Alan R. Moon (born 18 November 1951) is an author of board games, born in Southampton, England. He is generally considered to be one of the foremost designers of German-style board games. Many of his games can be seen as board game variations on the travelling salesman problem.
Alan R. Moon | |
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 Alan R. Moon playing his game, Ticket to Ride at Origins, 5 July 2007 | |
| Born | Alan R. Moon November 18, 1951 |
| Occupation | Board Game Designer |
| Known for | Ticket to Ride |
| Website | http://www.alanrmoon.com/ |
Career
editMoon has worked as a game designer for Avalon Hill, Parker Brothers, and Ravensburger F.X. Schmid USA.[1] His first published game was Black Spy (Avalon Hill, 1981), inspired by the classic card game, Hearts.[1] But his first game that got him attention was Airlines, published by the German company Abacus in 1990.[1] He started his own publishing company, White Wind in 1990 and ran it until 1997.[1] He now publishes his games through other companies, such as Ravensburger and Days of Wonder.
Since 2000, Moon has been a full-time freelance game designer, with dozens of games to his credit.[1] Moon has won the Spiel des Jahres award twice, for Elfenland in 1998 and for Ticket to Ride in 2004; Ticket to Ride has won almost two dozen other awards worldwide.[1]
Selected list of games
edit- a full list is available from Moon's website in the external links section.
- Capitol with Aaron Weissblum (2001, Spiel des Jahres nominated, Deutscher Spiele Preis 5th place)
- Das Amulett with Aaron Weissblum (2001, Spiel des Jahres nominated, Deutscher Spiele Preis 10th place)
- Diamant with Bruno Faidutti (2005)
- Down with the King with Glenn and Kenneth Rahman (1981)
- Elfenland (1998, Spiel des Jahres winner, Deutscher Spiele Preis 3rd place)
- Get the Goods with Mick Ado (1990, Spiel des Jahres nominated, Deutscher Spiele Preis 4th)
- San Marco (2001, Spiel des Jahres nominated, Deutscher Spiele Preis 7th place)
- Ticket to Ride (2004, Spiel des Jahres winner)
- Union Pacific (1999, Spiel des Jahres nominated, Deutscher Spiele Preis 3rd place)
See also
edit- Going Cardboard (Documentary)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Moon, Alan R. (2007). "Descent". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 77–80. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.