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Games Workshop

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Games Workshop Group PLC, often referred to as Games Workshop or abbreviated as GW, is a British company originally founded by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson as a reprinter of American RPGs such as Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, Traveller and Middle-Earth Role Playing that became one of the leading manufacturers and publishers of pen-and-paper-roleplaying games, collectible miniatures and tabletop wargames. They are the largest and most successful company in the latter two industries. Games Workshop is the creator of the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 IP's, the former of which was originally conceived over 25 years ago and which Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is based on.

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[edit] Subsidiaries

Games Workshop has several subsidiaries:

  • BL Publishing publishes all literature and material regarding Games Workshop's universes. It consists of the following imprints:
  • The Black Library - publishes novels, art books, background books and graphic novels set in the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 universes.
  • Black Flame - publishes science fiction and horror novels based on licensed third party intellectual property.
  • Solaris Books - An imprint of BL Publishing with a mandate to deliver original works of science fiction and fantasy.
  • Black Industries - Games Workshop's role-playing game imprint. They marketed the second edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and (for a short time) Dark Heresy, based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
  • Warhammer Historical - publisher of Warhammer Ancient Battles and related games.
  • Warp Artefacts - produced merchandise based on Games Workshop's intellectual property; now folded into BL Publishing as BL Merchandise.
  • Citadel Miniatures - the modeling arm of Games Workshop which produces high quality collectible miniatures for hobbyists and wargamers.
  • Forge World - produces more expensive high quality resin models from the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 universes.
  • Sabertooth Games - produces all collectible card games related to the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 universes.

[edit] Products

Games Workshop produces several game and miniature lines, as well as other products.

[edit] Warhammer

  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WHFB) is the most popular game based in the Warhammer universe and focuses on large fantasy armies of miniatures doing battle on the table top.
  • Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (WHFRP) is a pen and paper RPG set in the Warhammer world. This was the first game to conceive the Warhammer world as it is known today.
  • Mordheim blends RPG elements with traditional wargaming and is set in the ruined Old World city of Mordheim.
  • Blood Bowl is a violent, darkly comic table top ball game played with Warhammer fantasy characters.
  • Warmaster focuses on epic table top battles, using smaller scale miniatures than WHFB.

[edit] Warhammer 40,000

  • Warhammer 40,000 (WH40K) is based in the dystopian future of Warhammer 40,000 and bears many similarities to Warhammer, but is focused on large science fiction armies doing battle on the table top.
  • Inquisitor is a game combining wargaming and RPG elements. It focuses on human Inquisitors from Warhammer 40,000 attempting to root out insidious servants of Chaos and uses larger and more detailed miniatures than normal (54 mm scale).
  • Epic or Epic 40k is similar to the Warhammer 40,000 game but based on much larger battles, using smaller scale miniatures.
  • Necromunda, a skirmish game of gang warfare set on the dank and crime-ridden hive cities on the planet Necromunda.
  • Battlefleet Gothic, a game based around space battles using models of craft from the different factions of Warhammer 40,000.
  • Aeronautica Imperialis, a game using miniatures from Forge World which focuses on aerial combat.

[edit] The Lord of the Rings

  • The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game is based on the Lord of the Rings movies, books and background and is a table top battle game on a similar scale to Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
  • The Battle of Five Armies: The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game is a game on a similar scale to Warmaster and Epic for large battles in the Lord of the Rings universe.

[edit] White Dwarf

White dwarf is a monthly magazine published by Games Workshop that contains articles and product information for all current Game Workshop games.

[edit] Warhammer Historical

Warhammer Historical are a series of games based on the tabletop rules for Warhammer but set in real world historical situations.

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

[edit] Notable Out of Print

These games are no longer produced by Games Workshop, but played their part in adding to the background of the wider Warhammer universes.

[edit] Warhammer Fantasy

  • Man O'War - a game of naval combat in the Warhammer fantasy world.
  • Mighty Empires - a realm vs realm strategy board game, now adopted as a campaign system for Warmaster.
  • Warhammer Quest - a game of dungeon exploration and questing, effectively an updated version of Advanced HeroQuest.

[edit] Warhammer 40,000

  • Adeptus Titanicus - original game in the Epic series, which concerned combat between gigantic Titan warmachines.
  • Space Marine - original Epic-scale game concerning troops and infantry, 1st edition is a pair with Adeptus Titanicus, 2nd with Titan Legions.
  • Titan Legions - effectively an expansion of Space Marine, though it extended the game system.
  • Epic 40,000 - precursor to Epic Armageddon, although some people still use the terms interchangeably, alongside Epic.
  • Gorkamorka - a skirmish vehicle game involving gangs of warring space Orcs.
  • Space Hulk - squad-based combat in the corridors of an abandoned space craft. Introduced Genestealers to WH40K.

[edit] External Links

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