Russell Ahlstrom
Russell grew up board gaming with his family. Every Christmas, he, his brothers, sisters, and mom would play Risk. The result almost every year was mom winning after the boys weakened themselves attacking each other. In college, Russell found himself searching for board games that played well with two. He found the Geek and was soon placing order after order for board games amassing a collection of over 380 games so far. Now, he's in charge of bringing home new board games for the family to play each Thanksgiving and Christmas. Russell also enjoys playing board games with his wife and looks forward to when he has kids old enough to play games with and continue on the game tradition—just with better games.
Russell is a professional web developer currently working for the largest News Media website in the state of Utah. Previously, he has worked for a large internet advertising, lead generation, and marketing company in sunny California and as a professional programmer and teacher at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He loves programming and considers it a form of creation as beautiful, unique, and creative as other arts.
