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[[File:GWLogo2.png|thumb|200px|right|Games Workshop logo]]'''Games Workshop''' is a British game production and retailing companybased in Nottingham, England{{Fn|2}}. Games Workshop is one of the largest games companies in the world, and is the dominant company in the miniature wargaming hobby.
==Overview==
Games Workshop was founded in 1975 by three friends - Ian Livingstone, Steve Jackson and John Peake - who handmade and sold traditional wooden games from their London homes.{{Fn|2}} They were originally an importer of American board games and RPGs. When they became publishers of the UK based role-playing 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.
During the 90s, following a management buyout in December 1991, the company refocused on their most lucrative lines, namely their miniature wargame lines. The retail chain refocused 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. Games Workshop expanded in Europe and the USA, opening new branches and organizing events. In October 1997, all UK-based operations were relocated to the current HQ in Lenton, Nottingham.
