Tom Vasel

Tom Vasel (born September 8, 1976) is a well-known podcaster, designer and reviewer of board games. Vasel co-hosts a long-running and popular gaming podcast titled The Dice Tower.

Vasel earned a B.S. in Biblical Studies from Pensacola Christian College in 1999. From 2003 until 2010 he taught mathematics at the International Christian School in Uijeongbu, South Korea. Vasel assumed the role of Pastor of Uijongbu Baptist Church, succeeding Pastor Rick Kelley in March 2007. After leaving South Korea in 2010, he worked a couple of years as a math teacher at Colonial Christian School in Florida, then set aside his teaching career in the fall of 2012 to dedicate his time to The Dice Tower and to his part-time position as youth pastor at South Dade Baptist Church. Since January 2015 Vasel stepped down as youth pastor to devote all of his time as President of The Dice Tower network.

Vasel's board game reviews have been referenced in media publications such as MTV,Spiegel Online,The Christian Science Monitor,The Escapist,The Oregonian,Wired, and in the scholarly journal - Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media.

Following the loss of his infant son Jack Vasel at the beginning of 2011, Tom Vasel established the Jack Vasel Memorial Fund, at www.jackvasel.org. The fund is a not-for-profit with a simple goal: raising and distributing funds to help gamers in their hour of need.

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