42-498: GW may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media [ edit ] Gaming [ edit ] Games Workshop , a British manufacturer of miniature wargames (founded 1975) Guild Wars , an episodic series of online role-playing games (from 2005) GW, a fictional domotic artificial intelligence in Metal Gear Solid 2 (2001) Periodicals [ edit ] GateWorld ,
84-511: A Stargate fan news blog (published from 1999) Gazeta Wyborcza , a Polish newspaper (from 1989) Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke , a German catalogue of incunabula (from 1925) Golden Words , a Canadian satirical student newspaper (from 1967) Other uses in arts and entertainment [ edit ] Ghost Whisperer , a CBS television series (ran 2005–2010) Ghostwriter , someone hired to author texts credited to another Calendar [ edit ] Golden Week (Japan) ,
126-500: A "zero tolerance" stance towards fan-made games, videos and animations, drawing criticism from fans. The presence of Games Workshop in the East Midlands has led the region to become the centre of the wargames industry in the UK, known as the lead belt with numerous other companies founded by former employees. Alongside the UK publishing rights to several American role-playing games in
168-403: A companion online version of the game with collections being synced across both paper and digital versions. Compared to other, more traditional TCGs (such as Magic: The Gathering ) Champions also included a rotation system as a resource management and lanes for play – similar to MOBA style games such as League of Legends . There were yearly Games Day events held by Games Workshop which
210-524: A few years later. Games Workshop previously produced miniature figures via an associated, originally independent, company called Citadel Miniatures while the main company concentrated on retail. The distinction between the two blurred after Games Workshop stores ceased to sell retail products by other manufacturers, and Citadel was effectively merged back into Games Workshop. The following games were in production as of 2024 : The following games were in production as of 2024 : These games were aimed at
252-598: A line of acrylic paints for painting miniatures , under the Citadel name. At the end of March 2012 the company announced a new range of over 145 colours made in the UK, which has since been expanded and reorganised. These paints are broken down into different types, each with a different intended purpose. This allows painters to follow painting guides produced by Games Workshop and create custom paint schemes more easily as each step in Games Workshop's 'Eavy Metal painting style has
294-431: A many-body electron system's self-energy Gigawatt (GW), a unit for measuring power—equal to 10 watts Gravitational waves , ripples in the curvature of spacetime that propagate as waves The prefix on names of gravitational wave observations Other uses in science, technology and mathematics [ edit ] Game week, a fixture shorthand used in sports such as Fantasy football (association) .gw ,
336-467: A paint type designed to assist in application. The 'Eavy Metal style is named after the 'Eavy Metal Team, Games Workshop's studio painting team, and is characterised by simple highlights and shadows with strong edge-highlights on all edges, creating a look that is clean, easily and quickly reproducible across many models, and defines details well on a game table. The current Citadel paint types are: The line includes both metallic and non-metallic paints in
378-514: A period containing a number of holidays Places [ edit ] Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 country code) Gawok railway station , Indonesia (station code) George Washington Bridge , Hudson River, New York, U.S. George Washington University , in Washington, D.C., U.S. George Washington University Hospital Science, technology and mathematics [ edit ] Physics [ edit ] GW approximation , an estimate of
420-638: A publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. It expanded into Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia in the early 1990s. All UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham in 1997. It started promoting games associated with The Lord of the Rings film trilogy in 2001. It also owns Forge World (which makes complementary specialist resin miniatures and conversion kits). It
462-563: A role-playing game using the films' art and both the book and the movies' plots and characters were sold to another firm, Decipher, Inc. Games Workshop also produced a Battle of Five Armies game based on a culminating episode in The Hobbit , using 10 mm scale. On 10 February 2011 Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced that it had extended its six-year agreement with Games Workshop, continuing its exclusive, worldwide rights to produce tabletop games based on "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of
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#1732851854183504-591: A trademarked brand name used in association with them long after the Citadel company was absorbed into Games Workshop. For a time Gary Gygax promoted the idea of TSR, Inc. merging with Games Workshop, until Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone backed out. The company's publishing arm also released UK reprints of American RPGs such as Call of Cthulhu , Runequest , Traveller and Middle-earth Role Playing , which were expensive to import (having previously done so for Dungeons & Dragons since 1977). In 1984 Games Workshop ceased distributing its products in
546-469: A younger, more family-oriented market. The change of direction was a great success and the company enjoyed growing profits, but the more commercial direction of the company made it lose some of its old fan base. A breakaway group of two company employees published Fantasy Warlord in competition with Games Workshop, but the new company met with little success and closed in 1993. Games Workshop expanded in Europe,
588-508: Is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames , based in Nottingham , England. Its best-known products are Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 . Founded in 1975 by John Peake , Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson , Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon , mancala , nine men's morris and Go . It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons , and then
630-531: Is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index . Founded in 1975 at 15 Bolingbroke Road, London by John Peake , Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (not to be confused with U.S. game designer Steve Jackson ), Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon , mancala , nine men's morris , and Go . It later became an importer of
672-512: The Black Library (literature), and working with THQ (computer games). In late 2009 Games Workshop issued a succession of cease and desist orders against various Internet sites it accused of violating its intellectual property generating anger and disappointment from its fan community. On 16 May 2011, Maelstrom Games announced that Games Workshop had revised the terms and conditions of their trade agreement with independent stockists in
714-662: The "veteran" gamers. These are gamers who are more experienced in the core games produced by Games Workshop. This is because the rules and the complexity of tactics inherent in the systems are often more in-depth than the core games. This also includes games that aren't necessarily more complex, but have a smaller more specialised target audience. The Specialist Games division was shut down in 2013, with all games being discontinued. These games were not made by Games Workshop but used similar-style models, artwork and concepts. These games were made by mainstream toy companies and were available in toy and department stores. Games Workshop produces
756-436: The 1980s (including Call of Cthulhu , Runequest and Middle-earth Role Playing , ) Games Workshop also secured the rights to produce miniatures or games for several classic British science fiction properties such as Doctor Who and several characters from 2000 AD including Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd . Alongside the rights to reprint Iron Crown Enterprises ' Middle-earth Role Playing , Citadel Miniatures acquired
798-474: The Base, Layer, Edge, Dry, and Air lines, with non-metallic paints having a matte/light-satin finish. Contrast paints were added to the Games Workshop paint range in 2019, promoted as speeding up the painting process for players. The existing range of paints was also expanded and reorganised when Contrast was released, and branding changed from Citadel to Citadel Colour . The previously available Glaze line of paints
840-500: The Internet top-level domain of Guinea-Bissau GW-BASIC , a Microsoft dialect of the BASIC programming language Global warming , the ongoing climatic event Grothendieck-Witt ring, of a mathematical field; see Witt group § Grothendieck-Witt ring GW, the human gene MASTL People with the initials GW [ edit ] George Washington (1732–1799), first president of
882-539: The Rings." Games Workshop announced plans to expand their offerings of battle-games and model soldiers, and to continue to develop and increase offerings based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy books. Games Workshop has expanded into several divisions/companies producing products related to the Warhammer universe. The company has hard-to-reproduce, unique intellectual property, and a good export record. Sales slowed around 1999-2000 due to supply chain issues, but quickly rebounded
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#1732851854183924-539: The U.S. role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons , and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. In order to promote their business and postal games, create a games club, and provide an alternative source for games news, the newsletter Owl and Weasel was founded in February 1975. This was superseded in June 1977 by White Dwarf . From
966-647: The U.S. through hobby games distributors and opened its Games Workshop (U.S.) office. Games Workshop (U.S.), and Games Workshop in general, grew significantly in the late 1980s, with over 250 employees on the payroll by 1990. Tom Kirby became General Manager in 1986. Following a management buyout by him and Bryan Ansell in December 1991, when Livingstone and Jackson sold their shares for £ 10 million, Games Workshop refocused on their miniature wargames Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB) and Warhammer 40,000 (WH40k), their most lucrative lines. The retail chain refocused on
1008-535: The UK, and maintaining a high profile by running games conventions , the business grew rapidly. It opened its first shop in April 1978. In late 1978 Games Workshop provided the funding to co-found Citadel Miniatures in Newark-on-Trent . Citadel would produce the metal miniatures used in its role-playing games and tabletop wargames. The "Citadel" name became synonymous with Games Workshop Miniatures, and continues to be
1050-496: The UK. The new terms and conditions restricted the sale of all Games Workshop products to within the European Economic Area . On 16 June 2013, WarGameStore, a UK-based retailer of Games Workshop products since 2003, announced further changes to Games Workshop's trade agreement with UK-based independent stockists. Tom Kirby stepped down in 2017. In July 2021, Games Workshop made changes to their IP guidelines, adopting
1092-477: The US, Canada and Australia, opening new branches and organising events in each new commercial territory. Having been acquired by private equity firm ECI Partners the company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in October 1994. In October 1997 all UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham . The company diversified by acquiring Sabretooth Games (card games), creating
1134-581: The United States Gene Wilder (1933–2016), American actor and comedian George W. Bush (born 1946), forty-third president of the United States See also [ edit ] Gateway (disambiguation) George Washington (disambiguation) Ghostwriter (disambiguation) Goo (disambiguation) GU (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
1176-593: The early years, none of which were based in the usual Warhammer settings: Many video games have been produced by third parties based on the Warhammer universes owned by the firm. These include (miniature game they are based on is included in parentheses after the game name): Games Workshop released a trading card game (TCG) in 2018 based on the Age of Sigmar universe called Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions Trading Card Game . Champions featured several unique features, such as
1218-437: The hobby, particularly at gaming clubs, Hobby Centres and independent stockists. Forums for the community were created for each campaign (in addition to those on the main site), as a place to "swap tactics, plan where to post your results, or just chat about how the campaign is going." In some cases special miniatures were released to coincide with the campaigns; the promotional " Gimli on Dead Uruk-hai " miniature, for example,
1260-512: The iconic Enemy Within campaign in 2020, adapted for the new edition by the original writers. Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy , the first of three proposed role-playing games set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, was released in late January 2008 and sold out almost immediately. In September 2008 production was transferred to Fantasy Flight Games . Fantasy Flight Games subsequently published four other roleplaying games; Rogue Trader , Deathwatch , Black Crusade , and Only War , set in
1302-408: The miniatures and RPGs. Several may have had roleplaying elements, or had miniatures included or produced. Spacefarers released in 1981 was one of these board games with a set of miniature rules especially designed for use with Citadel Miniatures ' figures. Licensing for an undisclosed proportion of Games Workshop's back catalogue of board games was transferred to Fantasy Flight Games as part of
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1344-427: The miniatures games (e.g. Inquisitor) involve a role-playing element; however, Games Workshop has, in the past, published role-playing games set within the Warhammer universe. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay was first published in 1986; a second edition appeared in 2005 published by Black Industries , part of GW's fiction imprint BL Publishing . In 2018 a 4th edition was published by Cubicle 7 who will also re-publish
1386-442: The outset, there was a clear, stated interest in print regarding "progressive games", including computer gaming , which led to the departure of John Peake in early 1976, who preferred "traditional games" (such as backgammon). The loss of Peake also meant the loss of the fledgling company's main source of income. However, having successfully obtained official distribution rights to Dungeons & Dragons and other TSR products in
1428-593: The results of games played within a certain time period. The collation of these results provides a result to the campaign's scenario, and sometime leads to modifications in the games. Each Warhammer campaign has had a new codex published with the rules for special characters or "incomplete" army lists. Below are listed the Games Workshop Worldwide Campaigns (with the campaign's fictional universe setting in parentheses): These Campaigns were run to promote its miniature wargames, and attracted interest in
1470-426: The rights to produce 28 mm miniatures based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit . In conjunction with the promotion of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy in 2001, Games Workshop acquired the rights to produce a skirmish wargame and miniatures, using the movies' production and publicity art, and information provided by the original novels by J.R.R. Tolkien . A 25 mm scale was used. The rights to produce
1512-450: The same Warhammer 40,000 universe and employing similar mechanics. In 2009 Fantasy Flight also released a new edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay . The following games are technically out of print in their original editions, but have had new versions (in some cases heavily revised and in some cases with additional game expansions) published by Fantasy Flight Games. Games Workshop had a strong history in boardgames development, alongside
1554-425: The same transaction which included Black Library's Role Playing Games. Fantasy Flight has republished revised editions of a number of these games. At the time of the announcement, Black Library had only one boardgame in print, the 4th Edition of " Talisman ". Fantasy Flight subsequently released revised editions of Talisman and of other former Games Workshop boardgames. On 9 September 2016, Fantasy Flight Games announced
1596-708: The termination of its licensing agreement with Games Workshop. Games Workshop currently has several standalone board games in production. Being standalone games, they do not depend on the rules or components of the current core game systems of Warhammer Age of Sigmar or Warhammer 40,000 . All of these include miniatures that require some assembly, and those miniatures can be used with the core game systems. The following games are technically out of print in their original editions, but have had new versions (in all cases heavily revised and in some cases with additional game expansions) published by Fantasy Flight Games. Games Workshop licensed or produced several ZX Spectrum games in
1638-488: The title GW . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GW&oldid=1205326142 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Games Workshop Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW )
1680-466: Was available only through the campaign roadshows or ordering online. As a whole these events have been successful; one, for example, was deemed "a fantastic rollercoaster", with thousands of registered participants. Games Workshop's has published the White Dwarf magazine since 1977 and has over 400 issues. Games Workshop also published Fanatic Magazine in support of their Specialist Games range. After
1722-646: Was discontinued, replaced with the introduction of the Air Clear paints, the previously available Edge line of paints were combined into the Layer line, with some colours also being renamed, and the previously separate Texture line of paints was combined into the Technical line. The Citadel line also includes various other hobby supplies, including basing materials such as static grass and tufts, as well as modelling tools, such as paint brushes, glues, and hobby clippers. Several of
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1764-476: Was started in 1975, at Seymour Hall, London on 20 December 1975. It included the Golden Demon painting competition, news stands, sales stands, and tables to play on. In 2014 it was replaced by 'Warhammer Fest', similar but with additions such as demonstration pods and seminars. Games Workshop has run numerous Worldwide Campaigns for its three core game systems. In each campaign, players are invited to submit
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