game designer
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who has worked primarily on
board game
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Many board games feature a comp ...
s. He has also authored a number of novels and short stories for the
Black Library
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.
Career
Gav Thorpe has been designing and developing products for
Games Workshop
Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''.
Founded in 1975 by John Peake (gam ...
since 1994. His credits include the ''
Inquisitor
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'' skirmish game, as well as work on several editions of ''Warhammer'' and ''
Warhammer 40,000
''Warhammer 40,000'' is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. The first edition of the rulebook was published in September 1987, ...
'', and supplements for both game systems. He also designed the board game '' Gobbo's Banquet'', and has written more than half a dozen novels for the
Black Library
The Black Library is a division of Games Workshop (formerly a part of BL Publishing) which is devoted to publishing List of Black Library novels, novels and audiobooks (and has previously produced art books, background books, and graphic novels) ...
. He also wrote the script for the ''
Mark of Chaos
''Warhammer: Mark of Chaos'' is a real-time tactics game set in the ''Warhammer Fantasy (setting), Warhammer'' universe. It was developed by Black Hole Entertainment and co-published by Namco Bandai Games in the US and Koch Media#Deep Silver, Dee ...
'' computer game.
Thorpe lives in Nottingham, England.
*''Path of the Warrior'' (July 2010)
*''Path of the Seer'' (September 2011)
*''Path of the Outcast'' (September 2012))
Short stories
*''Aenarion'' Published in Issue 12 of ''Hammer and Bolter'' October 2011
*''The Divine Word'' Published in ''Black Library Weekender Anthology'' November 2012
Novels
*''Space Hulk: The Novel'' (July 2010)
Reception
In reviewing the Warhammer novel ''The Blades of Chaos'' (2003), critic
Don D'Ammassa
Donald Eugene D'Ammassa (born April 24, 1946) is an American fantasy, science fiction and horror critic and author.