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Ted Alspach is a board-game designer and 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. He 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 appeared twice a week at www.opinionatedgamers.com from 2010 to 2012. From 2006-through 2010, it appeared on Boardgamenews.com〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= How to Read Board 2 Pieces )〕 and previously appeared in a larger format each issue of ''Knucklebones'' magazine (before it closed). Ted Alspach is the designer of the strategy game ''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, BeWitched Spiele 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. ''Beer & Pretzels'' from Bezier Games was released in October 2009, a beer & pretzels-style game where players toss coasters onto a table for money. ''Ultimate Werewolf: Compact Edition'' was published in early 2010, which is a single-deck version of ''Ultimate Werewolf'' that supports up to 34 players. ''Ultimate Werewolf: Classic Movie Monsters'' was also published in early 2010 as an expansion for ''Ultimate Werewolf''. Announced for October 2010: ''Perpetual-Motion Machine'', a card game where players construct an efficiency engine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Perpetual-Motion Machine )〕 He has also designed expansions for the popular ''Age of Steam and Steam'' board games, including ''1830s ''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'', ''Essen Spiel 2008 Limited Edition & Secret Blueprints of Steam plan #3'', ''Alabama Railways, Antebellum Louisiana & Four Corners'', ''1867 Georgia Reconstruction, South Carolina & Oklahoma Land Rush'', and ''Beer & Pretzels: The Train Game Expansion''. ==Book list== The following are the books written by Ted Alspach, including original publication date (English versions only): *Macworld Illustrator 5.0/5.5 Bible ''1994'' *The Complete Idiot's Guide to QuarkXPress ''1994'' *The Complete Idiot's Guide to Photoshop ''1994'' *Microsoft Bob ''1995'' *Internet E-Mail Quick Tour ''1995'' *The Mac Internet Tour Guide ''1995'' *Macworld Illustrator 6 Bible ''1996'' *Official Kai's Power Tools Studio Secrets ''1996'' *The Complete Idiot's Guide to Word on the Macintosh ''1996'' *Photoshop 4 Complete ''1997'' *The Complete Idiot's Guide to PageMaker ''1997'' *Acrobat 3 Visual QuickStart Guide ''1997'' *Illustrator Filter Finesse ''1997'' *Illustrator 7 Bible ''1997'' *PageMaker 6.5 for Windows Visual QuickStart Guide ''1997'' *PageMaker 6.5 for Macintosh Visual QuickStart Guide ''1997'' *ImageReady Visual QuickStart Guide ''1998'' *Illustrator Effects Magic ''1998'' *PhotoDeluxe 2 Visual QuickStart Guide ''1998'' *Illustrator 7 Studio Secrets ''1998'' *Illustrator 8 Bible ''1998'' *PageMaker 6.5 Plus for Windows Visual QuickStart Guide ''1999'' *PDF with Acrobat 4 Visual QuickStart Guide ''1999'' *PhotoDeluxe Home Edition 4 for Windows Visual QuickStart Guide ''2000'' *Illustrator 9 for Dummies ''2000'' *Illustrator 9 Bible ''2000'' *PageMaker 7 for Windows and Macintosh Visual QuickStart Guide ''2001'' *Illustrator 10 Bible ''2002'' *Illustrator CS for Dummies ''2003'' *Illustrator CS Bible ''2003'' *Illustrator CS2 Bible ''2005'' *Illustrator CS3 Bible ''2007'' *Illustrator CS4 for Dummies ''2008'' *Illustrator CS4 Bible ''2008'' *Illustrator CS5 Bible ''2010'' *Board 2 Pieces: Of Dice and Meeples ''2011'' *Board 2 Pieces: Something Smells Gamey ''2011'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ted Alspach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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