Rick Britton

Richard H. "Rick" Britton is a historian and former game publishing executive in Charlottesville, Virginia. In 1980, after graduating from the University of Virginia he and nine fellow alums founded Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE), a publisher of roleplaying games. Britton served as vice-president in charge of operations. While most of the games produce by the company were set in fantasy worlds, the company also published Britton's creation Manassas in 1981. The game reenacts the eponymous Civil War battle.

By 1992, Britton had left ICE and has since written books about local history. He is a board director of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society and editor of The Magazine of Albemarle County History. He guides tours of Virginia historical sites, including Civil War battlefields and Jefferson's architectural masterpieces, Monticello and the University of Virginia. He also frequently speaks about local history on WINA, a Charlottesville radio station.

Britton's collection of essays, Jefferson, A Monticello Sampler, published by Mariner Publishing, won the 2009 "IPPY” Award in National and Regional Book Competition.

He is also a cartographer, photographer, and book illustrator.

Works

• On the Downtown Mall with Gary D. Kessler, Stacey Evans (photographer), and Rick Britton (photographer). Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2002.
• The Sea of Trolls with Nancy Farmer, maps by Rick Britton. New York: Atheneum Books, 2004.
• Albemarle & Charlottesville: An Illustrated History of the First 150 Years. Charlottesville, Virginia: Historical Publishing Network, 2006.
• Jefferson: A Monticello Sampler. Buena Vista, Virginia: Mariner Publishing, 2006.

External links

• Rick Britton's personal website