Ted Alspach

Ted Alspach

Ted Alspach is the author of more than 30 books on graphics, publishing and the web. He is best known for his Adobe Illustrator-related books, including "Illustrator for Dummies" and the best-selling "Illustrator Bible" series. Other books he has written include "Photoshop Complete", "Microsoft Bob", "Internet E-mail Quick Tour", "Acrobat Visual Quickstart Guide", and "PageMaker Visual Quickstart Guide". Ted was employed by Adobe Systems as Group Product Manager for Adobe Illustrator and the Creative Suite from 1999-2006.

Ted Alspach is the creator of the online and print comic strip "Board 2 Pieces", which is a humorous slant on boardgaming told by the game pieces themselves. The comic appears twice a week at Boardgamenews.com [http://www.boardgamenews.com] since 2006, and previously appeared in a larger format each issue of "Knucklebones" magazine [http://www.k-bones.com] .

Ted Alspach is the designer of the strategy game "Seismic" [http://www.atlas-games.com/seismic] , published by Atlas Games, 2006, in which players lay tiles and claim highways in an attempt to create as many completed highway segments before the end of the game, avoiding periodic earthquake activity; the game "Rapscallion" which allows players to form the best possible poker hand by bidding for playing cards with bidding cards; "Start Player" published by Bezier Games, Z-Man Games and daVinci games, which is a set of cards for selecting who goes first in the next game, and "Ted Alspach's Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition" from Bezier Games which is a comprehensive werewolf-themed party game for up to 65 players. Ted has also designed expansions for the popular "Age of Steam" board game, including "1830"'s "Pennsylvania" and "Northern California", "Mississippi Steamboats & Golden Spike", "Soul Train & Disco Inferno", "America & Europe", "Barbados & St. Lucia", "Jamaica & Puerto Rico", "Vermont, New Hampshire & Central New England", "Secret Blueprints of Steam plans 1&2", and "Essen Spiel 2008 Limited Edition & Secret Blueprints of Steam plan #3".

External links

* [http://www.board2pieces.com "Board 2 Pieces" homepage]


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