Board game and collectable miniatures specialist WizKids has rehired former marketing associate Vee Mus'e as a senior marketing and communications manager at the company.
Zev Shlasinger, the founder of original Pandemic publisher Z-Man Games, is leaving his role as director of board game development at WizKids after seven years with the business.
Games grappling with subjects including Indian revolutionaries fighting the British Raj and the moral dilemmas of enslaved textile workers in colonial Mexico are among the nominees for the second Zenobia Award, which looks to shine a light on diverse historical game designs from creators in marginalised groups.
The Diana Jones Award Committee has revealed the four latest winners of its emerging designer program, who will each receive a $6,500 prize package that includes an all-expenses trip to Gen Con.
Few people in the modern board game industry can boast a career as long and storied as Zev Shlasinger. After launching Z-Man Games 25 years ago, he found huge success bringing games such as Agricola to the US market - as well as signing one of the biggest board games of all time in 2008's Pandemic. After leaving his seven-year role as director of board games at Wizkids last June, Shlasinger wasted no time launching a new publishing house, Play to Z Games, and the company launched its first offering onto Kickstarter at the end of February - marking the first time Shlasinger had dipped his toes into crowdfunding. He tells BoardGameWire how he approached the campaign, lessons learned and what he plans to do next.
Z-Man Games founder Zev Shlasinger has teamed with fellow board game industry veterans including Stronghold Games founder Stephen Buonocore to launch a new publishing house called Play to Z.