UK based Games Workshop posted slightly increased revenue this year. This was not due to any increase in sales – which Games Workshop described as ‘sluggish’ – but due to cost-cutting measures. The news is pretty good. Although the increase in revenue is quite small in percentage terms; from £125.7m to £126.5m the company had […]
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
Warhammer is the fantasy roleplaying game created by Games Workshop as the companion to Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
There have been a few license holders and companies responsible for publishing Warhammer FRPG. The latest is Cubicle 7 who published the 4th edition in August 2018.
New Warhammer – let’s look at the miniatures
You know how Games Workshop are super protective of their brand? If a fan tries to do anything to build some natural buzz for their products the lawyers tend to sweep in. Now, granted, Games Workshop have their reasons for this – they see the value in their Intellectual Property (ie; their ideas) rather than […]
Jervis Johnson on new Warhammer “We’ve ramped the rules up to the next level”
Jervis Johnson is a name rich with Games Workshop history. In this video promotion/intro for the new Warhammer Johnson discusses how the game offers your chance to impact the game world. We learn that you can’t really trust the landscape. Rivers might run with blood, buildings might be magical or woods filled with monsters. The […]
Warhammer and romantic narrative? What? Let Phil Kelly explain
Games Workshop have a new video for their forthcoming Warhammer revision. Today we’ve games developer Phil Kelly doing a splendid job of talking us through the background to the world. Mountains are sentient creatures that grumble and growl, the whole landscape has been warped by wild magic – it’s hell on earth. My favourite bit […]
Mercenaries that eat your own troops: Jermey Vetock previews Warhammer Battles
Games Workshop are on a YouTube roll. We’ve another sneak peak at the new Warhammer book from them today. The video is preview/interview of games developer Jeremy Vetock. You can see he’s really pleased with the new rule book. I’m also a little more clear as to what the book is about. I always assumed […]
Games Workshop show off impressive new Warhammer gaming aids
I must admit I’m a big fan of any gaming mechanics that help enhance or contribute to the mood of the game. I think this video from Games Workshop shows how this approach can be applied to wargaming too. The video shows some in-theme measuring devices. Not only does this mean putting an end to […]
A sneak peek at the new Warhammer
Want to see inside the forthcoming Warhammer? We’ve got pictures. I’m so stuck the past that I still look at this product and think “Warhammer Fantasy Battle” but its clearly called “Warhammer” (with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay being the supporting game). The new rulebook with be 528-pages long – big. You can advance order it from […]
Games Workshop sues Curse Network: Let’s us ask why?
British born Games Workshop have unleashed the attack lawyers on the up-and-coming Curse Network. This will not surprise industry watchers of any experience. Games Workshop are fiercely protective of their IP (intellectual property). In fact, Games Workshop are so quick to rip bleeding chunks out of anyone who might be mis-using their IP that I’m […]
A Games Workshop announcement – a new Warhammer?
Games Workshop, today, published a series of videos to YouTube that seem to trail a new Warhammer (Fantasy Battle). It’s not all that clear what we should expect. The video teases us with “A New Beginning. 10 July 2010”. The videos are all the same; just different languages. At the time of writing there’s no […]
Games Workshop pleases the bankers
We were expecting good news from Games Workshop and, today, we get it with their official statement. The company has more than doubled its profits. They’ve gone from £3m in profit previous two quarters to £7.9m in the last two. Successful license deals are partially to credit here. Money from royalties rose from £0.5m to […]
