Tom Filsinger (February 11, 1957— ) is a creator, author, professor, and entrepreneur. He has founded two companies, Filsinger Games and Filsinger Publishing.
Filsinger is the creator of Champions of the Galaxy and Legends of Wrestling role playing games. He is also a psychology professor and author of The Dark Menace of the Universe, a memoir and treatise on creativity.
Filsinger was born Savvas Athanasios Tsagarakis, a descendant of Greek immig...
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Tom Filsinger (February 11, 1957— ) is a creator, author, professor, and entrepreneur. He has founded two companies, Filsinger Games and Filsinger Publishing.
Filsinger is the creator of Champions of the Galaxy and Legends of Wrestling role playing games. He is also a psychology professor and author of The Dark Menace of the Universe, a memoir and treatise on creativity.
Filsinger was born Savvas Athanasios Tsagarakis, a descendant of Greek immigrants. His grandfather Tom Tsoulis and family came to America from Greece in 1917 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Tom Tsoulis' daughter Sophie married Christos Tsagarakis and bore a son, who was later to become known as Tom Filsinger. His father skipped town, reuniting with him only briefly 29 years later. His mother married Eugene Filsinger who later adopted her son, who changed his name to Tom Filsinger. In 1968, Tom's family moved to Lyndhurst, Ohio. Tom grew up with an interest in professional wrestling and comic books.
After graduating...
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