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Tom Kirby became General Manager in 1986. [17] Following a management buyout by him and Bryan Ansell in December 1991, when Livingstone and Jackson sold their shares for £10 million, [18] Games Workshop refocused on their miniature wargames Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB) and Warhammer 40,000 (WH40k), their most lucrative lines.
Some of the world's biggest companies started from humble beginnings, but Games Workshop's early days were less glamourous than most. "We ended up having to live in a van," says Sir Ian Livingstone.
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Games Workshop was brought to Nottingham by Bryan Ansell in the early 1980s. Ansell had previously founded Citadel Miniatures at Newark, Nottinghamshire in 1979. Many former Games Workshop staff have gone on to found other manufacturers in the area and the 8—10 companies in the lead belt account for 90% of the British wargames miniature market.
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“Moreover, a mainstream TV/film product could be game-changing in terms of Warhammer’s brand reach and awareness.” Shares in Games Workshop were 16.5% higher at 8,505p on Friday morning ...
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Owl and Weasel #11: Programme for the first Games Workshop Games Day in 1975. Games Day is a yearly run gaming convention sponsored by Games Workshop. It was started in 1975, after another games convention scheduled for August that year cancelled. Games Workshop decided to fill the resulting gap by running a gaming day of their own.