Editing Games Workshop (section)

====Specialist Games====
Specialist games came out of GW intention to create other games alongside the core Warhammer and WH40K. Originally called secondary game systems, these were intended to have a finite lifespan of a couple of years before being retired and a new game published. 
These games were aimed at 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. Following the unexpected success of ''Necromunda'', the Fanatic division of GW was set up in 1996, this was later renamed "Specialist Games". The division was shut down in 2013, with all games being discontinued.

*'''Warhammer Fantasy universe'''
** ''[[Dreadfleet]]'' – a naval combat style board game (limited stock) released on 1 October 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/108722/dreadfleet|title= Dreadfleet|publisher=Board Game Geek|access-date=24 October 2011 }}</ref>
** ''[[Mighty Empires]]'' – a hexagonal tile based campaign supplement to WFB that was also playable as a game in its right.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2024/05/mighty-empires-or-that-time-games-workshop-decided-to-be-avalon-hill.html|title='Mighty Empires' – Or That Time Games Workshop Decided to Be Avalon Hill|date=14 May 2024|newspaper=BoLS|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
** ''[[Mordheim]]'' – a [[skirmish]] game. An expansion called ''Empire in Flames'' was also released<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mordheim-cityofthedamned.com/en/news/64-mordheim-city-of-the-damned-celebrates-release-with-the-launch-trailer|title=Mordheim: City of the Damned celebrates release with the Launch Trailer|last=Interactive|first=Focus Home|website=Mordheim: City of the Damned|language=en|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref>
** ''[[Warmaster]]'' – a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (10&nbsp;mm) miniatures<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/05/specialist-games-going-going-gone.html|title=Specialist Games Going, Going, Gone…|date=3 May 2013|newspaper=BoLS|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
* '''Warhammer 40,000 universe'''
** ''[[Battlefleet Gothic]]'' – a game which depicts battles between fleets of space ships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/warhammer-40k-rts-battlefleet-gothic-armada-announ/1100-6424707/|title=Warhammer 40K RTS Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Announced|work=[[GameSpot]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|date=17 January 2015|access-date=20 January 2015|first=Emanuel|last=Maiberg}}</ref>
** ''[[Epic (tabletop game)|Epic]]'' – a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (6&nbsp;mm) miniatures (known as ''Epic Armageddon'' in its current edition).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/11/speaking-of-40k-epic-scale.html|title=Speaking of 40K: EPIC Scale…|date=14 November 2015| newspaper=BoLS|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
** ''[[Inquisitor (game)|Inquisitor]]'' – a skirmish/role play game using larger (54&nbsp;mm) more detailed miniatures and intended for older gamers.<ref>{{cite book|title=Inquisitor|first=Gav|last=Thorpe|edition=1st|year=2001|publisher=Games Workshop|location=Nottingham|isbn=1-84154-077-3}}</ref>{{page needed|date=March 2025}}
** ''[[Necromunda]]'' – a skirmish game set on a hive world which pits gangs of humans against each other, using modified 2nd edition ''Warhammer 40,000'' rules, which are more detailed than newer editions and more suitable for skirmish games. Originally printed in 1995, it was revived at the end of 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BoardGameGeek profile of Necromunda |url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/3072 |access-date=30 September 2007 |archive-date=6 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106071030/http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/3072 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*'''The Lord of the Rings universe'''
** ''The Battle of Five Armies'' – a game for fighting larger battles with smaller (10&nbsp;mm) miniatures. The game was named after (and initially centred on) the Battle of Five Armies, one of the later scenes in J.R.R. Tolkien's ''[[The Hobbit]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/ares-games/news/battle-of-five-armies-collectors-edition-final-copies-ukraine|title=War of the Ring creators to sell last-ever copies of Battle of Five Armies: Collector's Edition in aid of Ukraine|date=16 March 2022|newspaper=Dicebreaker| access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
** The [[The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game|Strategy Battle Game]] was expanded with new supplements. In 2009 an expansion for the game entitled 'War of the Ring' was released, allowing players to recreate large scale battles in Middle-Earth. In December 2012 Games Workshop released the first wave of models based on the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landing.jsp?catId=cat970001a&rootCatGameStyle=athletic |title=Grim Hammers |publisher=Games Workshop |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>