How would I partition my Mac so I could run Windows to play games on it ?

I would like to play some games on my new Mac such as Total War Shogun 2 and Mount and Blade however they do not exist on Mac and I was told ParrallelDesktop isn't extra for gaming so I was also told that it would be possible to "partition" my hardrive to run Windows just for the times when I'm gaming.
However, I've just been told theese things so I'm not sure of anything and I'm just spitballing here and I would love some advise from people who know what they are talking about.
Thank you very much for having read my post and thanks if you can help me or even add info to my post, contradict what I've said because I'm really just walking in the dark here, and even if you want to add your question that would be great as well.
Thanks a lot,
Sincerely.
Mick

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