Warhammer retailer Games Workshop is handing its shop workers, model makers, designers and support staff a £5,000 bonus each after sales and profits benefited from tabletop gamers escaping lockdown by fighting bloodthirsty battles with orcs, elves and alien hordes. Kevin Rountree, the chief executive of Games Workshop, said the special bonuses were a reward for their “exceptional performance in helping to increase our profitability significantly”. Demand for the games remained strong despite its 523 stores around the world being forced to temporarily close through lockdowns – Games Workshop hosted online events and livestreamed seminars to replace its physical meet-ups. “Clearly Games Workshop has been given a boost by lockdown and our need to find something to busy ourselves with,” he said. “They are benefiting from 40 years of creativity and intellectual property and investing in people and the miniatures,” he said.

Source: The Guardian July 27, 2021 13:08 UTC