Ian Livingstone OBE – A Night of Pure Fantasy Tuesday 27th January, 6.15pm – 9.00pm

Games Workshop – Fighting Fantasy – The Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Story

VENUE: The Crowne Plaza Hotel

COST: £ 26.09 ( £ 30.00 inc vat)

SPEAKER: Ian Livingstone OBE

Ian Livingstone is the Creative Director for Eidos and a leading spokesperson for the UK video games industry. A recipient of a BAFTA Special Award for his outstanding contribution to the interactive entertainment industry, his biography is nothing short of pure fantasy!

One the UK’s founding fathers of interactive entertainment and fiction, Ian founded Games Workshop with Steve Jackson in 1975 and launched Dungeons&Dragons in Europe as well as the Games Workshop retail chain. In 1977 he launched White Dwarf, the UK’s first interactive games magazine, and was its editor for 5 years. In 1982, again with Steve Jackson, he devised Fighting Fantasy, the series of interactive gamebooks that sold over 15 million copies in 23 languages. He wrote more than 20 books in the series including his best-selling Deathtrap Dungeon. In 1992 he became Deputy Chairman of computer games publisher Domark and in 1995 he oversaw the merger and flotation of Domark with Eidos Technologies and served as Executive Chairman of the Board of the new interactive entity Eidos plc until 2002. At Eidos – the UK’s leading developer and publisher of video games – he was instrumental in securing many of the company’s major franchises including Tomb Raider and Hitman. In 2003 he was appointed Creative Industries advisor to the British Council and in the following year made a Creative Industries Luminary for London. In 2004 he was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Bright Things plc and appointed Skillset’s Chair of the Computer Games Skills Council in 2005. In 2006 he was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for his contribution to the Computer Games Industry.

THE EVENT: Life is an adventure in which you encounter a variety of enemies, rivals, bankers and supernatural beings. The journey starts with the somewhat reckless pursuit of a priceless artifact – success. This fantastic adventure has funding traps, legendary geeks and the world’s most successful human game heroine. Welcome to the world of Ian Livingstone!

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