Games Workshop, the model figurine manufacturer and retailer, fell into a full-year loss as independent stockists in France and Germany shunned the group’s armies of orcs, space marines and the undead.

The company recorded a pre-tax loss of £2.9m in the year to June 3 compared with a pre-tax profit of £3.7m a year earlier. The shares fell 8¼p to 293¾p.