Sir Ian Livingstone CBE (born 29 December 1949) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. Along with Steve Jackson, he is the co-founder of a series of role-playing gamebooks, Fighting Fantasy, and the author of many books within that series. He is also one of the co-founders of prominent games company Games Workshop. Early life Livingstone attended Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, where, according to him, he only earned one A-level, in Geography. He has kept his close links with the school and has visited it on numerous occasions, including to donate money for a refurbishment of the ICT suite, and to present awards to GCSE recipients in 1998. Career Games Workshop Livingstone co-founded Games Workshop in early 1975 with flatmates John Peake and Steve Jackson. They started publishing a monthly newsletter, Owl and Weasel, and sent copies of the first issue to subscribers of the recently defunct fanzine Albion; Brian Blume received one of these copies, and sent them a copy of the new game Dunge
Sir Ian Livingstone CBE (nacido el 29 de diciembre de 1949) es un escritor de fantasía y empresario inglés. Junto a Steve Jackson, es el cofundador de una serie de libros de juegos de rol, Fighting Fantasy, y el autor de muchos libros dentro de esa serie. También es uno de los cofundadores de la prominente compañía de juegos Games Workshop. Livingstone asistió a la Escuela de Gramática de Altrincham para Niños, donde, según él, solo ganó un A-level, en Geografía. Ha mantenido sus estrechos vínculos con la escuela y la ha visitado en numerosas ocasiones, incluyendo para donar dinero para una remodelación de la suite de juegos de TIC, y para presentar premios a los destinatarios de GCSE en 1998. Career Games Workshop Livingstone co-fundó Games Workshop a principios de 1975 con los compañeros de equipo John Peake y Steve Jackson. Ellos comenzaron a publicar un boletín mensual, Owl y Weasel, y enviaron copias de la primera edición a los fanáticos de Albunzion recientemente enviados; Brian Bl