Ian Millington


Ian Millington is a British developer and author of books and courses on software development, particularly in the fields of artificial intelligence, decision support and game physics engine development. Also an AJAX technology pioneer.

Roleplaying games

Millington is attributed, for creating a model of distributed power for management of a creative game with Troupe system play style. Ian identifies four roles normally performed by a GM: Chairperson, Referee, Game Engine, and Director. In a collaborative role-playing game each of these roles may be assigned to a different player, or may be shared among several players. There is therefore a continuum between the Millington model of spreading responsibility out to multiple people at the same time and the Ars Magica model of having one SG at a time.

Publications