Alan R. Moon

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.
Career.
Alan R. Moon has worked as a game designer for Avalon Hill, Parker Brothers, and Ravensburger F.X. Schmid 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.