Giovanni Ingellis

Giovanni Ingellis (1951 - September 20, 1998) was an Italian game designer from Milan who was known as "the grand old man of wargaming in Italy." He founded a chain of game stores called Avalon and the magazine Excalibur. He also translated, imported, and edited numerous role-playing games. He died of pneumonia after developing a weakened immune system from bone marrow transplant for leukemia.