Sunday 10 August 2014

Presenting the Games Workshop official product name generator

I can exclusively reveal the current system that Games Workshop uses to generate names for it's products. In a nod to the classic games of yore, it's all done through a simple table. Roll a D100 and consult table A to generate the first part of name and then another D100 and consult table B to generate part 2.


A
B
01 – 05 Dark 01 – 05 Blade
06 – 10 Death 06 – 07 Blaster
11 – 14 Fire 08 – 15 Brute
15 – 17 Forge 16 – 19 Claw
18 – 26 Hell 20 – 24 Crusher
27 – 30 Inferno 25 – 28 Engine
31 – 35 Iron 29 – 35 Fang
36 – 40 Mauler 36 – 40 Fiend
41 – 47 Murder 41 – 43 Flayer
48 – 53 Night 44 – 47 Forge
54 – 56 Raven 48 – 50 Furnace
57 – 61 Razor 51 – 55 Grinder
62 – 63 Rot 56 – 62 Guard
64 – 69 Skull 63 – 68 Mauler
70 – 75 Slaughter 69 – 73 Pod
76 – 80 Soul 74 – 76 Raven
81 – 83 Stone 77 – 82 Skull
84 – 89 Storm 83 – 88 Storm
90 – 95 Thunder 89 – 94 Talon
95 – 00 Venom 95 – 00 Wing

If you roll the same word twice, you can re-roll or just go with it. You can never have too much of a good word.

Depending on the success of the random table, the current plan is to restructure the design studio as a single man operation consisting of Jervis Johnson and a huge book of random name, rule and fluff generators.

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