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American Legion Hall - Wham Board Games

Tom Wham is best known for creating whimsical board games that feature his unique artwork.  However, his first design credit is actually a miniatures wargame called “Ironclad”, with Don Lowry, in 1973.

Tom worked for Guidon Games when Gary Gygax asked him to run the auction at Gen Con® IV.  A few years later, in 1977, Tom came to work at TSR, Inc.  Tom held many positions with TSR over the years, from general office support, to manager of the Dungeon Hobby Shop.  He contributed to many projects, including artwork for the AD&D® Monster Manual, and published several games in Dragon Magazine.

His game design credits include: Snit Smashing, Snit’s Revenge, Awful Green Things from Outer Space, Kings & Things, Feudality, and Dragon Lairds with James M. Ward (a game much enjoyed by Gary, Ernie, and Luke Gygax over the years). Tom continues to design games under the banner of Tom Wham Games with his business partner, Dave Conant - releasing Battling Space Ships, Moose Quest, Felithian Finance, Felithian Factories, and General Palmer: Railroading in the Rockies with more planned soon.

Tom Wham served honorably in the United States Navy for 4 years.  He is a Vietnam War veteran that served aboard a communications vessel in the Gulf of Tonkin.  After many years as an technology specialist at the Lake Geneva Library, he retired in 2003.