Tom Vasel

Thomas J. Vasel is a podcaster, designer and reviewer of board games,[1][2][3] and has hosted The Dice Tower podcast since 2003, which has more than 290,000 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 some 7000 games and expansions.[10] His first board game review was for The Settlers of Canaan.[4][11] Of his children, Jack Vasel was lost in 2011, resulting in Vasel establishing the Jack Vasel Memorial Fund,[12] a not-for-profit fund with the goal of raising and distributing funds to help gamers in their hour of need.[13][14][15] Vasel was also the designer of the boardgame Vicious Fishes in 2010,[16] and co-designer for the boardgame Nothing Personal in 2013.[17]