Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Vasel
Meets . http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2011/01/you-can-help-raise-funds-for-the-dice-towers-vasel-family/ This piece on Wired.com starts with "If you like board games, you’ve probably seen (or at least heard of) Tom Vasel." Then there were http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/11/jack-vasel-auction/ this other one from Wired (which also http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2011/05/yomi-%E2%80%94-card-based-dueling-packs-a-punch/ uses him as a source). Then http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/30/cardboard-children-tom-vasel/ Rock Paper Shotgun (which also makes frequent mention of him and his reviews in their Cardboard Children series, e.g. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/02/cardboard-children-board-game-news/ "the great Tom Vasel" http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/04/08/cardboard-children-rabs-top-50-intro/ here, http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/18/cardboard-children-caverna-goty2013/ "my favourite board game reviewer", http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/11/cardboard-children-looking-ahead/ here, http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12/13/the-12-board-games-of-christmas-day-two/ "my hero Tom Vasel"), http://www.scottking.info/blog/2014/01/08/tom-vassel-interview/ This profile at scottking.info. The kickstarter for his 10th season https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomvasel/the-dice-tower-2014-season-10 brought in 134k. There seems to be an unusual level of respect and adoration for this guy (I'd never heard of him), and I'm not going to link to a ton of unreliable sources but many small gaming sites seem to treat his reviews as an event (like that food/arts critic who has a big influence on the success or failure of a restaurant or play). That's the impression I'm getting anyway. It's not entirely clear to me whether it should be The Dice Tower or Vasel with the WP article, but it can always be moved to the former. --&mdash
— User:Rhododendrites, 20:34, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)