He is primarily known for founding Z-Man Games, which became the publisher of the Pandemic series of board games, as well as being the sole publisher for the English editions of popular Eurogames, such as Carcassonne and Terra Mystica.
"[5] In 1994, Shlasinger wrote the script for the murder mystery movie Playback.
From there, Shlasinger's company published other CCGs such as WWF Raw Deal,[7] and became the English-language licensee of several popular Eurogames.
[10] In 2009, Shlasinger was the Special Guest at UK Games Expo in Birmingham.
[11] In 2011, Sophie Gravel, owner of Quebec-based publisher/distributor Filosofia, bought Z-Man Games,[12] and Shlasinger left in 2016,[13] to join WizKids as Head of Board Game Operations.