Phil Kelly
 Phil Kelly in 2022.[3] | |
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| Active Period | 1999[4a] - present |
Phil Kelly is an author and game designer for Games Workshop and Black Library.
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Biography
Phil Kelly begun working for Games Workshop in 1999.[4a]
As a child Phil Kelly was an avid model plane and model dinosaur builder.[4b] While in secondary school Phil Kelly got his first box of Rogue Trader RTB-01 Space Marines.[4c] After visiting Games Day 1999, Kelly decided to apply for a job with Games Workshop. The job appliction form he was given had skulls and guns on it, which made him decide this was the job for him. Soon after he started work with White Dwarf as a Graphic Designer.[4d]
After working with the White Dwarf magazine team for a time Kelly moved on to developing Army Books for Warhammer and Codices for Warhammer 40,000. Notably Phil Kelly created the character Lucius the Eternal during this time.[4e] Codex: Tyranids was the first codex Phil Kelly was able to work on his own.[4f]
Works
Codices and Rulebooks
- Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook
- Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition)
- Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)
- Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)
- Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition)
- Codex: Eldar (4th Edition)
- Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)
- Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)
- Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition)
- Codex: Chaos Daemons (6th Edition)
- Codex: Eldar (6th Edition)
White Dwarf
Novels and Short Stories
- Iron Soul (Short Story) - published online in September 2013
- Blood Oath (Novella) - published in Damocles (Anthology) (March 2014)
- Farsight (Novella) - published in October 2015
- Farsight: Crisis of Faith (Novel)
- Farsight: Empire of Lies (Novel)
- War of Secrets (Novel) - published in June 2018
- Death Knell (Novella) - published in November 2018
- Redemption on Dal'yth (Short Story)
- The Woman in the Walls (Short Story) published in The Wicked and the Damned (Anthology) (2019)
- Shadowsun: The Patient Hunter (Novel)
- Farsight: Blade of Truth (Novel)
Articles
- The Ghost in the Machine – White Dwarf 248 (AU), pgs. 45-52
- Diary of an Inquisitor: the Creation of an Inquisitor Warband – White Dwarf 257 (UK), pgs. 40-43
- The Dweller Beneath: an Inquisitor (game) battle report by Graham McNeill, Phil Kelly and Rowland Cox – White Dwarf 257 (UK), pgs. 101-115
- Guardians of Mankind: Factions of the Inquisition (with Graham McNeill) - White Dwarf 267 (UK), pgs. 46-49
- Kabals of the Dark Eldar – White Dwarf 372 (UK), pgs. 50-57!
- The White Dwarf Interview: the Maker of Heroes, an interview with Phil Kelly – White Dwarf March 2019, pgs. 62-69
- Designers' Notes: Suffer not the Alien to Live, about how the Deathwatch fight (with Robin Cruddace) – White Dwarf September 2016, pgs. 137-138
Podcast appearances
- VoxCast: The Official Warhammer 40,000 Podcast – Episode 3: Phil Kelly (dead link)
Spotify link - The Warhammer Community Podcast: Episode 6 – Phil Kelly
- The Warhammer Community Podcast: Episode 13 – Phil Kelly and Commander Farsight
- The Warhammer Community Podcast: Episode 21 – Phil Kelly and Sons of Behemat
Forces
Forces Phil Kelly collects in Warhammer 40'000 and its related rulesets are listed below:
- Inquisitor Lichtenstein with retinue[1]
- Iyanden Ghost Warriors[2]
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf 257 (UK) - Diary of an Inquisitor: the Creation of an Inquisitor Warband, pgs. 40-43
- 2: White Dwarf 248 (AU) - The Ghost in the Machine, pgs. 45-52
- 3: Phil Kelly Enters the Gnarlwood in the Latest Warhammer Underworlds Battle Report (saved archive page, dated 21 June 2025, last accessed 22 November 2025. original link)
- 4: Voxcast: The Official Warhammer 40,000 Podcast - Episode 3: Phil Kelly (Spotify link)
