Games Workshop Group PLC
is one of the largest wargames companies in the world
Alongside the UK publishing rights to several American
role-playing games in the 1980s including The Call of Cthulhu,
Runeques and Middle-earth Role Playing Games Workshop also
secured the rights to produce miniatures and/or games for several
classic science fiction properties such as Doctor Who and
several characters from 2000 AD including Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd.
Alongside the rights to reprint ICE's Middle Earth Role Playing Citadel
Miniatures acquired the rights to produce 28mm miniatures based on Lord
of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Startting in1991 the company refocused on their most lucrative lines,
namely their miniature wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB) and
Warhammer 40,000 (WH40K) lines. And
with the release of The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
(LoTR SBG), in 2000 signalled their intention to capture the younger
audience with a simple, yet effective and flexible, combat system. Other
key innovations have been to branch out into new areas of growth. such
card games, literature, and computer games .
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