Ian Livingstone

Ian Livingstone is a passionate games player, designer and collector, and has over 1,000 board games in his collection. He co-founded iconic games company Games Workshop with Steve Jackson in 1975, launching Dungeons & Dragons in Europe. Again with Steve Jackson, he co-created the multi-million selling Fighting Fantasy gamebook series which began life in 1982 with the publication of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain written by Steve and Ian. He has written 15 Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks including such classics as The Forest of Doom, City of Thieves and Deathtrap Dungeon. When serving as Executive Chairman at Eidos, he launched global video games franchises including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Hitman. His current roles include Chairman of Sumo-Digital, Chairman of Playdemic and Chairman of Midoki. He has received a BAFTA Special Award for his services to the video games industry, and was awarded a CBE in the 2013 New Year Honours list.