The best games by Alan R. Moon 👨 2021
Looking for a really good game from game designer Alan R. Moon 👨? Then we have just the thing: the list with the best Alan R. Moon games 2021.
Who is Alan R. Moon anyway?
Alan R. Moon has been designing dice, card & board games since 1981. The game designer hails from Southampton, England🏴, Great Britain🇬🇧, was born in 1951 and currently lives in New York, USA🇺🇸. He is also known as Alan Moon.
Initially only marginally successful
Moon's first game was Black Spy (later re-released as Black Spy), inspired by the classic card game Hearts. He developed Black Spy in 1981 at the age of 30 - so he's been designing games for over 40 years.
Attention from Germany
His first game to get at least some attention was Airlines), published by the German company ABACUSSPIELE in 1990. Alan R. Moon then worked as a game designer for The Avalon Hill Game Co, Parker Brothers and Ravensburger and F.X. Schmid USA respectively.
In 1990 he founded his own publishing company, White Wind, and ran it with little success until 1997.Meanwhile Moon publishes his games through other companies, such as Ravensburger or Days of Wonder.
Famous for German-games Style
He is generally considered one of the most important designers of German-style board games. Many of his games can be seen as board game variations of the Travelling Salesman problem.
Famous Moon games are for example Ticket to Ride, Diamant or Elfenland.
2 times Spiel des Jahres winner
Alan has been a full-time freelance game designer since 2000 and has created dozens of games. Moon has twice won the Game of the Year award, 1998 for Elfenland and 2004 for Ticket to Ride. Ticket to Ride has won him several dozen other awards worldwide.
How good are "Alan R. Moon" games?
There are 10 games by Alan R. Moon included in our list of the best board games, making Moon the 15th best game author out of 708 authors in our database.
More information about Moon
More information about Moon can be found on Moon's BGG profile and the Wikipedia contribution for Moon.
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List of the best games by Alan R. Moon 👨 2021
In this list we have listed the best board games that Alan R. Moon either designed himself - or where he was involved in the design.
Unfortunately, not all games by Alan R. Moon are available anymore. In the following list you can find all dice, board & card games by Alan R. Moon which can be bought 2021:
Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries
2 - 3 Players
30 - 60 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries
Ticket to Ride: Europe
Nominated for 4 awards and won 2.
More details for Ticket to Ride: Europe2 - 5 Players
30 - 60 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: easy
😕 Questionable price31€ at.de
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride: Europe
Ticket to Ride
2 - 5 Players
30 - 60 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride: London
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Ticket to Ride: London2 - 4 Players
10 - 15 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride: London
Diamant
3 - 8 Players
30 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: very easy
🔥 Great price!42€ at.de
Ticket to Ride: New York
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Ticket to Ride: New York2 - 4 Players
10 - 15 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride: New York
Ticket to Ride: Germany
2 - 5 Players
30 - 60 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride: Germany
Ticket to Ride: Märklin
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Ticket to Ride: Märklin2 - 5 Players
30 - 60 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride: Märklin
Zug um Zug: Deutschland
2 - 5 Players
30 - 60 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: easy
Ticket to Ride: First Journey (U.S.)
Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.
More details for Ticket to Ride: First Journey (U.S.)2 - 4 Players
15 - 30 Minutes
6+ years old
Complexity: very easy
💸 Too expensive!27€ at.de
Airlines Europe
Nominated for 6 awards and won 1.
More details for Airlines Europe2 - 5 Players
75 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: easy
Ticket to Ride: First Journey (Europe)
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Ticket to Ride: First Journey (Europe)2 - 4 Players
15 - 30 Minutes
6+ years old
Complexity: easy
💸 Too expensive!27€ at.de
Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails
2 - 5 Players
60 - 120 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!69€ at.de
Video reviews for Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails
10 Days in Europe
2 - 4 Players
20 - 30 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for 10 Days in Europe
10 Days in Asia
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for 10 Days in Asia2 - 4 Players
25 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: very easy
Ticket to Ride: Amsterdam
2 - 4 Players
10 - 15 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: easy
Union Pacific
2 - 6 Players
90 Minutes
12+ years old
Complexity: medium
10 Days in Africa
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for 10 Days in Africa2 - 4 Players
20 - 30 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: very easy
10 Days in the Americas
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for 10 Days in the Americas2 - 4 Players
20 - 30 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for 10 Days in the Americas
10 Days in the USA
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for 10 Days in the USA2 - 4 Players
30 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for 10 Days in the USA
San Marco
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for San Marco3 - 4 Players
90 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: medium
Elfenland
2 - 6 Players
60 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!17€ at.de
King's Breakfast
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for King's Breakfast3 - 5 Players
15 Minutes
7+ years old
Complexity: very easy
💸 Too expensive!15€ at.de
Elfenroads
2 - 6 Players
45 - 90 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: easy
Gloria Picktoria
2 - 5 Players
45 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: very easy
🔥 Great price!15€ at.de
Isla Dorada
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Isla Dorada3 - 6 Players
60 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: easy
Black Spy
3 - 6 Players
45 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: very easy
💸 Too expensive!16€ at.de
Oasis
3 - 5 Players
60 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: easy
10 Tage durch Deutschland
2 - 4 Players
30 Minutes
8+ years old
Complexity: very easy
Elfenroads
2 - 6 Players
120 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: medium
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