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Eric B. Vogel

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Eric B. Vogel is a clinical psychologist, a professor of psychology, and a game designer.

Eric B. Vogel
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer

Career

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Professor of Psychology

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As a Doctor of Psychology, Vogel was a professor at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California from 2002 to 2021.[1] Since 2021 he has been a professor in the John F. Kennedy School of Psychology at National University[2] in Pleasant Hill, California, and since 2023 he has been a professor in the California Northstate University College of Psychology in Rancho Cordova, California.[3] He is the 2009 winner of the Eugene Benjamin Sagan award for Outstanding Teaching in Psychology.[4] His research has been published in the Journal of Phenomenological Psychology[5] [6]and The International Journal of Sport Psychology.[7]

Game Designer

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Vogel's game design career began in 2004 with Land of Psymon published by The Creative Therapy Store, a psychotherapeutic 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.[8] The Spanish edition, El Planeta di los Psimon was published by TEA in 2010.[9]

He subsequently switched from designing psychotherapeutic board games to tabletop hobby games. To date, his most successful game has been The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game, which raised over a half-a-million dollars in a Kickstarter campaign. The game won the 2018 Silver ENnie for Best RPG Related Product.[10] This was produced as part of an ongoing partnership with Evil Hat Productions that has resulted in several releases.[11]: 323  The Dresden Files has had 5 published expansions,[12] as well as an electronic version by Hidden Achievement released for Android, IOS, Kindle, Mac, Nintendo Switch, and Windows.[13]

His other published games include: Cambria[14] and Hibernia[15] published in 2011 by Closet Nerd Games, Romans Go Home[16] published in 2014 by Lui-Meme, Zeppelin Attack[17] published in 2014 by Evil Hat Productions, Don't Turn Your Back[18] published in 2015 by Evil Hat Productions, Kaiju Incorporated[19] published in 2016 by Evil Hat Productions, Kitara[20] published in 2020 by Iello, and First Empires[21] published in 2022 by Sand Castle Games. Kitara won the 2021 UK Games Expo Best New Boardgame American-Style Judge's Award and People's Choice.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "JFK School of Law: Online Juris Doctor Program | NU". Archived from the original on 2013-01-26.
  2. ^ "Eric Vogel".
  3. ^ "Faculty".
  4. ^ "Eric B. Vogel, Psy.D." Archived from the original on January 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Volume 46 Issue 2 (2015)".
  6. ^ Townsell, Ania; Vogel, Eric B.; McLean, Alvin (2021). "Black Men's Experience of Police Harassment: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study". Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. 52: 96–117. doi:10.1163/15691624-12341385. S2CID 238720603.
  7. ^ m. Casuga, S.; b. Vogel, E.; Pope-Rhodius, A. "A qualitative content analysis of the Bahala na attitude in Filipino elite athletes". International Journal of Sport Psychology. 48 (4): 419–434.
  8. ^ Eric B. Vogel (2004), Land of Psymon, WPS The Creative Therapy Store
  9. ^ "El Planeta de los Psimon".
  10. ^ "2018 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards". Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  11. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '00s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-087-8.
  12. ^ "Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game".
  13. ^ "Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game". dfco.hiddenachievement.com.
  14. ^ "Cambria".
  15. ^ "Hibernia".
  16. ^ "Romans Go Home!".
  17. ^ "Zeppelin Attack!".
  18. ^ "Don't Turn Your Back".
  19. ^ "Kaiju Incorporated: The Card Game".
  20. ^ "Kitara".
  21. ^ "First Empires".
  22. ^ "Award Winners UK Games Expo 2021".
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