Eric B. Vogel
Eric B. Vogel is a clinical psychologist, a professor of psychology, and a game designer. Career. Professor of Psychology. As a Doctor of Psychology, Vogel was a professor at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California from 2002 to 2021. Since 2021 he has been a professor in the John F. Kennedy School of Psychology at National University in Pleasant Hill, California. He is the 2009 winner of the Eugene Benjamin Sagan award for Outstanding Teaching in Psychology. Game Designer. Vogel's game design career began in 2004 with Land of Psymon, a psychotherepeutic game intended  to teach children Cognitive behavioral therapy skills by showing them how to defend against psychological monsters ("psymon") that represent negative thinking and common cognitive distortions. In 2008, with the Cambria board game produced by Sandstorm Productions, Vogel began producing more mass-market releases. To date, his most successful has been The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game, which raised over a half-a-million dollars in a Kickstarter campaign. This was produced as part of an ongoing partnership with Evil Hat Productions that has resulted in several releases. In 2010, the Armorica card game was published in English. Eric B. Vogel