Thomas J. Vasel is a podcaster, designer and reviewer of board games, and has hosted the The Dice Tower podcast since 2003, which has more than 100,000 subscribers. Vasel began publishing board game reviews in 2002 on BoardGameGeek, followed by YouTube, and his Dice Tower website. As of 2021, he has rated some 7000 games and expansions. His first board game review was for The Settlers of Canaan. Of his children, Jack Vasel was lost in 2011, resulting in Vasel to established the Jack Vasel Memorial Fund., an not-for-profit fund with the goal of raising and distributing funds to help gamers in their hour of need.Vasel was also the designer of the boardgame Vicious Fishes in 2010, and co-designer for the boardgame Nothing Personal in 2013.