Thomas Foss is an avid miniatures gamer and figure painter, suave salonnier, erstwhile privateer, and a fine artist of no little talent. He is a major part of the creative team behind Flagship Games and designed all those very cool ironclad models amongst many others. He is the author of several sets of excellent rules, including Pirates!, Taiko!, Starship! and lots of other titles with exclamation marks. And all this in addition to his proper job. He seems to have some way of cramming 60 hours into every day.