Alan R. Moon

Alan R. Moon
Alan R. Moon playing his game, Ticket to Ride at Origins, 5 July 2007
Born	Alan R. Moon November 18, 1951 Southampton, England
Nationality	American
Occupation	Board Game Designer
Known for	Ticket to Ride
Website	http://www.alanrmoon.com/

Alan R. Moon (born 18 November 1951) is an author of board games, born in Southampton, England, and currently living in the United States. 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 has worked as a game designer for Avalon Hill, Parker Brothers, and Ravensburger F.X. Schimd USA. His first published game was Black Spy (Avalon Hill, 1981), inspired by the classic card game, Hearts. But his first game that got him attention was Airlines, published by the German company Abacus in 1990. He started his own publishing company, White Wind in 1990 and ran it until 1997. He now publishes his games through other companies, such as Ravensburger and Days of Wonder.

Since 2000, Alan has been a full-time freelance game designer, with dozens of games to his credit. 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.