needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message bl publishing was a division of games workshop and was split into three sections the black library publishes novels art books background books and graphic novels set in the warhammer fantasy world and the warhammer 40 000 universe . black library is now a separate division of games workshop and the only former bl publishing division still in existence . black flame published science fiction and horror novels based on licensed third party intellectual property . it was disbanded in 2008 . warhammer historical wargames published historical wargames including warhammer ancient battles . it was disbanded in november 2010 . solaris books founded in spring 2007 as an imprint of bl publishing focussing on original works of science fiction and fantasy was acquired in september 2009 by rebellion developments for an undisclosed sum . 1 also associated with bl publishing warp artefacts this used to be the imprint of bl publishing that marketed official artefacts from the worlds of warhammer and warhammer 40 000 ; including art prints clothing and life sized replicas of warhammer items . early 2006 they were brought closer to black library under the banner of bl merchandise . sabertooth games was responsible for collectable games including a number of different collectible card games and collectible miniatures games . sabertooth and blp were both parts of what was known organisationally inside gw as the entertainment & media division emd . sabertooth handled hobby sales of blp titles in the us and canada and vice versa was true in europe through blp . it was disbanded in 2008 . black industries was games workshop s role playing game imprint . they marketed the second edition of warhammer fantasy roleplay and for a short time dark heresy based in the warhammer 40 000 universe . sabertooth games type private industry collectible card game founded 2001 headquarters memphis tennessee usa number of employees 20 parent games workshop website http www.sabertoothgames.com dead link sabertooth games stg is a now defunct memphis tennessee based game company founded in 2001 . the company primarily produced collectible card games as a subsidiary of games workshop plc. sabertooth games was considered a sister company of the other divisions in bl publishing . contents 1 background 2 games 3 see also 4 references 5 external links background edit sabertooth games was a small company which primarily targeted hobby stores rather than attempting to sell through standard mass market channels . 2 the company s mission statement from ceo stephen horvath emphasizes that this focus benefited and helped to support such smaller retailers . 3 in an interview with gamespy horvath notes that the company encourages players to buy the game where you play the game . 4 towards this end the company often sponsors events and provides free promotional cards at local stores . 5 the games produced by sabertooth games made use of existing game licenses or intellectual property . traditionally these games were based on other board game or role playing game properties such as the warhammer 40 000 universe . however with the introduction of the universal fighting system in 2006 the company expanded into the area of video game properties partnering with capcom namco and others . 6 in early 2008 following the financial difficulties of games workshop a number of sabertooth games assets including the universal fighting system were sold to fantasy flight games along with licenses for board games . 7 games edit the company produced and sold the following collectible card game products warhammer 40 000 collectible card game horus heresy dark millennium universal fighting system warcry each of these products includes several different sets or expansions and new expansions continued to be released on an ongoing basis for at least several of these in order to maintain consumer interest . previously published games which are now out of print include horus heresy and the warhammer 40 000 collectible card game . see also edit horus heresy warhammer fantasy setting references edit rebellion acquires solaris imprint the book seller september 3 2009 greenholdt joyce 2007 10 05 . sabertooth games november release events exclusive to core hobby stores . gamingreport.com . horvath stephen . our mission . sabertooth games . retrieved 2007 10 11 . villoria gerald 2007 09 05 . chun li vs. morrigan the universal fighting system . gamespy . greenholdt joyce 2007 10 05 . sabertooth games east coast throwdown . gamingreport.com . auzins aaron 2006 11 08 . interview steve horvath ceo of sabertooth games . blogcritics . games workshop to focus on miniatures battles . sharecast . 2008 02 22 . external links edit bl publishing bl publishing forum retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bl publishing & oldid 737792228 categories games workshopbook publishing companies of the united kingdomcollectible card gameshidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2016all articles needing additional referencesall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 september 2016 at 02 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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