As a Doctor of Psychology, Vogel was a professor at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California from 2002 to 2021.
[7] 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.
[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.
Kitara won the 2021 UK Games Expo Best New Boardgame American-Style Judge's Award and People's Choice.