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Game industry veteran, entrepreneur, game media personality, and vocal enthusiast of the hobby game industry. Host of the long-running game industry podcast, Board Games Insider. Chairman, Play to Z Board, World Series of Board Gaming
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Co-Owner of “Play To Z” & “AboveBoardTV”, co-host of “Board Games Insider” podcast, and amazing person & friend, Corey Thompson now owns a part of Gen Con, the largest game convention in N. America! Congrats to Corey! This is great for attendees, exhibitors & sponsors, all of which Corey has been!

✨Tales of the Arabian Nights - 40th Anniversary Edition✨ Late Pledges now available for a limited time! And you get the Play To Z exclusive "Aladdin" Mini if you do! Check out this classic storytelling game here on Gamefound and consider at late backing! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Board Games Insider #354 - Predictions 2025! Our annual predictions episode is the most popular of the year. Who was the best Prognosticator of 2024? What are our predictions are for the hobby game industry in 2025? Watch (or listen wher you like to get your podcasts): youtu.be/8n50WzsQGsw?...

World Series of Board Gaming gives YOU a chance to win part of $250,000 in cash/prizes! Not sure if tournament gaming is for you? There's also Open Gaming (2500+ library), nightly entertainment, daily giveaways, celebrity games & more! Check this out! www.wsbgvegas.com?ref=Podfather

The Podfather Loves… Flip 7! This is a video in my very infrequently dropped series of games and things that I love. Come see why “The Podfather Loves…” this great, light, fun filler game! Also check out the first vid “The Podfather Loves: “Dune: War for Arrakis”! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

It's kinda true. #lotr @podfathergaming.bsky.social

Last 2 days to back “Tales of the Arabian Nights - 40th Anniversary Edition” - from Play To Z! 1600+ backers, $170k pledged, funded in 1 hour. This is one of my all-time favorite games, a classic storytelling game, back in an new edition! gamefound.com/en/projects/... @playtozgames.bsky.social

Great visit to Okatu Comics & Games to see my man, Roy Cannady! What a great store that he and Ruthie started! Great board game & anime merch! If you’re in the Miami, FL area, stop in! Roy looked great, and I was sporting my Play To Z Tee! :) @playtozgames.bsky.social

Come watch World Series of Board Gaming RING Winners Nick & Jonathan play Wondrous Creatures against Mike DiLisio! Can Mike, who’s played the game 100x beat “World Champions”? Let’s find out! www.youtube.com/live/Qbf_cVj... @thedicetower.bsky.social

World Series of Board Gaming LIVE Q&A on the Dice Tower Winter Spectacular! 9am ET: We’ll be discussing the WSBG and taking live questions in chat! The WSBG is Open Gaming, Nightly Entertainment, Massive Giveaways, and…  $250,000+++ in Cash & Prizes! www.youtube.com/live/Cl7bSj5...

Oh yeah… ❤️ icv2.com/articles/new... @playtozgames.bsky.social @shutupshow.bsky.social

It’s a wrap at #PAXUnplugged 2024 ! Great times with everyone, and great traffic in the @PlayToZGames booth especially after the fantastic news of the partnership with @ShutUpShow !

Great event by Shut Up & Sit Down at #PaxUnplugged 2024! And they announced the new partnership - and the first two games - with @playtozgames.bsky.social !

Excited to announce *Animal Rescue Team* co-designed with friend and real-life animal rescuer, Lisa Towell, coming next year from Play to Z. This will also be the first game in the SU&SD Presents line. Fun to work with Zev again; we first teamed up on a game called Pandemic back in 2007.

It’s all about friends - old & new - here at #PaxUnplugged 2024 !

Nervousness… Could be good!

Shut Up & Sit Down/Play To Z Announce Strategic Partnership “SU&SD Presents" spotlights the best new titles in modern board games. SU&SD will select designs and P2Z will publish these great games worldwide. Press Release: 1drv.ms/b/s!AlbwnZ8C... @shutupshow.bsky.social @playtozgames.bsky.social

It’s Friday morning… do you know where your #PAXUnplugged 2024 is? :) Let’s get this party started in a big way! Our first game: KMS Games: 'Jubensha' Murder Deduction Experience What is a “Jubensha” game? It is Werewolf meets Clue meets a LARP! www.dicebreaker.com/categories/r...

Come visit PLAY TO Z, booth 2647 at #PAXUnplugged 2024! Demo/selling YRO, Lynx, Kings Coalition & KaleiDOS! Speak to Zev about the “Tales of the Arabian Nights- 40th Anniversary Edition” campaign going on now! Click link to see the campaign! @playtozgames.bsky.social gamefound.com/en/projects/...

~1000 backers have pledged over $100,000 for: Tales of the Arabian Nights - 40th Anniversary Edition! Check out this classic storytelling game coming in an updated Limited Edition! Solo play, many additional story pages, and awesome upgraded components! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

The gaming will be great at #PAXUnplugged 2024, for sure… …but even before the gaming starts, you should enjoy the amazing Asian cuisine here in downtown Philly! Amazing location for this great convention! Try Tom’s Dim Sum (if you can get in!) and Pho Street!

Seeing great people early at #PaxUnplugged 2024! Fun time at Iron Hill Brewing last night w/Ramon, Sharon, Chris, Court, Danielle, …! Missed some pics, sadly. But, I did get that photo below from Corey who is not here *yet*. Looks like he’s been mugged in a dark alley. Sending help immediately. :)

En route to Philly for Pax-Unplugged… and some champagne in hand already! Who will we see there? #PaxUnplugged 2024

Tales of the Arabian Nights - 40th Anniversary Edition - has FUNDED in 65 minutes! <3 Come join the ~5000 Followers for the campaign, and see what this great game of storytelling is all about! gamefound.com/en/projects/... @playtozgames.bsky.social

Tales of the Arabian Nights - 40th Anniversary Edition - from @playtozgames.bsky.social! This is one of my all-time favorite games, a classic storytelling/paragraph game! Click below & sign up to be notified when this goes live on GameFound. Campaign starts tomorrow: gamefound.com/en/projects/...

“War of the Ring” - Final Table with LIVE commentary from the World Series of Board Gaming! Stephen Buonocore & Ira Fay provide move by move commentary on this EPIC final table to crown the World Champion of War of the Ring! youtu.be/YIqHpHU_a-U?...

Tales of the Arabian Nights - 40th Anniversary Edition - coming from Play to Z ! Click below to sign up to be notified when this goes live on GameFound! This is one of my favorite games, a paragraph game with great storytelling! @PlayToZgames.bluesky.social gamefound.com/en/projects/...