Editing Games Workshop (section)

==Role-playing games==
Several of the miniatures games (e.g. Inquisitor) involve a role-playing element; however, Games Workshop has, in the past, published [[role-playing game]]s 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]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=McDowall |first1=Dominic |title=Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay |last2=Law |first2=Any |last3=Allen |first3=Dave |last4=Astleford |first4=Gary |last5=Davis |first5=Graeme |last6=Hornborg |first6=Jude |last7=Law |first7=Lindsay |last8=Leask |first8=Andrew |last9=Luikart |first9=T.S. |publisher=Cubicle 7 Entertainment |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-85744-335-9}}</ref>

''[[Dark Heresy (RPG)|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]].<ref name="FFG+GW">[http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/PDF/pr-2008-GamesWorkshop-Sabertooth.pdf Press release on Games Workshops properties] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509192737/http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/PDF/pr-2008-GamesWorkshop-Sabertooth.pdf |date=9 May 2008 }} from Fantasy Flight Games website</ref>

Fantasy Flight Games subsequently published four other roleplaying games; ''[[Rogue Trader (role-playing game)|Rogue Trader]]'', ''[[Deathwatch (role-playing game)|Deathwatch]]'', ''[[Black Crusade (role-playing game)|Black Crusade]]'', and ''[[Only War]]'', set in the same ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe and employing similar mechanics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-40k-rpgs|title=Tabletop Warhammer 40k RPGs, explained|date=3 November 2023|newspaper=War Gamer|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>

===Out of print===
* ''[[Golden Heroes]]'' - a superhero roleplaying game, published in 1984 after initially being published on an amateur basis.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.legrog.org/jeux/golden-heroes/golden-heroes-en  | date=8 May 2009|title=  Golden Heroes |website=Guide du Rôliste Galactique| access-date= 2 November 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
* ''[[Judge Dredd: The Role-Playing Game]]'' - published under licence in 1985.<ref name="auto"/>
* ''[[Stormbringer (role-playing game)|Stormbringer]]'' - the third edition of the game, published under license from [[Chaosium]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite journal| last =Writtle| first =Murray| title =Open Box: Stormbringer| type = review| journal =[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]| issue = 29| page =15| publisher =[[Games Workshop]]|date=February–March 1982| issn= 0265-8712}}</ref>
* ''[[RuneQuest]]'' - GW published the second edition under license from [[Chaosium]], and the third edition under license from [[Avalon Hill]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Appelcline |first1=Shannon |title=Designers & dragons. '80-'89 : a history of the roleplaying game industry |date=2014 |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |location=Silver Springs, MD, USA |isbn=978-1-61317-081-6 |edition=2nd}}</ref>{{rp|221}}
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)|Call of Cthulhu]]'' - GW published the second and third edition rules in the UK, along with their own [[The Statue of the Sorcerer & The Vanishing Conjurer|adventures]] and [[Green and Pleasant Land|supplements]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cook |first=Monte |title=[[Hobby Games: The 100 Best]] |publisher=[[Green Ronin Publishing]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-932442-96-0 |editor-last=Lowder |editor-first=James |editor-link=James Lowder |pages=42–45 |chapter=Call of Cthulhu |author-link=Monte Cook}}</ref>
* ''[[Traveller (role-playing game)|Traveller]]'' - GW published ''Classic Traveller'' rules, supplements and adventures under licence from [[Game Designers' Workshop]] from 1979. They published their own [[IISS Ship Files|supplement]], [[Traveller Personal Data Files|character]] and starship sheets in 1981.<ref name="designers00s">{{Cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |title=Designers & Dragons: The '00s |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-61317-087-8}}</ref>{{rp|122}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schick |first1=Lawrence |title=Heroic worlds : a history and guide to role-playing games |date=1991 |publisher=Prometheus Books |location=Buffalo |isbn=0-87975-652-7}}</ref>{{rp|334,337,339}}
* ''[[In Search of New Gods]]'' - a roleplaying game adventure, published in 1986<ref>{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|author-link=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=142}}</ref>

===Out of print, republished===
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.

* ''[[Dark Heresy (RPG)|Dark Heresy]]'' - an RPG based in the WH40k Universe where players control one member of an Inquisitor's retinue.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/dark-heresy-second-edition/|title = Dark Heresy Second Edition official website|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121458/https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/dark-heresy-second-edition/|archive-date = 2 April 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>