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Games Workshop is a British game production and retailing company. Games Workshop is one of the largest games companies in the world. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange with symbol GAW. 1 Overview
Games Workshop was originally an importer of American board games and RPGs. When they became publishers of the UK based roleplaying magazine White Dwarf, Games Workshop created a national chain of gaming stores in the 1980s. Their publishing arm also created UK reprints of famous but expensive to import American RPGs such as Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, Traveller and Middle-Earth Role-Play.
During the 90s the company refocussed on their most lucrative lines, namely their miniature wargame Warhammer lines. The retail chain refocussed on a younger more family-orientated market. The change of direction was a great success with a rising share price and growing profits. The company started expanding in Europe and the USA opening new branches and organizing events. By the end of the decade, though, the company was having problems with falling profits being blamed on collectible card games such as and PokémonPokemon ( Japanese: ) is a video game franchise, created by Satoshi Tajiri and published by Nintendo for several of their systems, most importantly the Game Boy. It has been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, and much more. The name Poke.
Recently the company 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.
One of the more well-known of their games would be HeroquestAlternate meaning: HeroQuest a revised version of the Hero Wars role-playing game, and Hero's Quest later retitled Quest for Glory''. Hero Quest is a board game created by Milton Bradley in conjunction with Games Workshop and, set in the Warhammer Fantasy which was sold in high street stores and introduced many people to the hack 'n' slashHack 'n' slash is a term used by players of role-playing games, describing a style of play which focuses mainly on combat against villains and monsters. Often termed "roll-playing", it is contrasted with " role-playing", a style that often relies on devel style of game.
2 Miniatures games
2.1 Currently in Production
The following games are in production and widely available.
- The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit''. For more information on the fictional universe the story takes place in, including lists of characters and locations, see Middle-earth. The story's n
- Warhammer 40k
- Warhammer Fantasy
2.2 "Specialist" games
The following games are considered "specialist" and are not necessarily available in Games Workshop stores. They are however available through mail order and are supported by the specialist games division of Games Workshop. Note also that some of these games (e.g. Necromunda) are available only as rules and miniatures, not in the "boxed set" form that they originally took.
