Rick Priestley
Born (1959-03-29) March 29, 1959 (age 64)
Lincoln, England
OccupationWargame designer, writer
NationalityBritish

Rick Priestley (born 29 March 1959) 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 Fantasy miniature wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle for Games Workshop.[2]: 47  The company released the game in 1983. Priestley also developed a science fiction counterpart for this wargame, which was released as Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader in October 1987. Priestley, with Andy Jones and Marc Gascoigne of Warhammer, developed the idea for the Black Library which, as a result, produced the magazine Inferno! (July 1997–November 2004).[2]: 50  In 2000, Priestley designed the 10mm-scale mass combat Fantasy wargame Warmaster.[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 does consulting work on a freelance basis and is a consultant at River Horse Games.[3] He was co-owner of Warlord Games,[1] which sold 25% of shares to Hornby in July 2023 for £1.25 million.[4]

At the end of 2011 he was elected to the committee of the Society of Ancients.[1] Priestley helped design the World War II miniature wargame Bolt Action prior to its 1st edition in 2012. In December 2012 he announced plans to launch a new science fiction game The Gates of Antares[5] with an initial attempt at funding raised through Kickstarter. It was released as Beyond the Gates of Antares through Warlord Games in 2015.

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:

Since joining Warlord Games, he has authored or co-authored the following games:

References

  1. ^ a b c Slingshot, No279, Nov 2011, p1
  2. ^ a b c Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ^ "Our Team". River Horse. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Acquisition and Extension of Loan Facility, 7 Jul 2023 11:23 | Shares Magazine". www.sharesmagazine.co.uk. 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Gates of Antares". Toyz N The Hood. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Warhammer Fantasy Battle". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Warhammer Ancient Battles". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  8. ^ "1644". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  9. ^ "Warhammer 40,000". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Necromunda". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  11. ^ "Warmaster". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  12. ^ "Warmaster Ancients". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  13. ^ "The Alamo - Victory or Death". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  14. ^ "Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  15. ^ "Black Powder". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  16. ^ "Hail Caesar". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 25 April 2011.

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