Rick Britton

Richard H. "Rick" Britton is an American historian and former game publishing executive in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Career In 1980, after graduating from the University of Virginia, Britton and nine fellow alums founded Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE), a publisher of roleplaying games. Britton ran the company for two years while Pete Fenlon commuted from law school.

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

Works Jefferson: A Monticello Sampler. Buena Vista, Virginia: Mariner Publishing, 2009. Albemarle & Charlottesville: An Illustrated History of the First 150 Years. Charlottesville, Virginia: Historical Publishing Network, 2006. The Sea of Trolls with Nancy Farmer, maps by Rick Britton. New York: Atheneum Books, 2004. On the Downtown Mall with Gary D. Kessler, Stacey Evans (photographer), and Rick Britton (photographer). Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2002.

Awards The Thirteenth Annual (2009) IPPY Independent Publisher Book Awards (the Jenkins Group).