Restoration Games Licenses Games Workshop Classics
The multi-year deal brings three modern reinterpretations of out-of-print Games Workshop board games to market.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Board Games
Restoration Games, a company that revives long-out-of-print board game titles, announced a multi-year licensing deal with Games Workshop. The agreement begins with three new board games based on Games Workshop properties.
Why it matters
The deal gives Games Workshop's older catalog a path back to tabletop shelves through a company built around reviving discontinued titles. For players, it means previously unavailable games are set to return in updated forms.
The deal begins with three new games, including Devastation in the Dread World, a Talisman Realms reimagining of the 2009 Warhammer game Chaos in the Old World. Terms of the multi-year agreement were not disclosed in the available details.
The players
Restoration Games
Restoration Games is a board game company known for reviving long-out-of-print titles and bringing classic designs back to market.
Games Workshop
Games Workshop is a British tabletop gaming company best known for the Warhammer franchise and its miniature wargames.
Eric Lang
Eric Lang is a board game designer who originally created Chaos in the Old World and is joining the development team for Devastation in the Dread World.
The details
Devastation in the Dread World features asymmetric factions and scenario-based progression, with original Chaos in the Old World designer Eric Lang joining its development team. Dungeons of Gravemarch: The Card Game restores the 2010 card game Space Hulk: Death Angel, and Warrior Knights revives the 1985 board game.
Timeline
Devastation in the Dread World is expected to launch via a crowdfunding campaign in 2027, followed by a retail release.
Dungeons of Gravemarch and Warrior Knights are scheduled to debut in 2028.
Market Landscape
Warrior Knights previously returned in 2006 from Fantasy Flight Games, so the new deal continues a revival pattern for older tabletop titles. Restoration Games' model of reviving discontinued designs places it among a small group of companies building businesses around the back catalogs of established publishers.
Collectors who want the original Warhammer-era games can look to these reissues as an alternative to hunting secondhand copies. The crowdfunding campaign for Devastation in the Dread World is the first chance for players to back the project before retail release.
The takeaway
Revivals of classic tabletop games can give long-unavailable designs a second life while bringing original creators back into the process. Players interested in the new titles may want to follow the crowdfunding campaign for early access.
What happens next
Devastation in the Dread World is expected to launch via a crowdfunding campaign in 2027, with Dungeons of Gravemarch and Warrior Knights scheduled to debut in 2028.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by TechRaptor.
