Jervis Johnson
Encyclopedia
Jervis Johnson is a game designer for Games Workshop
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He is currently one of Game Workshop's long-term strategy managers, having previously been employed as head of its Specialist Games
division.
Jervis is credited with creating the following games:
Jervis has been a key contributor in the following games:
He has also written or been heavily involved in the following books:
Jervis currently contributes a regular series of articles that focus on the hobby aspects of Games Workshop products, entitled Standard Bearer, to White Dwarf
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Games Workshop
Games Workshop Group plc is a British game production and retailing company. Games Workshop has published the tabletop wargames Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000...
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He is currently one of Game Workshop's long-term strategy managers, having previously been employed as head of its Specialist Games
Specialist Games
Specialist Games is division of Games Workshop which sells tabletop wargames that are no longer part of Games Workshop's core market ....
division.
Jervis is credited with creating the following games:
- Blood BowlBlood BowlBlood Bowl is a Fantasy Football game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American Football. The game was first released in 1987 and has been re-released in new editions since...
(3rd Edition won the 1994 Origins AwardOrigins AwardThe Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so the 1979 awards were given at the 1980 Origins.The Origins Award is commonly...
for Best Miniatures Rules)
Jervis has been a key contributor in the following games:
- Warhammer 40,000Warhammer 40,000Warhammer 40,000 is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop, set in a dystopian science fantasy universe. Warhammer 40,000 was created by Rick Priestley in 1987 as the futuristic companion to Warhammer Fantasy Battle, sharing many game mechanics...
- NecromundaNecromundaNecromunda is a skirmish tabletop war game produced by Specialist Games .In Necromunda, players control rival gangs battling each other in the Underhive, a place of anarchy and violence in the depths below the Hive City...
- Epic Armageddon
- Warhammer Ancient BattlesWarhammer Ancient BattlesWarhammer Ancient Battles is a ruleset for miniatures wargames produced by Games Workshop's Warhammer Historical Wargames imprint...
He has also written or been heavily involved in the following books:
- Codex: Dark Angels (Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition)
- Battle Missions (Warhammer 40,000)
Jervis currently contributes a regular series of articles that focus on the hobby aspects of Games Workshop products, entitled Standard Bearer, to White Dwarf
White Dwarf (magazine)
White Dwarf is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop. Initially covering a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction role-playing and board games, particularly the role playing games Dungeons & Dragons, RuneQuest and Traveller...
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