Editing Warhammer 40,000 (section)

===Board games and role-playing games===
Games Workshop have produced a number of standalone "boxed games" set within the ''Warhammer 40,000'' setting; they have licensed the intellectual property to other game companies such as [[Fantasy Flight Games]]. The Games Workshop-produced boxed games tend to be sold under the aegis of the "Specialist Games" division. Titles include:
* ''[[Battle for Armageddon]]''
** ''Chaos Attack'' (expansion for ''Battle for Armageddon'')
* ''Doom of the Eldar''
* ''[[Space Hulk]]'' (four editions were published; expansions are listed below)
** ''[[Deathwing (board game)|Deathwing]]'' (an expansion boxed set adding new Terminator weapons and a new campaign)
** ''[[Genestealer (board game)|Genestealer]]'' (an expansion boxed set adding rules for Genestealer hybrids and psychic powers)
** ''Space Hulk Campaigns'' (an expansion book released in both soft and hard-cover collecting reprinted four campaigns previously printed in ''White Dwarf'')
* ''[[Advanced Space Crusade]]''
* ''Assassinorum: Execution Force''
* ''Bommerz over da Sulphur River'' (board game using Epic miniatures)
* ''[[Gorkamorka]]'' (a vehicle skirmish game set on a desert world, revolving principally around rival Ork factions)
** ''Digganob'' (an expansion for ''Gorkamorka'', adding rebel gretchin and feral human factions)
* ''Lost Patrol''
* ''[[Space Fleet (board game)|Space Fleet]]'' (a simple spaceship combat game, later greatly expanded via ''White Dwarf'' magazine with material intended for the aborted ''Battleship Gothic'', itself later relaunched as ''Battlefleet Gothic'')
* ''[[Tyranid Attack]]'' (an introductory game reusing the boards from ''Advanced Space Crusade'')
* ''[[Ultra Marines]]'' (an introductory game reusing the boards from ''Space Hulk'')
* ''Blackstone Fortress'' (a cooperative board game set in the wreck of a large spaceship known as a Blackstone Fortress, using the ''Warhammer Fantasy''-based ''[[Warhammer Quest]]'' system)

The success of the ''Horus Heresy'' line of novels lead to a launch in 2012 of a standalone ''Horus Heresy'' tabletop wargame and rulebook,<ref>{{cite journal|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|editor-last=Bickham|editor-first=Jes|title=The Horus Heresy|department={{interp|Feature article}}| date=October 2012 |journal=[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]|issue=394|publisher=Games Workshop|location=Nottingham, UK|edition=UK print|at=82–89, insert|issn=0265-8712}}</ref> with basic models representing the eighteen Space Marine legions that precede the chapters and warbands of the ''40,000'' setting and named characters representing the superhuman primarchs. The game is marketed on the Games Workshop website as a separate line from the main editions of ''Warhammer 40,000'', though some factions, like the Titans and Knights, include models or colour schemes designed to be playable in either setting.

Although there were plans to create a full-fledged ''Warhammer 40,000'' "pen and paper" [[role-playing game]] from the beginning,<ref>{{cite journal | last = Edwards| first = Darren | title = Interview with Rick Priestley  | journal = Making Movies | issue = 3 | page = 17 | year = 1988 }}</ref> these did not come to fruition for many years, until an official ''Warhammer 40,000'' role-playing game was published only in 2008, with the release of ''[[Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay|Dark Heresy]]'' by [[Black Industries]], a Games Workshop subsidiary. This system was later licensed to [[Fantasy Flight Games]] for continued support and expansion.

Formerly Games Workshop licensed a number of ''Warhammer 40K'' themed products to Fantasy Flight Games. They specialise in board, card and role-playing games. Included in the licensed product were:
* ''[[Horus Heresy (2010 board game)|Horus Heresy]]'': a board game focusing on the final battle of the Horus Heresy the battle for the Emperor's Palace; this game is a re-imagining of a game by the same name created by Jervis Johnson in the 1990s.
* ''Space Hulk: Death Angel, The Card Game'': the card game version of ''Space Hulk''. Players cooperate as Space Marines in order to clear out the infestation of Genestealers on a derelict spaceship.
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Conquest]]'': a [[Living Card Game]] where players control various factions of the ''Warhammer 40,000'' setting in order to rule the sector.
* ''Forbidden Stars'': a board game that pits four popular ''Warhammer 40,000'' factions against one another to control objectives and secure the sector for themselves.
* ''Relic'': an adaptation of the board game ''[[Talisman (board game)|Talisman]]'' to the ''Warhammer: 40,000'' setting.
* The ''Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay'' series of [[tabletop role-playing game]]s, which share many core mechanics as well as the setting:
** ''[[Dark Heresy (role-playing game)|Dark Heresy]]'': players may assume the roles of a cell of Inquisitorial acolytes, or assume a different and equally small-scale scenario following the game's rules. The recommended scenarios and ruleset present a balance between investigation and combat encounters.
** ''[[Rogue Trader (role-playing game)|Rogue Trader]]'': players assume the roles of Explorers, whose rank and escalated privileges allow for travelling outside the Imperium's borders. Due to extensive expansions for ''Rogue Trader'', campaigns can be largely different and altered by game masters. Its most significant difference from any of the other ''Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay'' titles is that it contains rules for capital spaceship design and space combat.
** ''[[Deathwatch (role-playing game)|Deathwatch]]'': the game allows players to role-play the Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes, who are the gene-enhanced superhuman elite combat units of the Imperium of Man. In light of this, its ruleset heavily emphasises combat against difficult or numerically superior enemies, rather than negotiation and investigation, compared to ''Dark Heresy'' or ''Rogue Trader''.
** ''[[Black Crusade (role-playing game)|Black Crusade]]'': ''Black Crusade'' allows players to role-play Chaos-corrupted characters. This instalment will be concluded with supplements. It is notably different in that it allows much more free-form character development, with experience costs being determined by affiliation with a Chaos God.
** ''Only War'': ''Only War'' puts players in the boots of the Imperial Guard, the foot soldiers of the Imperium of Man. Despite the human-level capabilities of the characters, it also emphasises combat over interaction, much like ''Deathwatch''.

Games from other publishers include:
* ''Risk: Warhammer 40,000'': This is a ''Warhammer 40,000''-themed variant of the board game [[Risk (game)|''Risk'']], published by The OP.<ref>{{cite web |first=Alex |last=Meehan |date=23 April 2020 |title=Risk: Warhammer 40,000 is marching onto shelves this autumn |website=Dicebreaker |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/risk-warhammer-40000/news/risk-warhammer-40k-announced |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925003117/https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/risk-warhammer-40000/news/risk-warhammer-40k-announced |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Monopoly: Warhammer 40,000'': A ''Warhammer 40,000''-themed version of the board game [[Monopoly (game)|''Monopoly'']], published by The OP.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Bolding |date=2018-07-13 |title=Warhammer 40k Monopoly is a thing now, because of course it is |language=en |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/warhammer-40k-monopoly-is-a-thing-now-because-of-course-it-is/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |archive-date=2022-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018020224/https://www.pcgamer.com/warhammer-40k-monopoly-is-a-thing-now-because-of-course-it-is/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Munchkin Warhammer 40,000'': a ''Warhammer 40,000''-themed edition of [[Munchkin (card game)|''Munchkin'']], released in 2019 by [[Steve Jackson Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Munchkin Warhammer 40.000 – Rezension Kartenspiel |url=https://www.roterdorn.de/spiel/munchkin-warhammer-40-000/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=roterdorn - Das Medienportal |language=de |archive-date=2022-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018020222/https://www.roterdorn.de/spiel/munchkin-warhammer-40-000/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Magic: the Gathering Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000'' collaboration: A series of ''Warhammer 40,000''-themed pre-constructed decks and limited edition collections of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Billie |title=A First Look at Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 Collaboration |url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/first-look-magic-gatherings-universes-beyond-warhammer-40000-collaboration |website=magic.wizards.com |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |access-date=15 July 2022 |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701202440/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/first-look-magic-gatherings-universes-beyond-warhammer-40000-collaboration |url-status=live }}</ref>