Games Workshop Announces a New Deal with WizKids

<p>Two of the biggest names in tabletop gaming have just announced that they are joining forces&period; It was announced today that Games Workshop has made a deal with WizKids&comma; primarily to bring new <em>Warhammer 40k<&sol;em> games to tables everywhere&period; This is a big move&comma; and an interesting one as Games Workshop ended their partnership with Fantasy Flight Games last year&comma; which led many to question how Games Workshop would handle their IPs outside of traditional minis gaming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;130725" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-130725" style&equals;"width&colon; 728px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-130725" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;19191657&sol;LSVir3mg&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"728" height&equals;"410" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-130725" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Warhammer 40k&comma; Games Workshop<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The multi-year partnership will see WizKids make a number of new games featuring characters and the settings of <em>Warhammer 40k<&sol;em>&comma; in board game formats as well as dice building formats&comma; and more&period; What is interesting to note is that WizKids makes a fairly popular game called <em>Dice Masters<&sol;em>&comma; designed by Eric Lang and Mike Elliott&period; The game is a collectible card and dice game&comma; and generally utilizes characters from Marvel and DC comics&comma; as well as some other IP&&num;8217&semi;s such as <em>Dungeons and Dragons<&sol;em> and <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<&sol;em>&period; Bringing <em>Warhammer 40k<&sol;em> to the Dice Masters scene will prove to be very interesting and a good way to introduce various fans to both Dice Masters and <em>Warhammer 40k<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;130726" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-130726" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-130726" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;10&sol;19191918&sol;18789652&lowbar;10209641245404126&lowbar;900519805&lowbar;o-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-130726" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Will we see Warhammer 40k in Dice Masters next year&quest;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Another key function that WizKids brings to the table is their plastic minis&comma; both painted and unpainted&period; They have been the makers of the popular tabletop miniatures game <em>Hero Clix<&sol;em> for fifteen years&period; They also provide both Wizards of the Coast and Paizo with unpainted <em>Dungeons and Dragons<&sol;em> and <em>Pathfinder<&sol;em> figures&comma; respectively&comma; for players to use in their roleplaying game campaigns&period; The announcement makes mention of reprinting some classic Games Workshop boardgames such as <em>Fury of Dracula<&sol;em> and <em>Relic<&sol;em>&comma; which would be easily handled by WizKids and their experience with detailed&comma; plastic miniatures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The announcement between Games Workshop and WizKids is a very interesting one&comma; and will definitely bring <em>Warhammer 40k<&sol;em> fans plenty of options for offshoot games in the near future&period; It will be interesting to see what else comes of this deal&comma; and maybe one day we will finally see a new printing of <em>Hero Quest<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;prnewswire&period;com&sol;news-releases&sol;wizkids-announces-new-partnership-with-games-workshop-300537997&period;html">PR Newswire<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;