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]
References
edit- ^ Banks, Dave (January 25, 2011). "You Can Help Raise Funds For The Dice Tower's Vasel Family". Wired. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Florence, Robert (January 30, 2011). "Cardboard Children: Tom Vasel". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Settlers of Canaan reviews by Tom Vasel". Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Varney, Allen. "Dominion Over All". v1.escapistmagazine.com. Defy Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tom Vasel: boardgamegeek mostly written game reviews". Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Tom Vasel: boardgamegeek game reviews on video". Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Tom Vasel: dicetower.com game reviews". Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "TomVasel | User Collection | BoardGameGeek". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "Dice Tower History, Part III: Starting the Podcast". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Vicious Fishes". BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "Nothing Personal". BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ "Jack Vasel Memorial Fund". www.boardgamegeek.com. BoardGameGeek LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Liu, Jonathan H. (November 11, 2013). "Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Board Game Auction". GeekDad. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ J., Sean (December 31, 2014). "Good Game: What can be Accomplished Through Play". The Daily Worker Placement. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ James, Chris (November 9, 2015). "Jack Vasel, a Symbol of Hope for the Board Gaming Community". Casual Game Revolution. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  | This article about an American entertainer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |