Game Designers
This is a page for the major game designers of Warhammer 40,000.
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Andy Chambers
Andy Chambers, once "Studio Photoboy" now game developer, is one of the most influential members of the Warhammer 40,000 staff at Games Workshop. He, like all other Warhammer players, wanted to be "an evil warlord."1 In order to supplement this desire, he started war gaming. While war gaming, he developed his ability to write rules for how to work out combat. Then, he became fascinated with SELWG Middle Earth game and developed fondness of Orcs/Orks.
After leaving college, Andy became involved with the Adeptus Titanicus game and started submitting to White Dwarf in the late 80s. This lead to him becoming the photographer and eventually working his way up into the development staff. He created the Index Astartes series and wrote countless articles for White Dwarf. While he is no longer a part of Games Workshop as he once was (his time was spent helping Mongoose games create rules for their Starship Troopers line and helping to create Starcraft II), his impact on Games Workshop cannot be questioned.
- Black Librar works
- Novel Survival Instinct (Necromunda).
Andy Hoare
Andy Hoare has worked as a developer since 2001 and spends his time focused on creating rules for the main Warhammer 40,000 system.
Just about every Codex and every Rulebook written since 3rd edition has been contributed in by Andy Hoare.
- Black Librar works
- Rogue Star
- Tactica Imperialis
Graham McNeill
Graham McNeill has been working for Games Workshop since February 2000 and is now a games developer. As well as writing for White Dwarf, he has been heavily involved in making Warhammer 40,000 codices. His work for the Black Library includes the Uriel Ventris series.
- Black Librar works
Ultramarines Series
The Horus Heresy
Other
- Storm of Iron (Novel)
- Chains of Command (short story)
Rick Priestley
Rick Priestley is a designer who has contributed since Second Edition.
Gav Thorpe
Gav Thorpe is one of the most influential designers for Games Workshop. He focuses greatly on the Warhammer Fantasy based game, but spends a lot of time writing different short stories and is involved with the story of the Last Chancers. He has written many of the rulebooks for Warhammer 40,000.
Also, he created the game Inquisitor.
- Black Librar works
- Last Chancers : 13th Legion
- Angels of Darkness
- Annihilation Squad
- Last chancers : Kill Team
- The Last Chancers
Fourth Edition Books
This is a list of the Fourth Edition books and the designers that contributed in them: Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition) Andy Chambers, Graham McNeill [Codex: Tau (4th Edition)]] Andy Chambers, Pete Haines, Graham McNeill Codex: Imperial Guard (4th Edition) Andy Chambers, Pete Haines, Andy Hoare, Graham McNeill Codex: Necrons (4th Edition) ndy Chambers, Pete Haines, Andy Hoare, Graham McNeill Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) Graham McNeill
Older Edition Books
Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition) Pete Haines, Graham McNeill Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition) Andy Hoare, Pete Haines, Graham McNeill.
