Zev Shlasinger Suing Dan Yarrington for Fraud and Breach of Contract

On June 29, 2016, Zev Shlasinger and Paul Gerardi filed suit against Dan Yarrington and Myriad Games, Yarrington's game retail operation in New Hampshire, alleging that Yarrington committed "Fraud and Breach of Contract". (Shlasinger and Gerardi both formerly worked for Z-Man Games, with Shlasinger having founded Z-Man Games before selling it to Filosofia's Sophie Gravel in 2011; Shlasinger is currently employed by WizKids, and Yarrington owns Game Salute, but none of the game publishers listed here are involved with this lawsuit.) Here is Shlasinger's summary of the case:

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ZaP’D Games LLC was formed by Zev Shlasinger, Paul Gerardi, and Dan Yarrington/Myriad Games LLC in order to open a retail game store on Staten Island, NY. The store opened in January 2013, but closed 15 months later.

ZaP’D Games, LLC alleges that the store closed due to its partner, Dan Yarrington, committing Fraud and Breach of Contract.

Yarrington is being sued in US District Court in the District of New Hampshire.

Here are two news articles from January 2013 about the opening of the game store in Staten Island — one from DNAinfo and the other from SILive, with both referring to the store as "Myriad Games", as does the Yelp listing.

Here is the amended complaint filed in US District Court on July 8, 2016. (The initial complaint listed only Shlasinger and Gerardi as plaintiffs and Yarrington as defendant, but the complaint was amended to include ZaP'D Games as plaintiff and Myriad Games as defendant.)

Dan Yarrington has issued the following response to Shlasinger's publicizing of the lawsuit, noting: "We are unable to comment further at this time as this is ongoing litigation."

[Disclosure: I know all parties involved and have emailed Shlasinger and Yarrington multiple times to request information about games and publishing. I used to shop at Myriad Games when I lived in New Hampshire, and Yarrington approached me with an employment opportunity in 2010 after BoardgameNews.com, the site I formerly edited, imploded. Game Salute, Z-Man Games, and WizKids all have business relationships with BoardGameGeek, but I'm not involved with those relationships in any way and try to know as little about such activities as possible. —WEM]

Zev Shlasinger Suing Dan Yarrington for Fraud and Breach of Contract

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