Tom Vasel

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Thomas J. Vasel is a podcaster, designer and reviewer of board games,[1][2][3] and hosted The Dice Tower podcast from 2003-2022, which has more than 300,000 subscribers. Vasel began publishing board game reviews in 2002 on BoardGameGeek,[4] followed by YouTube,[5][6] and his Dice Tower website.[7][8][9] As of 2021, he has rated over 7000 games and expansions.[10] His first board game review was for The Settlers of Canaan.[4][11]

Vasel was the designer of the board game Vicious Fishes in 2010,[12] and co-designer for the boardgame Nothing Personal in 2013.[13]

One of his children, Jack Vasel, died in 2011, resulting in Vasel establishing the Jack Vasel Memorial Fund,[14] a not-for-profit fund with the goal of raising and distributing funds to help gamers in their hour of need.[15][16][17]

  1. ^ Banks, Dave (January 25, 2011). "You Can Help Raise Funds For The Dice Tower's Vasel Family". Wired. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Morgenegg, Ryan (February 1, 2016). "Game Salute's Nothing Personal game review: Influence is power". Deseret News. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  3. ^ Florence, Robert (January 30, 2011). "Cardboard Children: Tom Vasel". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "The Settlers of Canaan reviews by Tom Vasel". Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  5. ^ Varney, Allen. "Dominion Over All". v1.escapistmagazine.com. Defy Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ Parks, Casey (March 15, 2011). "About.com says Railways of the World by Aloha businessman is best family game of 2010". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Tom Vasel: boardgamegeek mostly written game reviews". Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  8. ^ "Tom Vasel: boardgamegeek game reviews on video". Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  9. ^ "Tom Vasel: dicetower.com game reviews". Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  10. ^ "TomVasel | User Collection | BoardGameGeek". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  11. ^ "Dice Tower History, Part III: Starting the Podcast". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  12. ^ "Vicious Fishes". BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek LLC. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Nothing Personal". BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek LLC. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Jack Vasel Memorial Fund". www.boardgamegeek.com. BoardGameGeek LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  15. ^ Liu, Jonathan H. (November 11, 2013). "Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Board Game Auction". GeekDad. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  16. ^ J., Sean (December 31, 2014). "Good Game: What can be Accomplished Through Play". The Daily Worker Placement. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  17. ^ James, Chris (November 9, 2015). "Jack Vasel, a Symbol of Hope for the Board Gaming Community". Casual Game Revolution. Retrieved August 3, 2016.