Rick Priestley
Rick Priestley | |
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| Born | March 29, 1959 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation | Wargame designer, writer |
| Nationality | British |
Rick Priestley (born 29 March 1959 in Lincoln, England) is a British game designer[1] and author mainly known as the creator of Warhammer miniature wargame.
Career[]
Rick Priestley, with Bryan Ansell and Richard Halliwell, designed the miniatures game Warhammer Fantasy Battle for Games Workshop.[2]:47 The idea of the Black Library evolved under the guidance of Priestley, Andy Jones, and Marc Gascoigne into the magazine Inferno! which debuted in July 1997.[2]:50 Priestley also designed the large-scale combat game Warmaster (2000).[2]:50
Rick left Games Workshop in 2009, complaining that the corporate culture had grown too focused on sales and no longer cared about innovation in game design. He is now co-owner of Warlord Games,[1] and also does consulting work on a freelance basis. He is an associate at River Horse Games.[3]
At the end of 2011 he was elected to the committee of the Society of Ancients.[1] In December 2012 he announced plans to launch a new science fiction game The Gates of Antares[4] with an initial attempt at funding raised through Kickstarter. Gates of Antares is now being released through Warlord Games.
Personal life[]
Priestley was born on 29 March 1959 in Lincoln, England. He studied "Archaeology with Classics and Ancient History" at Lancaster University, graduating in 1981. He lives near Nottingham.
Works[]
Priestley worked extensively for Games Workshop. He is credited with authoring or co-authoring the following games:
- Warhammer Fantasy Battle (with Bryan Ansell and Richard Halliwell)[5]
- Terror of the Lichemaster, a set of three linked scenarios using the Warhammer Fantasy Battle rules
- Warhammer Ancient Battles (with Jervis Johnson, Alan and Michael Perry)[6]
- 1644[7]
- Warhammer 40,000 (with Andy Chambers, Jervis Johnson and Gavin Thorpe in later editions)[8]
- Necromunda (with Andy Chambers and Jervis Johnson)[9]
- Warmaster (with Alessio Cavatore and Stephan Hess)[10]
- Warmaster Ancients[11]
- The Alamo: Victory or Death[12]
- The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (with Alessio Cavatore)[13]
Since joining Warlord Games, he has authored or co-authored the following games:
- Black Powder (with Jervis Johnson and John Stallard)[14]
- Hail Caesar[15]
- Bolt Action (With Alessio Cavatore)
- Beyond the Gates of Antares
- Warlords of Erehwon
- The Red Book of the Elf King (for Lucid Eye Publications)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Slingshot, No279, Nov 2011, p1
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ Riverhorse homepage. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ^ "Gates of Antares". . Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ^ "Warhammer Fantasy Battle". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Warhammer Ancient Battles". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "1644". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Warhammer 40,000". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Necromunda". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Warmaster". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Warmaster Ancients". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "The Alamo - Victory or Death". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
- ^ "Black Powder". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
- ^ "Hail Caesar". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
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