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==Overview==
Games Workshop was originally an importer of [[United States|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States American]] [[Board game|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_game board games]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing game|playing_game RPG]]s. When they became publishers of the [[United Kingdom|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_kingdom UK]] based roleplaying magazine [[White Dwarf magazine|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Dwarf_magazine White Dwarf]], Games Workshop created a national chain of gaming stores in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980 1980]]s. Their publishing arm also created UK reprints of famous but expensive to import American RPGs such as [[Call of Cthulhu (rolehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_%28role-playing game)|playing_game%29 Call of Cthulhu]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runequest Runequest]], [[Traveller (rolehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_%28role-playing game)| playing_game%29 Traveller]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MERP|Middle-Earth Role-Play]].
During the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s|90s]], following a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_buyout management buyout]] in December 1991 the company refocussed on their most lucrative lines, namely their [[Miniature wargaming|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_wargaming miniature wargame]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40%2C000 Warhammer 40,000|Warhammer]] lines. The retail chain refocussed on a younger, more family-oriented market. The change of direction was a great success with a rising share price and growing profits, in spite of the fact that it lost the company much of its old, loyal fanbase. The complaints of these old customers led a breakaway group of GW employees to publish [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Warlord Fantasy Warlord]] in competition with GW, but this met with little success. Games Workshop expanded in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe]] and the [[United States|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States USA]] opening new branches and organizing events. The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in October 1994. In October 1997, all UK based operations were relocated to the current HQ in Lenton, Nottingham.
By the end of the decade, though, the company was having problems with falling profits being blamed on [[Trading card game|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_card_game collectible card games]] such as [[Magic The Gathering|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_The_Gathering Magic: The Gathering]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon Pokémon]].
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 (the Internet is used widely in this approach, to collect ideas and playtest reports).
One of their better-known games is [[HeroQuest (board game)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeroQuest_%28board_game%29 HeroQuest]] which was sold in high street stores under the MB name and introduced many people to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_%27n%27_slash hack 'n' slash]] style of game.
==Miniatures games==
====Warhammer Fantasy Universe====
* [[Blood Bowl]] - an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football American football]] style game
* [[Mordheim]] - a skirmish game
* [[Warmaster]] - a game for fighting larger battles with smaller miniatures
=== Out of print ===
====Warhammer Fantasy Universe====
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_HeroQuest Advanced HeroQuest]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerrunch&action=edit Kerrunch]] (Simplified version of Blood Bowl)* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manowar_%28wargame%29 Manowar (wargame)|Manowar]] (a game of naval combat in a fantasy world)** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sea_of_Blood&action=edit Sea of Blood]]** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sea_of_Blood&action=edit Plague Fleet]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plague_Fleet&action=edit Mighty Empires]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mighty_Empires&action=edit Mighty Warriors]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_Quest Warhammer Quest]] (a small-scale adventure and skirmish game, essentially a step up from Advanded HeroQuest in complexity)
====Warhammer 40,000 Universe====
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Advanced_Space_Crusade&action=edit Advanced Space Crusade]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkamorka Gorkamorka]] (a skirmish game detailing gangs of [[Ork (Warhammer 40,000)|orks]])** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digganob&action=edit Digganob]] (an expansion for Gorkamorka)* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space_Fleet&action=edit Space Fleet]] (Simple spaceship combat game from before Battlefleet Gothic)* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Hulk Space Hulk]] (two editions were published, expansions below were for 1st edition)
** [[Deathwing]] (expansion boxed set)
** [[Genestealer]] (expansion boxed set)
** Space Hulk [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign Campaign]]s (expansion book in both soft and hard-cover)* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranid_Attack Tyranid Attack]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Marines Ultra Marines]]
=== Licensed games ===
These games were not made by Games Workshop but used Games Workshop style models (usually of lesser quality) and concepts with simplified game systems. These games were made by mainstream toy companies and available in standard toy and department stores rather than just in Games Workshop and specialist gaming stores. They are clearly set in Warhammer worlds.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlemasters Battlemasters]]* [[HeroQuest (board game)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeroQuest_%28board_game%29 HeroQuest]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Crusade Space Crusade]]** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Dreadnaught&action=edit Operation Dreadnaught]] (Expansion for Space Crusade)** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eldar_Attack&action=edit Eldar Attack]] (Expansion for Space Crusade)
==Role playing games==
Several of the miniatures games (e.g. Inquisitor) involve a role playing element, however Games Workshop has in the past published [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_playing_games role playing games]] set within the Warhammer universe. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay returned to print with a new edition on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_29 March 29]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005 2005]]. It is being published by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Industries Black Industries]][http://www.blackindustries.com/], a Games Workshop subsidiary.
=== Out of print ===
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Heroes Golden Heroes]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_Fantasy_Roleplay Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]]
==Board games==
=== Out of print ===
* [[Apocalypse (board game)| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_%28board_game%29 Apocalypse]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlecars Battlecars]]* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Armageddon Battle for Armageddon]]** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaos_Attack&action=edit Chaos Attack]] (Expansion for ''Battle for Armageddon'')
* [[Blood Royale]] (multiplayer, battle and resource game of medieval Europe)
* [[Calamity (board game)| Calamity]]
