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Games Workshop Group PLC, a London Stock Exchange quoted company listed in 1994, has been in business for 30 years.

What do we do?

At the core is a niche business - Games Workshop. This business designs, manufactures, distributes and markets a hobby based upon collecting, modelling, painting and tabletop gaming with model soldiers (“the Hobby”).

Our brands

Its key brands are the high fantasy Warhammer and dark future Warhammer 40,000 game systems. Headquartered in Nottingham, UK, the company also has wholly-owned subsidiaries in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Australia, Japan and Italy.

How do we sell?

Products are sold via the company’s own 340+ Hobby centres worldwide and in more than 3,700 independent outlets internationally. The Hobby is also supported by a variety of international events, such as the annual Games Day convention and Golden Demon painting competition, held each year in the UK, USA, Canada, France, Spain and Germany.

What else do we do?

In addition, Games Workshop Group PLC has other companies which also design and market niche product which appeal to hobbyists who appreciate fantasy worlds and imagery. These include Sabertooth Games Inc. which produces collectible card games and BL Publishing which is a publisher of novels, graphic novels, artbooks and background books set in the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000. Group sales for the year to May 2007 were £111.5m