = Cavatore| first = Alessio | author-link = Alessio Cavatore | title = Victory for the Free Peoples | journal =] | issue = 312 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = Jan 2006 }}</ref>


==Magazines== ==Magazines==
Games Workshop's has published the ] magazine since 1977 and has over 400 issues.<ref name="Livingstone 6"/> Games Workshop also published Fanatic Magazine in support of their Specialist Games range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.specialist-arms.com/fanatic/|title=Specialist Games|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> After the cancellation of Fanatic Magazine, an electronic version, known as "Fanatic Online" was published from Games Workshop's Specialist Games website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/Fanatic_Online_001-009|title=Fanatic Online|publisher=Lexicanum|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>
] (UK).]]
Games Workshop's best known magazine is ], which in the UK has now passed over 320 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.


For a brief period in the mid-1980s GW took over publication of the ] magazine ] from ] who had produced the first 5 issues. The magazine turned into a general introductory gaming magazine but was discontinued after issue 13.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fightingfantasy.com/index.php?%20option=com_content&view=article&id=86&Itemid=37|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204439/https://www.fightingfantasy.com/index.php?%20option=com_content&view=article&id=86&Itemid=37|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2016|title=Fighting Fantasy Warlock Magazine|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>
Games Workshop also published ] 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 a fortnightly series called "]", which came with a single or several free ] miniatures. Though the miniatures were made by Games Workshop, the magazine itself was written by SGS (part of Games Workshop) and published by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lord-of-the-rings-miniatures.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/battle-games-in-middle-earth-issue-list.html|title=Battle Games in Middle Earth|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>
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.


==''Spots the Space Marine'' trademark complaint==
For a brief period in the mid-1980s GW took over publication of the ] magazine ] from ]. The magazine turned into a general introductory gaming magazine but was discontinued after issue 13.
Games Workshop issued a trademark complaint against retailer ], specifically relating to the novel ''Spots the Space Marine'', claiming it violated their European 'space marine' trademark.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barnett|first=David|title=Superheroes, space marines and lawyers get into trademark fight|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/feb/07/superheroes-space-marines-lawyers-copyright|access-date=8 February 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21380003|access-date=19 August 2013|website=bbc.co.uk| publisher= ]|date=8 February 2013}}</ref> Commentators such as ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2013/02/06/games-workshop-trademark-bully.html|date=6 February 2013|title=Games Workshop trademark bullying goes thermonuclear: now they say you can't use "space marine" in science fiction|author=Cory Doctorow|access-date=11 February 2013}}

</ref> and digital rights group the ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/trademark-bully-thwarted-spots-space-marine-back-online|date=8 February 2013|title=Trademark Bully Thwarted: Spots the Space Marine Back Online|author=Corynne McSherry|access-date=11 February 2013|work=EFF}}</ref> questioned the right of Games Workshop to trademark the term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/02/08/games-workshop-space-marines_n_2646001.html|date=8 February 2013|title=Games Workshop Space Marine Trademark Battle Erupts As Sci-Fi Fans Point To History |work=Huffington Post UK|access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref> On 8 February 2013, Spots the Space Marine reappeared on Amazon. Games Workshop has issued no further legal action.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hogarth|first=MCA|title=The Return of Spots the Space Marine|url=http://mcahogarth.org/?p=10661|work=MCAH Online|access-date=16 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214012925/http://mcahogarth.org/?p=10661|archive-date=14 February 2013}}</ref>
There was also a fortnightly series called "]", which came with a free ] miniature. Though the miniatures were made by Games Workshop, the magazine itself was written by SGS (part of Games Workshop) and published by ]. It was published in ], the ], the ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. 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.


==Other media== ==Other media==
Games Workshop illustrators also published artbooks covering parts of their commissioned work for the company. These include ], ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interview with John Blanche |url=http://seangoblin.blogspot.com/2009/04/interview-with-john-blanche.html |work=seangoblin.blogspot.com/ | date=27 April 2009}}</ref>
Many ]s, and ] have also been produced based on the Warhammer universes, published by the ].


===Short fiction===
Games Workshop illustrators also published artbooks covering parts of their commissioned work for the company. Among them, one can find ], ]...
From 1997 to 2005 Black Library published '']'', a magazine of short stories, artwork, and other features set in the various fictional universes of Games Workshop, and regularly featuring that of Warhammer 40,000.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/b539.htm#A7895|title= Inferno|magazine=] Index to Science Fiction}}</ref> Since 2010 Black Library has produced a monthly eBook called "Hammer and Bolter" with the focus on short stories set in the different Games Workshop universes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/Hammer_and_Bolter|title=Hammer and Bolter|publisher=Lexicanum|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>


==References== ===Novels===
{{main|List of Warhammer Fantasy novels|List of Warhammer 40,000 novels}}
{{reflist}}


===Comics and graphic novels===
http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/11038.html
{{main|Black Library#Comics and graphic novels line}}

===Music===

In November 1987 the English thrash metal band ] released "Blood for the Blood God" as a free flexi-disc with the issue #95 of White Dwarf, Games Workshop's in-house publication.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Sabbat/Blood_for_the_Blood_God/45578/|title=Blood for the Blood God|publisher=Metal Archives|access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>

In the late 1980s the death metal band ] wrote lyrics dedicated to the Warhammer 40,000 universe and used 40k artwork on the cover of their second album, '']''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/b/boltthrower/ |title= BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping it PeelArtist A-Z |access-date=4 March 2007 }}</ref>

In the early 1990s Games Workshop created its own short-lived record company, Warhammer Records. The first album released by the label was ''Oblivion'' by ], in 1991. A fragment of D-Rok's song "Get Out of My Way" was used in the computer game "Space Hulk", published by ] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/34217-Warhammer-Records|title=Warhammer Records|website=] |access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> ] released two albums, ''Danger Calling'' (1992) and ''Riot'' (1993) while with the label. '''Rich Rags''' album, ''Psycho Dead Heads from Outer Space'' (1993), was the final original album the label released. The label also had the UK distribution rights for ] album '']. The label was folded in 1993. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Bains |first1=Callum |title=Warhammer Records: Brian May, bungled tours, and 40,000 hard rock anthems |url=https://www.polygon.com/23954679/warhammer-records-oral-history-brian-may-john-blanche-metal-af |website=Polygon |access-date=14 November 2024 |date=14 November 2023}}</ref>

In the early 2000s the German label Art of Perception produced a 12 part soundtrack vinyl series followed by three CD compilations. The task for the artists involved in this project was to conduct a theme for a species from the Warhammer 40.000 universe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.art-of-perception.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422181256/http://www.art-of-perception.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 April 2009 |title=Art of Perception|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>

In 2009 the Singaporean ] band, ] released ], which makes numerous references to the Warhammer 40,000 universe, particularly the Adeptus Mechanicus faction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=50158 |title=Deus Ex Machina - I, Human (album review ) |website=Sputnikmusic |date=10 March 2010 |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>

In 2007 and 2015 the German death metal band ] released several songs about the Chaos God Khorne, "Praise the Blood God", "True To The Skull Throne (And Bound To Kill)", and "Blood For The Blood God".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG_KZPeRpR8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/wG_KZPeRpR8| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=DEBAUCHERY - BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD (official video 2015)|last=DEBAUCHERY, BLOOD GOD & BALGEROTH OFFICIAL|date=1 October 2015|access-date=15 June 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Film===
Games Workshop announced that Exile Studios would produce a ] movie based upon the ''Bloodquest'' graphic novel; a trailer was released, but the project was discontinued and Exile Studios disbanded.<ref>{{cite web|author=tsabo |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpEY630UaMg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/TpEY630UaMg| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Bloodquest Trailer |publisher=YouTube |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=11 February 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

For the 25th Anniversary Games Day, Games Workshop released in 1996 (for limited sale) a short movie entitled ''Inquisitor'',<ref name="journal.transformativeworks.org">{{cite journal|url=http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/178|title=Fan filmmaking and copyright in a global world: Warhammer 40,000 fan films and the case of Damnatus|first=John|last=Walliss|date=7 January 2010|journal=Transformative Works and Cultures|volume=5|doi=10.3983/twc.2010.0178|via=journal.transformativeworks.org|doi-access=free}}</ref> using clips and footage that was created as a pitch to G.W. for a film deal. There were also trailers for two other films, "Hive Infestation" and "Blood for the Blood God". "Hive Infestation" pitted Space Wolf terminators against a genestealer cult infestation of a hive world. "Blood for the Blood God" was the second trailer released, and portrayed orks and Dark Angel marines fighting along with an inquisitor, much in the style of the ] cut scenes, but little information was given on this short film aside from a shot of a berserker of Khorne (available in YouTube but flagged by Games Workshop, removing the movie).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/blood-for-the-blood-god|title=Blood for the Blood God|date=10 May 2017 |access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>

Another one was ], a German fan film developed over four years. Games Workshop announced in July 2007 that they would not give permission for the film to be released because of issues between Anglo-American ] and Continental European ].<ref name="journal.transformativeworks.org"/>

In 2010 Games Workshop with ] released a 70-minute downloadable film called '']''. The screenplay was written by ] author ]. ], ] and ] head the cast of voice actors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifimoviepage.com/upcoming/previews/ultramarines.html |title=Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010) - Preview |publisher=Sci-Fi Movie Page |date=13 December 2010 |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>

On 5 August 2021, Games Workshop launched Warhammer Plus, a subscription service that provides access to exclusive Warhammer-themed shows and animations, as well as other content such as classic issues of the ''White Dwarf'' magazine and exclusive miniatures.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marshall|first=Cass|date=23 June 2021|title=Warhammer Plus streaming sub will include animation, free minis, and White Dwarf|url=https://www.polygon.com/22547359/warhammer-plus-streaming-service-launch-details|access-date=7 September 2021|website=Polygon|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Warhammer+|url=https://warhammerplus.com/|access-date=7 September 2021|website=Warhammer+}}</ref>

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British maker of miniature wargames For the unrelated defunct American company, see Game Designers' Workshop.

Games Workshop Group plc
Games Workshop headquarters in Nottingham
Company typePublic limited company
Traded as
IndustryMiniature wargaming
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975) in London, England
Founder
HeadquartersNottingham, England
Key people
  • John Brewis (Chairman)
  • Kevin Rountree (CEO)
Products
RevenueIncrease £445.4 million (2023)
Operating incomeIncrease £170.2 million (2023)
Net incomeIncrease £134.7 million (2023)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.warhammer.com

Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000.

Founded in 1975 by John Peake, Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris and Go. It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. It expanded into Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia in the early 1990s. All UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham in 1997.

It started promoting games associated with The Lord of the Rings film trilogy in 2001. It also owns Forge World (which makes complementary specialist resin miniatures and conversion kits). It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

History

Early years

Founded in 1975 at 15 Bolingbroke Road, London by John Peake, Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (not to be confused with U.S. game designer Steve Jackson), Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris, and Go. It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process.

Cover of White Dwarf Issue #1, June/July 1977

In order to promote their business and postal games, create a games club, and provide an alternative source for games news, the newsletter Owl and Weasel was founded in February 1975. This was superseded in June 1977 by White Dwarf.

From the outset, there was a clear, stated interest in print regarding "progressive games", including computer gaming, which led to the departure of John Peake in early 1976, who preferred "traditional games" (such as backgammon). The loss of Peake also meant the loss of the fledgling company's main source of income. However, having successfully obtained official distribution rights to Dungeons & Dragons and other TSR products in the UK, and maintaining a high profile by running games conventions, the business grew rapidly. It opened its first shop in April 1978.

Games Workshop opening day at 1 Dalling Road, Hammersmith, London, in April 1978.

In late 1978 Games Workshop provided the funding to co-found Citadel Miniatures in Newark-on-Trent. Citadel would produce the metal miniatures used in its role-playing games and tabletop wargames. The "Citadel" name became 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. For a time Gary Gygax promoted the idea of TSR, Inc. merging with Games Workshop, until Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone backed out.

The company's publishing arm also released UK reprints of American RPGs such as Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, Traveller and Middle-earth Role Playing, which were expensive to import (having previously done so for Dungeons & Dragons since 1977).

In 1984 Games Workshop ceased distributing its products in the U.S. through hobby games distributors and opened its Games Workshop (U.S.) office. Games Workshop (U.S.), and Games Workshop in general, grew significantly in the late 1980s, with over 250 employees on the payroll by 1990.

Refocus

Tom Kirby became General Manager in 1986. Following a management buyout by him and Bryan Ansell in December 1991, when Livingstone and Jackson sold their shares for £10 million, Games Workshop refocused on their miniature wargames Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB) and Warhammer 40,000 (WH40k), their most lucrative lines. The retail chain refocused on a younger, more family-oriented market. The change of direction was a great success and the company enjoyed growing profits, but the more commercial direction of the company made it lose some of its old fan base. A breakaway group of two company employees published Fantasy Warlord in competition with Games Workshop, but the new company met with little success and closed in 1993. Games Workshop expanded in Europe, the US, Canada and Australia, opening new branches and organising events in each new commercial territory. Having been acquired by private equity firm ECI Partners the company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in October 1994. In October 1997 all UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham.

The company diversified by acquiring Sabretooth Games (card games), creating the Black Library (literature), and working with THQ (computer games).

A Games Workshop store in Düsseldorf, Germany, pictured in 2009

In late 2009 Games Workshop issued a succession of cease and desist orders against various Internet sites it accused of violating its intellectual property generating anger and disappointment from its fan community.

On 16 May 2011, Maelstrom Games announced that Games Workshop had revised the terms and conditions of their trade agreement with independent stockists in the UK. The new terms and conditions restricted the sale of all Games Workshop products to within the European Economic Area.

On 16 June 2013, WarGameStore, a UK-based retailer of Games Workshop products since 2003, announced further changes to Games Workshop's trade agreement with UK-based independent stockists.

Tom Kirby stepped down in 2017.

In July 2021, Games Workshop made changes to their IP guidelines, adopting a "zero tolerance" stance towards fan-made games, videos and animations, drawing criticism from fans.

The presence of Games Workshop in the East Midlands has led the region to become the centre of the wargames industry in the UK, known as the lead belt with numerous other companies founded by former employees.

Operations

Licensing

Alongside the UK publishing rights to several American role-playing games in the 1980s (including Call of Cthulhu, Runequest and Middle-earth Role Playing,) Games Workshop also secured the rights to produce miniatures or games for several classic British science fiction properties such as Doctor Who and several characters from 2000 AD including Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd. Alongside the rights to reprint Iron Crown Enterprises' Middle-earth Role Playing, Citadel Miniatures acquired the rights to produce 28 mm miniatures based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

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 information provided by the original novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. A 25 mm scale was used. The rights to produce a role-playing game using the films' art and both the book and the movies' plots and characters were sold to another firm, Decipher, Inc. Games Workshop also produced a Battle of Five Armies game based on a culminating episode in The Hobbit, using 10 mm scale.

On 10 February 2011 Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced that it had extended its six-year agreement with Games Workshop, continuing its exclusive, worldwide rights to produce tabletop games based on "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings." Games Workshop announced plans to expand their offerings of battle-games and model soldiers, and to continue to develop and increase offerings based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy books.

Group divisions

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

  • Forge World makes specialist resin miniatures and conversion kits for Games Workshop's titles as well as its Specialist Games range. Forge World was also responsible for the Warhammer Historical line of historical wargames rules, including Warhammer Ancient Battles, all of which were previously published by as a component of Black Library. In August 2018, Forge World announced substantial changes to its U.S. pricing model in exchange for faster and less costly shipping services to the United States. As of 31 November 2023, the Forge World website was made defunct as part of the company merger under the banner name "Warhammer" in one website, the resin kits sold were also marked as "Advance model kits" with an age rating attached
  • BL Publishing was the fiction, board game and roleplaying game publishing arm of Games Workshop. They comprised several separate imprints; Black Library, Black Flame, Solaris Books and Warp Artefacts.

The company has hard-to-reproduce, unique intellectual property, and a good export record. Sales slowed around 1999-2000 due to supply chain issues, but quickly rebounded a few years later.

Miniature games

Games Workshop previously 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.

Current core games

The following games were in production as of 2024:

Other games

The following games were in production as of 2024:

  • Adeptus Titanicus – A new version of the original game (released 2019).
  • Aeronautica Imperialis – Aerial combat game, updated from the Forge World version (released 2019).
  • Blood Bowl – an American football style game using fantasy creatures. Originally released in 1986, it was revived in 2016 with a "Second Season Edition" in 2020.
  • Legions Imperialis - a war game set during the Horus Heresy, in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Legions Imperialis is a revitalised version of Epic 40,000.
  • Necromunda Underhive – a skirmish game set on a hive world which pits gangs of humans against each other (released 2017), updated from the 1995 version.
  • Warcry – A skirmish game set in the Age of Sigmar universe (new edition released 2022).
  • Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team - A skirmish version of Warhammer 40,000, using the same factions and units (new edition released 2024).
  • Warhammer: Underworlds – A game set in the Age of Sigmar setting combining miniature gaming and deck-building (released 2017).

Out of print

Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe

  • Warhammer Quest: Shadows over Hammerhal (released 2017) - dungeon crawl game in the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar universe. Despite sharing the Warhammer Quest brand, rules and setting are completely different from the original game.

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 Warriors – a simplified version of Advanced HeroQuest. More of a light Skirmish game using AHQ minis set in a dungeon.
    • Dragon Masters – a board game which played like a simplified version of Mighty Empires, in which players take the role of competing Elven princes in Ulthuan.
  • Warhammer Fantasy Battles – a game of mass fantasy battles
  • Warhammer Quest – a game of dungeon exploration and questing, effectively an updated version of Advanced HeroQuest
  • Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower (released 2016) – dungeon crawl game in the Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe. Despite sharing the Warhammer Quest brand, rules and settings are completely different from the original game.

Warhammer 40,000 universe

  • Adeptus Titanicus (The original game in the Epic series, which dealt solely with combat between Titans.)
    • Codex Titanicus (Expanded rules for the above, adding rules for Ork and Eldar titans along with expanded rules for Eldar, Orks, Imperial Guard infantry and vehicles.)
  • Advanced Space Crusade
  • Assassinorum: Execution Force
  • Bommerz over da Sulphur River (Board game using Epic miniatures.)
  • Blackstone Fortress - a dungeon crawl game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
  • Epic 40,000 (The precursor to Epic Armageddon, although some people still use the terms interchangeably, alongside Epic.)
  • Gorkamorka (A vehicle skirmish game set on a desert world, revolving principally around rival Ork factions.)
    • Digganob (An expansion for Gorkamorka, adding rebel gretchin and feral human factions.)
  • Lost Patrol
  • Shadow War: Armageddon - an updated version of the Necromunda skirmish ruleset, using the current Warhammer 40,000 factions in place of Necromunda's human gangs (released 2017).
  • Space Fleet (A simple spaceship combat game, later greatly expanded via White Dwarf magazine with material intended for the aborted 'Battleship Gothic', itself later relaunched as Battlefleet Gothic.)
  • Space Hulk (Four editions were published; expansions are listed below.)
    • Deathwing (An expansion boxed set adding new Terminator weapons and a new campaign.)
    • Genestealer (An expansion boxed set adding rules for Genestealer hybrids and psychic powers.)
    • Space Hulk Campaigns (An expansion book released in both soft and hard-cover collecting reprinted four campaigns previously printed in White Dwarf.)
  • Space Marine (The original Epic-scale game concerning troops and infantry, 1st edition was compatible with Adeptus Titanicus, 2nd with Titan Legions)
  • Titan Legions (An update of Adeptus Titanicus, effectively an expansion of Space Marine 2nd edition.)
  • Tyranid Attack (An introductory game reusing the boards from Advanced Space Crusade.)
  • Ultra Marines (An introductory game reusing the boards from Space Hulk.)

Specialist Games

These games were 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. This also includes games that aren't necessarily more complex, but have a smaller more specialised target audience. The Specialist Games division was shut down in 2013, with all games being discontinued.

  • Warhammer Fantasy universe
    • Dreadfleet – a naval combat style board game (limited stock) released on 1 October 2011
    • Mighty Empires – a hexagonal tile based campaign supplement
    • Mordheim – a skirmish game. An expansion called Empire in Flames was also released
    • Warmaster – a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (10 mm) miniatures
  • Warhammer 40,000 universe
    • Battlefleet Gothic – a game which depicts battles between fleets of space ships.
    • Epic – a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (6 mm) miniatures (known as Epic Armageddon in its current edition).
    • Inquisitor – a skirmish/role play game using larger (54 mm) more detailed miniatures and intended for older gamers.
    • Necromunda – a skirmish game set on a hive world which pits gangs of humans against each other, using modified 2nd edition Warhammer 40,000 rules, which are more detailed than newer editions and more suitable for skirmish games. Originally printed in 1995, it was revived at the end of 2017.
    • Space Hulk – a two-player game of Space Marines versus Tyranids released in 1989.
  • The Lord of the Rings universe
    • Great Battles of Middle Earth: The Battle of Five Armies – 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 J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
    • The Strategy Battle Game was expanded with new supplements. In 2009 an expansion for the game entitled 'War of the Ring' was released, allowing players to recreate large scale battles in Middle-Earth. In December 2012 Games Workshop released the first wave of models based on the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Forge World

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 were available in toy and department stores.

  • Battle Masters (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)
    • Mission Dreadnought (Expansion for Space Crusade)
    • Eldar Attack (Expansion for Space Crusade)

Citadel brand acrylic paints

Games Workshop produces a line of acrylic paints for painting miniatures, under the Citadel name. At the end of March 2012 the company announced a new range of over 145 colours made in the UK, which has since been expanded and reorganised. These paints are broken down into different types, each with a different intended purpose. This allows painters to follow painting guides produced by Games Workshop and create custom paint schemes more easily as each step in Games Workshop's 'Eavy Metal painting style has a paint type designed to assist in application. The 'Eavy Metal style is named after the 'Eavy Metal Team, Games Workshop's studio painting team, and is characterised by simple highlights and shadows with strong edge-highlights on all edges, creating a look that is clean, easily and quickly reproducible across many models, and defines details well on a game table.

The current Citadel paint types are:

  • Base: Pigment dense for high opacity. Intended to offer good coverage over a primer layer for a strong foundation of colour.
  • Layer: Thinner and less pigment dense than Base paints for slight translucency. Intended to be built up over multiple layers to create smooth transitions of colour or value.
  • Shade: Acrylic ink based "paints" that are thin and flow easily into recessed details. Intended to be applied as a wash to add depth and shadow.
  • Dry: Thick, paste-consistency paints with maximum pigment concentration. Intended to aid in dry-brushing to achieve easy highlighting of models.
  • Air: A selection of colours from the Base and Layer lines that are thinned down, as well as some "Clear" paints. Intended to be used through an airbrush.
  • Technical: A range of non-standard "paints" to achieve additional effects. These include gloss paints for slime or wet blood, semi-transparent glossy paints for gemstone effects, weathering effect paints, spectral effect paints, textured pastes for gaming bases, acrylic mediums, and acrylic varnishes. Intended for adding finishing details to models.
  • Spray: Spray-can paints that come in black, white, and a small selection of colours from the Base line. Intended as a primer layer and to add a foundation coat of colour quickly.
  • Contrast: Thinned paint and medium mixtures that flow into recesses similar to Shade paints, but also stain the raised details creating a blended fade from highlight to shadow. Intended to be applied over specialised Spray paints to give an effect similar to using a Base, then Layer, then Shade, but in one coat of paint to speed up the painting process.

The line includes both metallic and non-metallic paints in the Base, Layer, Edge, Dry, and Air lines, with non-metallic paints having a matte/light-satin finish.

Contrast paints were added to the Games Workshop paint range in 2019, promoted as speeding up the painting process for players. The existing range of paints was also expanded and reorganised when Contrast was released, and branding changed from Citadel to Citadel Colour. The previously available Glaze line of paints was discontinued, replaced with the introduction of the Air Clear paints, the previously available Edge line of paints were combined into the Layer line, with some colours also being renamed, and the previously separate Texture line of paints was combined into the Technical line.

The Citadel line also includes various other hobby supplies, including basing materials such as static grass and tufts, as well as modelling tools, such as paint brushes, glues, and hobby clippers.

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; a second edition appeared in 2005 published by Black Industries, part of GW's fiction imprint BL Publishing. In 2018 a 4th edition was published by Cubicle 7 who will also re-publish the iconic Enemy Within campaign in 2020, adapted for the new edition by the original writers.

Warhammer 40,000: 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. In September 2008 production was transferred to Fantasy Flight Games.

Fantasy Flight Games subsequently published four other roleplaying games; Rogue Trader, Deathwatch, Black Crusade, and Only War, set in the same Warhammer 40,000 universe and employing similar mechanics. In 2009 Fantasy Flight also released a new edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.

Out of print

Out of print, republished

The following games are technically out of print in their original editions, but have had new versions (in some cases heavily revised and in some cases with additional game expansions) published by Fantasy Flight Games.

Board games

Games Workshop had a strong history in boardgames development, alongside the miniatures and RPGs. Several may have had roleplaying elements, or had miniatures included or produced. Spacefarers released in 1981 was one of these board games with a set of miniature rules especially designed for use with Citadel Miniatures' figures.

Licensing for an undisclosed proportion of Games Workshop's back catalogue of board games was transferred to Fantasy Flight Games as part of the same transaction which included Black Library's Role Playing Games. Fantasy Flight has republished revised editions of a number of these games. At the time of the announcement, Black Library had only one boardgame in print, the 4th Edition of "Talisman". Fantasy Flight subsequently released revised editions of Talisman and of other former Games Workshop boardgames. On 9 September 2016, Fantasy Flight Games announced the termination of its licensing agreement with Games Workshop.

Games Workshop currently has several standalone board games in production. Being standalone games, they do not depend on the rules or components of the current core game systems of Warhammer Age of Sigmar or Warhammer 40,000. All of these include miniatures that require some assembly, and those miniatures can be used with the core game systems.

  • Assassinorum: Execution Force
  • Blood Bowl
  • Deathwatch: Overkill
  • Gorechosen
  • Lost Patrol
  • Stormcloud Attack
  • The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth
  • The Horus Heresy: Burning of Prospero
  • Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team
  • Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower

Out of print

Out of print, republished

The following games are technically out of print in their original editions, but have had new versions (in all cases heavily revised and in some cases with additional game expansions) published by Fantasy Flight Games.

Video games

See also: List of Games Workshop video games

Games Workshop licensed or produced several ZX Spectrum games in the early years, none of which were based in the usual Warhammer settings:

  • Apocalypse (1983) based on the original boardgame
  • Argent Warrior (1984) Illustrated adventure
  • Battlecars (1984) 2 player racing game written in BASIC
  • 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, also released for the Commodore 64.

Many video 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):

Trading card games (TCGs)

Games Workshop released a trading card game (TCG) in 2018 based on the Age of Sigmar universe called Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions Trading Card Game. Champions featured several unique features, such as a companion online version of the game with collections being synced across both paper and digital versions. Compared to other, more traditional TCGs (such as Magic: The Gathering) Champions also included a rotation system as a resource management and lanes for play – similar to MOBA style games such as League of Legends.

Events

There were yearly Games Day events held by Games Workshop which was started in 1975, at Seymour Hall, London on 20 December 1975. It included the Golden Demon painting competition, news stands, sales stands, and tables to play on. In 2014 it was replaced by 'Warhammer Fest', similar but with additions such as demonstration pods and seminars.

Worldwide campaigns

Games Workshop has run numerous Worldwide Campaigns for its three core game systems. In each campaign, players are invited to submit the results of games played within a certain time period. The collation of these results provides a result to the campaign's scenario, and sometime leads to modifications in the games.

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)
  • 1997 - A Dark Conspiracy (Warhammer)
  • 2000 - Third War for Armageddon (Warhammer 40,000)
  • 2001 - Dark Shadows (Warhammer)
  • 2003 - Eye of Terror (Warhammer 40,000)
  • 2004 - Storm of Chaos (Warhammer)
  • 2005 - The War of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game)
  • 2006 - The Fall of Medusa V (Warhammer 40,000)
  • 2007 - The Nemesis Crown (Warhammer)
  • 2011 - Scourge of the Storm (Warhammer)

These Campaigns were run to promote its miniature wargames, and attracted interest in the hobby, particularly at gaming clubs, Hobby Centres and independent stockists. 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." 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. As a whole these events have been successful; one, for example, was deemed "a fantastic rollercoaster", with thousands of registered participants.

Magazines

Games Workshop's has published the White Dwarf magazine since 1977 and has over 400 issues. Games Workshop also published Fanatic Magazine in support of their Specialist Games range. After the cancellation of Fanatic Magazine, an electronic version, known as "Fanatic Online" was published from Games Workshop's Specialist Games website.

For a brief period in the mid-1980s GW took over publication of the Fighting Fantasy magazine Warlock from Puffin Books who had produced the first 5 issues. The magazine turned into a general introductory gaming magazine but was discontinued after issue 13.

There was also a fortnightly series called "Battle Games in Middle Earth", which came with a single or several free Lord of the Rings SBG miniatures. Though the miniatures were made by Games Workshop, the magazine itself was written by SGS (part of Games Workshop) and published by De Agostini.

Spots the Space Marine trademark complaint

Games Workshop issued a trademark complaint against retailer Amazon, specifically relating to the novel Spots the Space Marine, claiming it violated their European 'space marine' trademark. Commentators such as Cory Doctorow and digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, questioned the right of Games Workshop to trademark the term. On 8 February 2013, Spots the Space Marine reappeared on Amazon. Games Workshop has issued no further legal action.

Other media

Games Workshop illustrators also published artbooks covering parts of their commissioned work for the company. These include Adrian Smith, Ian Miller and John Blanche.

Short fiction

From 1997 to 2005 Black Library published INFERNO!, a magazine of short stories, artwork, and other features set in the various fictional universes of Games Workshop, and regularly featuring that of Warhammer 40,000. Since 2010 Black Library has produced a monthly eBook called "Hammer and Bolter" with the focus on short stories set in the different Games Workshop universes.

Novels

Main articles: List of Warhammer Fantasy novels and List of Warhammer 40,000 novels

Comics and graphic novels

Main article: Black Library § Comics and graphic novels line

Music

In November 1987 the English thrash metal band Sabbat released "Blood for the Blood God" as a free flexi-disc with the issue #95 of White Dwarf, Games Workshop's in-house publication.

In the late 1980s the death metal band Bolt Thrower wrote lyrics dedicated to the Warhammer 40,000 universe and used 40k artwork on the cover of their second album, Realm of Chaos.

In the early 1990s Games Workshop created its own short-lived record company, Warhammer Records. The first album released by the label was Oblivion by D-Rok, in 1991. A fragment of D-Rok's song "Get Out of My Way" was used in the computer game "Space Hulk", published by Electronic Arts in 1992. Wraith released two albums, Danger Calling (1992) and Riot (1993) while with the label. Rich Rags album, Psycho Dead Heads from Outer Space (1993), was the final original album the label released. The label also had the UK distribution rights for Saxon's album Forever Free. The label was folded in 1993.

In the early 2000s the German label Art of Perception produced a 12 part soundtrack vinyl series followed by three CD compilations. The task for the artists involved in this project was to conduct a theme for a species from the Warhammer 40.000 universe.

In 2009 the Singaporean death metal band, Deus Ex Machina released I, Human, which makes numerous references to the Warhammer 40,000 universe, particularly the Adeptus Mechanicus faction.

In 2007 and 2015 the German death metal band Debauchery released several songs about the Chaos God Khorne, "Praise the Blood God", "True To The Skull Throne (And Bound To Kill)", and "Blood For The Blood God".

Film

Games Workshop announced that Exile Studios would produce a CGI movie based upon the Bloodquest graphic novel; a trailer was released, but the project was discontinued and Exile Studios disbanded.

For the 25th Anniversary Games Day, Games Workshop released in 1996 (for limited sale) a short movie entitled Inquisitor, using clips and footage that was created as a pitch to G.W. for a film deal. There were also trailers for two other films, "Hive Infestation" and "Blood for the Blood God". "Hive Infestation" pitted Space Wolf terminators against a genestealer cult infestation of a hive world. "Blood for the Blood God" was the second trailer released, and portrayed orks and Dark Angel marines fighting along with an inquisitor, much in the style of the Epic 40,000 video game cut scenes, but little information was given on this short film aside from a shot of a berserker of Khorne (available in YouTube but flagged by Games Workshop, removing the movie).

Another one was Damnatus, a German fan film developed over four years. Games Workshop announced in July 2007 that they would not give permission for the film to be released because of issues between Anglo-American copyright and Continental European Droit d'auteur.

In 2010 Games Workshop with Codex Pictures released a 70-minute downloadable film called Ultramarines. The screenplay was written by Black Library author Dan Abnett. Terence Stamp, Sean Pertwee and John Hurt head the cast of voice actors.

On 5 August 2021, Games Workshop launched Warhammer Plus, a subscription service that provides access to exclusive Warhammer-themed shows and animations, as well as other content such as classic issues of the White Dwarf magazine and exclusive miniatures.

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