{{CitePublicationsPortal}}[[Image:AndyChambers.jpg|100px180px|thumb|right|Andy Chambers]]Born on the 20th October 1966, '''Andy Chambers ''' started writing his own rules for fantasy battle games at a very young age, inventing rules and gaming tactics for Airfix WWII models. A lot of his early inspiration came from the SELG Middle Earth rules system, which also gave him a life-long habit of playing the forces of evil as Orcs and Goblins.

In late '89 Andy sent in a submission for White Dwarf that was initially turned down. Several rewrites later he was given temporary employment and due to a willingness to do any jobs required (including being the White Dwarf 'photoboy') he eventually got a permanent job as a games developer.^{{Fn|3}}

He properly started by producing expansions and supplements for the 2nd edition of the ''Adeptus Titanicus '' game, [[Space Marine]]. Over fourteen years Andy worked in the development of all of Games Workshop's core game systems, culminating with 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions of ''Warhammer 40,000 game'', several [http://www.essaywriters.net writing job] editions of the ''[[Epic]] game'', ''[[Necromunda (game)|Necromunda]]'', ''[[Battlefleet Gothic (game)|Battlefleet Gothic]]'', and numerous Codex books.

Andy was then entrusted with running the Warhammer 40,000 games development team, recruiting and training a new generation of games developers to replace those now in cryo-tanks and adopting the suitably evil-overlord title of "40K Overfiend." As a result of all of this, his impact on Games Workshop is largely unquestionable.

After fourteen years at Games Workshop, Andy left to pursue other projects. He began Red Star Games in June 2004 for freelance writing and games designing, worked for Mongoose games on creating their Starship Troopers line and as of April 2006, is employed by Blizzard Entertainment in the role of Creative Director.^{{Fn|4 }} Amidst all this, he is still involved with 40k to some extent, working with Fantasy Flight Games on various Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay books.

===Warhammer 40,000 Rulebooks=======Games====* [[Epic (game system)]]

===Books=Rulebooks====;40k* [[Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition Rulebook]]* [[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook]]* [[Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook]]* [[Codex Army Lists]]* [[Codex Imperialis(Background Book)]]* [[Codex: Imperial Guard (2nd Edition)]]* [[Codex: Chaos (2nd Edition)]]* [[Warhammer 40,000: Wargear]]* [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]]* [[Codex: Catachans (3rd Edition)]]* [[Codex: Space Wolves (3rd Edition)]]* [[Codex: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition)]]* [[Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)]]* [[Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition)]]* [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]]* [[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]]*[[Warhammer 40,000: Battles]]*[[Chapter Approved 2001]]*[[Warp Storm (rulebook)]] ===White Dwarf===*[[White Dwarf 170 (UK)]]*[[White Dwarf 171 (UK)]]*[[White Dwarf 191 (UK)]], pgs. 35-39 - ''Necromunda: Wanna Join?''*[[White Dwarf 192 (UK)]]*[[White Dwarf 195 (UK)]], pgs. 29-32 - ''[[Spyre Hunter]]s''*[[White Dwarf 196 (UK)]], pg. 51-55 - ''[[Beastmaster]]s''*[[White Dwarf 198 (UK)]] pgs. 61-64 - ''[[Scavvies]]''*[[White Dwarf 199 (UK)]], pgs. 85-87 - ''[[Karloth Valois|Zombie Master]]''*[[White Dwarf 224 (UK)]], pgs. 45-49 - ''[[Pit Slaves]]''*[[White Dwarf 254 (UK)]] - [[Index Astartes]]*[[White Dwarf 287 (US)]]*[[White Dwarf 289 (US)]] ====Other Articles====*[[The Citadel Journal 16]], pg. 20 - ''The Designer's Cut'' (together with [[Jervis Johnson]] & [[David Moretti]])*[[Fanatic Magazine Issue 7]], pgs. 98-107 - ''The Wyrd and the Wonderful: [[Wyrd]]s in [[Necromunda (Game)|Necromunda]]'' (with [[Jake Thornton]], [[Rick Priestley]], and [[Jervis Johnson]])

* [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle (Deathwatch Supplement)]]* [[Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus (Rogue Trader Supplement)]]

===OtherWarhammer 40,000 Literature===* ====[[Index AstartesNecromunda (Novel Series)|Necromunda]]====* [[Warp Storm Survival Instinct (rulebookNovel)]]* - published in May 2005, re-published in [[Chapter Approved 2001Necromunda Omnibus 1]]in March 2011

===Novels=[[Dark Eldar (Novel Series)|Dark Eldar]]====*''[[Midnight on the Street of Knives (Short Story)]]'' - published in June 2011, re-published in [[There Is Only War (Anthology)]] in January 2014*''[[The Treasures of Biel-Tanigh (Short Story)]]'' — published in [[Games Day Anthology 2011/2012]] in 2011*[[Path of the Renegade (Novel)]] - published in March 2012*''[[Bellathonis and the Shadow King (Short Story)]]'' — published in Black Library Live! 2012 Chapbook, re-published online in February 2013*[[Survival Instinct Path of the Incubus (Novel)]]- published in February 2013*''[[The Masque of Vyle (Novella)]]'' - published in Februrary 2013*[[Path of the Renegade Archon (Novel)]]- published in March 2014*[[Path of the Dark Eldar (Omnibus)]] - published in January 2015, collects '''Path of the Renegade''', '''Path of the Incubus''' and '''Path of the Archon'''

====Miscellaneous Short Stories====*''[[Midnight on the Street of Knives|''Midnight on the Street of Knives'' Ancient History (Short Story)]]*'' — published in [[Dark Imperium (Anthology)#Ancient History|''Ancient History]] in 2001, re-published in [[Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)]] in 2006*'' [[Deus ex Mechanicus (Short Story)]]*'' — published in [[Words of Blood (Anthology)#Deus ex Mechanicus|''Deus ex Mechanicus]] in 2002, re-published in [[Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)]] in 2006*'' [[The Arkunasha War (Short Story)]]*'' — published in [[Hammer and Bolter 9#The Arkunasha War|]] in July 2011, re-published three times, including in [[Shas'o (Anthology)]] in October 2015*''[[The Arkunasha WarAlien Hunters (Short Story)]]'' — published in [[Xenos Hunters (Short StoryAnthology)]] in September 2012, re-published in [[Deathwatch (Anthology)]]in November 2017

===White Dwarf=See also==* [[White Dwarf 171 (UK)Authors|List of authors]] ==Sources==* [[White Dwarf 170 (UK)]https://www.blacklibrary.com/authors/andy-chambers Black Library: Andy Chambers]* [[White Dwarf 192 (UK)]https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/518183.Andy_Chambers Goodreads: Andy Chambers] ==External links==* [[White Dwarf 254 (UK)]http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=703726686&ref=pb Andy Chambers on Facebook]* [[White Dwarf 287 (US)]]* [[White Dwarf 289 (US)]]{{DEFAULTSORT:Chambers, Andy}}