Jasper

Jasper Burch was gaming before he could talk. He climbed the kindergarten tic-tac-toe rankings, was a powerhouse at Pogs, held his own at Hero Quest and only slightly fudged his character creation rolls in D&D. A passion for gaming has stayed with him into his adult life where he regularly squares off in Magic: The Gathering and an array of board games. He prefers elegance of rules and design over layers of complexity, but isn't averse to the occasional Euro, or fiddly engine builder.

Professionally Jasper has spent the past decade and a half on Wall Street both at bulge bracket banks, and hedge funds as an analyst and trader. He has always had a number of passion projects in creative fields, from writing Magic: The Gathering strategy articles, to designing games, and penning a few unpublished novels.

Pine Island Games is a formalization of this creative drive.

Chelsea

Chelsea didn’t grow up in a gaming family, but ever since she can remember she has been living in her own imagined worlds. That passion propelled her into a career in acting at the age of seven - when she scored a national spot in a Lazy Boy commercial. She hasn’t looked back, and more recently has portrayed a murdered call girl and a jealous girlfriend.

Her passion for gaming (or as she puts it winning) came later in life. Chelsea prefers medium weight strategy games and social games. You can find her playing the part of a train tycoon, arguing over what fits in what category, and making some questionable choices in madlib type games.

Outside of gaming and acting Chelsea is a true crime aficionado, trash reality tv enthusiast, and a master of sudoku. Perhaps most importantly, she is an animal lover and volunteers with a local rescue.