What classics do you remember? Any favourites? I loved Mordheim, Gorkamorka and Battle Fleet Gothic. And Fantasy. And Space Crusade. Ahh, too many! Haha. PLEASE NOTE, I DID CHOOSE NOT TO GO THROUGH ALL BOARD GAMES/LICENSED GAMES. 😀

Cool list. I'm shocked by how many I remember. Space Hulk and the Nids were great fun. The use of the ALIENS sensor blip until you had line of sight on the Nids added to the suspense. The flamer was the boss in the tight corridors.

The boardgame Armageddon is missing from your list. This recreated the second battle for Armageddon, and introduced the characters Commissar Yarrik and Ghazkul Thrakka to the Warhammer universe. There was also a Horus Heresy edition of the same boardgame.

Loved this bit of nostalgia.I still have my, Games Designer Workshop Traveller books that I bought from the shop in 1977. Also most of the early books and box stuff including an unopened 2nd edition 40K and an unopened Judge Dredd. Thanks to the new Horus Heresy game I have come back to 30K after 25 years!

Monumental effort, well done. So much nostalgia, pretty much every wargamer can relate to something on the list, just proving how GW has influenced so many

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay seems to be the biggest omission here. A couple of editions and LOADS of adventure / expansions sets. Based in the Old World and similar, but much more detailed, mechanics to WFB. I think it has been licensed out elsewhere now but still in production I believe. Also, may be wrong but I think GW originally licensed Talisman from someone else. Their first version was actually the 2nd edition.

Yes, you said that there was no room for all games, yet I think the early eighties deserve a special mention as GW was a source of both boardgames, miniature games and RPGs, a golden era of the hobby (now hobbIES). Rogue Trooper, Chainsaw Warrior (a solo game), Cosmic Encounters and a Warlock of Firetop Mountain boardgame, Dungeonquest and a Fury of Dracula. I remember having those last three on my wish list. As you rightly mention there were a lot of licencing back and forth, but that was part of the magic, when the hobby was more shared and DIY, before the craving of monopoly and world domination set in. The history of Warhammer is thus, totally incomplete without the RPG counterpart as well as other RPGs of the golden era of GW like Judge Dredd RPG, Runequest (Advanced, Griffon Isle, Land of Ninja), the Call of Cthulhu (3rd) and not the least, the Floor Plans boxes! It was truly a sad day when GW abandoned all RPGs. Still, I do not think there is a game I have played as much as Talisman (the second edition)...

I can't believe you seriously forgot to mention the original Mighty Empires from 1990 which was not only a boardgame on its own but could also be used as the first campaign system for WFB. It was a gem imo. Otherwise a very great summary.

Space crusade was my first introduction to GW. Loved it. Then went onto the usual suspects. Games I regret missing out on are man o war, Mordenheim and battle fleet gothic.

Two more worthy of mention off the top of my head are; Fury of Dracula - a hidden movement board game where investigators have to try and chase down Dracula across Europe, currently in it's 4th edition and now published Wizkids. Legends of the Old West - an wild/old west America skirmish game based off the LoTR's ruleset. Part of the Warhammer Historicals imprint, so no models were ever released, but it did get a couple of expansion books before the division was shuttered.

as an FYI - Kill Team was originally in 4th ed 40k rulebook - a small kill team of operatives form a codex facing off against a mob of mooks from another 'dex... Shadow War Armageddon was effectivley 40k units in Necromunda v1 ruleset ArbitorIan has some of the smaller games covered and i'm starting to work through the White Dwarf Games as some gems in there!

Brought back some memories - Worked for GW in the 80's - Mainly on Talisman but also as play tester on one game that seems to have been missed Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying game 1st edn (I still have a signed copy of it somewhere of the 1st print with all the errata

You missed out a lot of their Bookcase games I've got the following in my collection:- Chaos Marauders, I believe there was an issue with copyright with this one.: Warlock the Game of Duelling Wizards; Warrior Knights: Valley of the Four Winds; Warlock of Firetop Mountain: Railway Rivals: Chainsaw Warrior: Dungeonquest with two expansions; Doctor Who the Game of Time and Space: Kings and Things with West End Games: Curse of the Mummy's Tomb: Judge Dread:Battlecars and Battlebikes: Trolls in the Pantry: OI Dats my Leg And Squelch

For a split second, seeing the thumbnail, I thought Dan Hooker was about to teach me something about GW Good video!

You missed the precursor to Battlefleet gothic, Space fleet. Also you missed out after Adeptus titanicus they released Space marine. Mighty empires too. Still good to see so much of my youth.

Great history lesson. There were a few products in here that I've owned/played and didn't know that GW was responsible for. Really appreciate the work you put in.

Warlock of Firetop Mountain....Chainsaw Warrior.... Absolute classics

Great video. I appreciate the research that’s gone into this, and there were several i hadn’t heard of. Plus now it’s made me nostalgic for gorkamorka, which was a turning point for me in the wargaming hobby. Thank you!

My introduction to Games Workshop was through Space Fleet. This was the spaceship wargame that preceded Battlefleet Gothic.

Still can't believe Warmaster never had a boxed set

Nice to see the old games brought to light once again. The thumbnail was abit misleading saying "The History of Games workshop" which made me think it would be more about the company rather than just a list of their games.

In 1987 i walked into my local game store looking to buy some historical miniatures. Instead i walked out with a new Sci-Fi RPG game called "Rogue Trader". Ive been an off and on player since then. These days im playing Kill Team & Horus Heresy. Im patiently waiting for new editions of Warhammer Fantasy, Space Hulk, Epic 40k, and Battlefleet Gothic.

You missed one of my personal favourite short lived games that I never managed to get (although I have managed to find the rules online) Stormcloud Attack - 1 vs 1 aerial dogfighting, the starter sets contained 2 space craft from different factions of 40k Faith and Heresy - A Stormtalon Gunship and a Heldrake The Ancient and the Greater Good - A Night Scythe and a Razorshark The Eldritch and the Beast - A Crimson Hunter and a Dakkajet

Awesome video 😊 I have a correction, AoS 1.0 starter set is not Spire of Dawn that wasn’t released until the end of 2016 😉 The starter set is: Age of Sigmar Mighty Battles in an age of Unending War. Kind regards Kalle

Big trip down memory lane! If anything deserves a re-release, its Gorkamorka! Absolutely loved that game and the models and small squad based skirmish style game play over a running campain with a group of friends. All time favourite!

You missed Space Fleet released in 1991, which several years later was re-released with different game mechanics as Battle Fleet Gothic. You also missed Mighty Empires 1990 1Ed. My brother and I along with 4 friends, would frequently get together to play Space Marine 1Ed with Adeptus Titanicus then updated to SM 2Ed; Mighty Empires and Space Fleet. Between the 6 of us we had 1x Space Marine 1Ed, 3x Space Marine 2Ed and 12+ Regiment boxes, 3x Adeptus Titanicus. Our Epic battlefield covered the entire living room floor and took both Saturday and Sunday to complete, either playing as two teams, three teams or 6 versus.... with the amount of models being tabled, it truly was epic devastion.

EPIC undertaking Oli! I believe there is actually a Games Workshop Archivist job. Saw some bloke interviewed on the Warhammer TV podcast during lockdown and he was basically doing full time what you've done in 30 mins.

My favortie take on 40K that few remember or never heard of was Warhammer Epic 40,000 (1997) as you could have a truly massive army of thousands of troops and hundreds of vehicles and machines on the battle field

Thanks for the trawl in to the past, can quite understand the grey area between board games and minis games. A couple of things on the older editions: Forces Of Fantasy was a key release for WFB 1st Ed as it gave army construction to the game. 40K 1st Ed I can barely recall anyone playing it as an RPG, everyone I played with pretty much built armies for it from day one, we just created our own limits on some of the things. The Realms Of Chaos books we used more in WFB than 40K, in particular in terms of gameplay they had chaos warband rules which was what we all played from it. Necromunda if I recall correctly was first introduced in a couple of White Dwarf articles ahead of the game? Can't recall how much the rules changed, from memory they were a mix of 40K and Laserburn.

Forgot to mention the Deathwing and genestealer add ons for space hulk that added rules for psykers/grey knights, i have fond memories of my op 5 man squad of GKs stomping my friends genestealers into pulp. Pretty sure there was also a hardback rule book for spacehulk that added rules for chaos terminators, orks and eldar.

Fantastic video. Loads of stuff I didn't know about and filled the gaps from my time away for the hobby! Thanks for all the work that went into this

Great video! The range is mindboggling.

Great video, but one thing though. 2nd edition 40k got a dedicated psychic phase with the addition of the Dark Millenium supliment, psychic power cards and all

how did you miss Trolls in the pantry?! a classic. Necromunda had a sort of second edition in 2003 called Necromunda Underhive, but it was not very popular and the re-sculpted models were not that great

Space Hulk 4th ed was my first introduction to the 40k setting and during the pandemic I managed to paint it. Still a great game I think!

Thanks for this, it was a true trip down memory lane! I spent so many hours playing all these and I’d genuinely forgotten a few of those editions. I’m still gutted I missed out on Mordheim, never played it due to being too poor at the time. It’s a game I wish GW would update and rerelease, and given the success of Necromunda I think there’s a market for it.

I have played Gamesworkshop-games since the late 70's; back then, Gamesworkshop was working with CITADEL and they produced several "GEMS" of games, like; The fury of Dracula(which has reappeared several times in the past decennia), Dungeonquest, Kings and things, Talisman(which had also several make-overs through the years), Lords of the realm and a hilarious card-game called "Chaos Marauders"... All very entertaining games and I would like to see any(besides Fury of Dracula and Talisman) of those re-printed or re-made...

Nice vid Oli. Brought back a lot of memories. Hope you and Josef have a great holiday.

Great video! I considered buying shares in Games Workshop PLC around 2018 but didn't for some reason and could kick myself! You can see that their marketing efforts from around then paid off!

There was also Blitz Bowl which (as far as I know) is a simplified version of Blood Bowl for Barnes & Noble. Also, Space Marine Adventures is a series of board games featuring space marines against various enemies (chaos cultists, Necrons, orks). I believe these are also licensed for release through Barnes & Noble.

GW also released Speed Freeks in 2018 featuring space ork buggies and bikes? I guess that's an impactful game since it introduced 5 new models to the 40k ork roster.

3:38 Those Box Sets...so Epic each and every one!

Good catch with Space Crusade and Heroquest, but what about Battlemasters? That Empire cannon has been a staple in my empire army for literally decades.... ohh and lost patrol.... Excellent catch on confrontation... I feel this video would have been better chronologically so we could see the company change over time... So much work on research but a slip at execution with random year jumping. Please do video games next (but chronologically)

An a teen I used to visit the very first games worshop store here in Nottingham, good to see that they are now making piles of cash and reaching massive amounts of people. specially in the USA.

Good you mentioned the original creators associated with each game. Overall, I feel MORDHEIM was the peak of Games Workshop design for TT: * Smaller squads was more affordable * Mixed TT Battles with Story-RPG Campaigns * Smaller scale or higher resolution added more "human" drama (!) to each contest eg veterans (with injuries) * The setting led to great terrain potential BLOODBOWL also stands the test of time as a gamesystem with a lot of legs too. For sure the lore and world-building of Warhammer/WH40K stand out and probably excel more than the actual army battles. All the above said, looking at the modern iterations: It all feels less DIY/Hobby/Passion and more commercial sales carefully calculated to sell.

I was on a 15 year hobby break when 1st edition AoS came out and I can't believe it went so long without points before 2nd edition!? mental!

You didn't mention probably my favorite Skirmish game Warhammer the old west. It was awesome...had killteam feel. Great video though, gotta love the nostalgia.

I was under the impression that Kill Team was a faithful adaptation of 40K in 40 minutes.. Brilliant vid tho, loved this!

Late 80's - early 90's GW customer here. Entry point was Talisman (2nd ed).

Dungeon Queest, Warrior Knights, Space Crusade and the OG HeroQuest (I now have the re-release too) were my nostalgia games.

Really pleased to see you mention Warhammer Ancients. It was a really important piece of community engagement for GW, as it was a way to connect older games who’d started in the early 80s back with the company. GW had a pretty poor reputation with that group (not always deserved) but it was a way of saying, we respect you aren’t interested in sci if anymore, but look how fun our rules can still be in a historical setting.

I started collecting Warhammer models when there was just four shops. London York and I think Edinburgh.

What about Chainsaw Warrior, Talisman, Judge Dredd roleplaying, Rogue Trooper, Railway Rivals, Apocalypse, Warrior Knights and Car Wars? I remember playing all of these in the mid 80s. Plus i think there were games featuring a mummy, a vampire, cowboys, some aliens and The Dr., but not all at the same time!

what's the simplest, quickest and easist most fun GW/ Warhammer game to play? like; get out all the gear in 2min, play for 15min min. Anything?

Every time I see that 1st edition space hulk box I have regrets of selling mine along with the death wing and gene stealer expansions for way less than I should have.

Don't forget the best computer game "Dark Omen" follow up to SOTHR. Still got Deathtrap dungeon from a kid too. Started Warhammer fantasy with the Elves and Goblins box set and 2nd ed 40k both sets had the cardboard cutouts which were store legal at the time. Had a lot of rogue trader, epic 40k and heroquest/warhammer quest stuff handed down by my uncle.

Don’t know if anyone has mentioned these games but there was the Judge Dredd board game and RPG, Rogue Trooper board game and Chainsaw warrior.

Nice trip down memory lane. 2nd edition 40k was my one before a 25 year painting gap!

15:52 those rules should come back. They’re great. Also they kept the old world characters.

I still remember getting the 5th edition boxset with my brother, he was Bretonnians and I was Lizardmen.

Battlefleet Gothic is my all time favorite GW game and I seriously hate that they cut it adrift.

I can't see anyone mentioning Deathwatch Overkill (2016) - an asymmetric boardgame, slightly resembling Space Hulk.

Warrior Knights. Cosmic Encounters. Chainsaw Warrior. Talisman. Heroquest. (Brodeswode). Advanced Heroquest.

I still have my original edition of Warhammer. Complete with the form for a free miniature of Thorgrim Braindim. Wonder if GW would honour that offer still!

I wish i could browse from start to finnish all of the whitw dwarf catalogue

You forgot Necromunda 2003 edition. It was their 2nd edition. With new models and rewriting some of the rules.

You forgot DungeonBowl as part of the Bloodbowl Segment! Also Aeronautica has had multiple editions as a standalone game

Crazy how old GW used to sell boxes containing rules, terrain, models and other things

I entered the hobby at 4th edition FB as a 13yo - great memories and that box set had cardboard buildings and templates inside

Thanks for the nice vid, but please allow me a few corrections and comments: 1. Spire of Dawn was not the AoS starter box. The starter box had Stormcast vs Khorne. Spire of Dawn was just a re-boxing of the 8th edition starter minis from WFB. It was briefly randomly released about a year after AoS. I suppose GW just had some leftover sprues to shift. 2. Kill Team predates Shadow War by quite some margin, although I couldn‘t say exactly when it first came about. 3. Editions of WFB before 4th have normal army construction rules as well. I‘m not sure why you thought 4th introduced that. 3rd for example, has a points system, army lists and construction rules dictating that a minimum of (in most cases) 50% of the army must be regular units (some units are even compulsory) and characters etc. are restricted etc. 4. Imo Heroquest (and advanced hq) should really have been shown just like space crusade and not just mentioned in passing. They were very significant at the time for introducing GW to younger gamers. Besides, what would the Bard think? Leaving the greatest game ever made out of the list? 😅 Thanks!

I collected them as a pre teen in mid 90s and then took it back up about three years ago and had no idea there were this many games. 🤯

Thank you , Oli' 🐺

I find your lack of Warhammer FRP, Golden Heroes and the Judge Dredd RPG disturbing, though it was nice to see the original 1980s Citadel Lord of the Rings range getting an honorable mention. Also you missed Chapter Approved from your list of Rogue Trader supplements. I'm not so sure that the future is bright for GW's LotR games. Embracer recently got the rights, and have their own wargaming company in the form of AMG. As the New Line deal is reportedly done in 2023 the current push looks more like a fire sale to get as much value from stuff that had been developed as possible.

Good video. Forgot to talk about 4th Edition of Epic aka Epic: Armageddon from 2003 and Epic: Swordwind from 2004 under Specialist Games and Fanatic.

Id add the 2nd ed 40k supplement "dark millenium".. also deathwatch overkill boxed game (which i love)

I hope when we get to a heroquest we get ‘Brodeswode!’

Chainsaw Warrior deserved a mention, unless I missed it. Also, the Judge Dredd boardgame was fun

Great video! 7th edition was not the first time there was a dedicated psychic phase in 40k; 2nd edition had it's own psychic phase as well!

I loved second edition Warhammer and was happy with third. I did not like the boxed sets with plastic

No mention of Mordheim ? I used to love this game and spent many hours playing it with friends.

Thank you very much for that overview 👍greetings from Germany 😎😊

I remember one of my friends told me I should play 40k, so I got a combat patrolfor $250 then I saw some stormcast eternals start here box for $140 and from then on I've been playing sigmar

I remember Warhammer way back in the day

Good Boy Ollie! But NOT as good as me and Bilbo! We best boys! 🥰🐶❤️

What about? Rouge Trooper. Chainsaw Warrior. Lost Patrol. Assassinorum: Execution Force.

I was just thinking about these fighting fantasy books. I had about 4 or 5 of these as a kid but couldn't remember what they were called. Thanks very much for reminding me and bringing back such childhood memories. I'll have to see if I can buy any on Ebay

Grew up with Talisman. My step cousin had it when I visited my dad with my step mom. I remember playing a lot of cozy afternoons with it. The expansions got a bit goofy but man the memories are great. Too bad the third edition was a big stinky pile. But FFG really turned it around with gorgeous art and minis.

You missed Force of Fantasy (warhammer 1st army list) and Ravin Hordes (Warhammer 2nd Ed Army lists)

Great list, understandable why some omissions where made, as there have been so many games from GW. Poor Lost Patrol, got lost again 😀 All started with Dark future for me, way back in the 80's... which just makes me feel aged! Glad you mentioned 40K 3rd edition, Warmaster, Epic 40,000, WFB 6th edition, Space Hulk 2nd edition, and Betrayal at Calth games that I think are the best that GW brought to the world.

I'm sooo old I remember it all from the 1st edition Warhammer!

I miss Warhammer Fantasy, specifically 6th edition. That was fun.

I enjoyed this. I've just got in a load of the fighting Fantasy books for my eBay page and had some fun flicking through them getting a nice nostalgia kick along the way

You missed out Advanced Heroquest…the best dungeon board game ever! And the game that provided current day games with their stat lines

Thank you for this history video!!

Dungeonquest (1987). One of my all time favourites and a game I stil play today

Some great memories in here.

What happened to warhammer Roleplay ? I know I had that in 1988 There was also Forces of Fantasy before warhammer version 2 Had all the starting Regiments or Renown. Like Bugmans and Gromm the paunch Kings and things and chain saw warrior I remember too

Got stuff from 1986 but decided to sell it all as I stopped playing years ago.

Should have started with "Chainmail" which were the miniature rules War-Hammer/GW ripped -off. Chainmail was also the basis of D&D.

I could swear Kill Team first had rules in the 6th or 7th edition rule book before it became a separate game. I remember it was such a big hit at our club back in the day we were the first in our area to actually run a tournament. We discovered Lootaz were VERY broken in KT. HEH