Rick Priestley

Rick Priestley is a miniature wargaming designer and author who lives near Nottingham, England

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)
• Warhammer Ancient Battles (with Jervis Johnson, Alan and Michael Perry)
• 1644
• Warhammer 40,000 (with Andy Chambers, Jervis Johnson and Gavin Thorpe)
• Necromunda (with Andy Chambers and Jervis Johnson)
• Warmaster (with Alessio Cavatore and Stephan Hess)
• Warmaster Ancients
• The Alamo: Victory or Death
• The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (with Alessio Cavatore)

Rick left Games Workshop in November 2010. He is now co-owner of Warlord Games, and also does consulting work on a freelance basis. He is an associate at River Horse Games. Since joining Warlord Games, he has authored or co-authored the following games:

• Black Powder (with Jervis Johnson and John Stallard)
• Hail Caesar

At the end of 2011 he was elected to the committee of the Society of Ancients. In December 2012 he announced plans to launch a new science fiction game The Gates of Antares with funding raised through Kickstarter.