right|thumb|200px|Moon's Santa Fe Rails in play.
Alan R. Moon (born 18 November 1951) is a British game designer best known for creating the turn-based strategy game Ticket to Ride. 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
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.