Zev Shlasinger
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Zev Shlasinger | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Game designer |
Zev Shlasinger is a scriptwriter,
Early life
Zev Shlasinger became interested in board games and
Screenwriter
After school, Shlasinger turned to screenwriting, creating the script for Flesh-Eating Mothers,[2] a horror movie in which a virus turns suburban housewives into cannibals. Critics generally panned the movie and the script with comments like "amateurish",[3] "knowingly bad script",[4] and "So woodenly acted and scripted that gore scenes are laughable rather than frightening."[5]
In 1994, Shlasinger wrote the script for the murder mystery movie Playback.[6]
Z-Man Games
In 2000, Shlasinger founded Z-Man Games, primarily to republish the discontinued collectible card game (CCG) Shadowfist. From there, Shlasinger's company published other CCGs such as WWF Raw Deal,[7] and became the English-language licensee of several popular Eurogames.[8]
Z-Man Games became the publisher of the Pandemic series of games in 2008, which subsequently won the 2009 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game,[9] as well as being a finalist for the 2009 Spiel des Jahres.[10]
In 2009, Shlasinger was the Special Guest at UK Games Expo in Birmingham.[11]
In 2011, Sophie Gravel, owner of Quebec-based publisher/distributor Filosofia, bought Z-Man Games,[12] and Shlasinger left in 2016,[13] to join WizKids as Head of Board Game Operations.[14]
References
- ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
- ^ Lentz, Harris M. (1994). Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film and Television Credits. Jefferson NC: McFarland. p. 437.
- ^ Maxford, Howard (1997). The A–Z of Horror Movies. Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press. p. 9.
- ^ Willis, Donald C. (1997). Horror and Science Fiction Films IV. Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 177.
- ^ Variety's Film Reviews< Volume 20, 1987-1988. New York: R.R. Bowker. 1991. p. 602.
- ^ "Playback". IMDB. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ "Inquisition". Inquest Gamer. No. 80. December 2001. p. 20.
- ^ "Interview with Zev Shlasinger". Brettspillguiden. 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ "Golden Geek Awards 2009 - And the Winners Are... | BGG". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "Pandemie". Spiel des Jahres. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ "UK Game Expo 2009". Signs & Portents. No. 68. May 2009. p. 77.
- ^ "Filosofia buys Z-Man Games". Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ^ "Zev Leaving Z-Man | Dice Tower News". www.dicetowernews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-19.
- ^ "Zev Shlasinger Joins WizKids".