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Painting Mini Elves and Goblins Is Cheaper Thanks to Brexit

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  • Games Workshop says sterling’s drop continues to boost sales
  • Warhammer players buy mini medieval soldiers to paint at home
Warhammer figurines.

Warhammer figurines.

 Photographer: Ton Koene/VWPics via AP Photo

Games Workshop Group Plc, maker of the cult fantasy tabletop game Warhammer, says the weaker pound since last year’s referendum continues to boost sales.

Shares of the Nottingham, U.K.-based company, which gets more than half its retail sales from overseas markets, have doubled since Britain voted to leave the European Union in June. The stock was up 3.5 percent at 2 p.m. in London.