Jeff Tidball is an Origins Award–winning game designer whose credits include Cthulhu 500, Cults Across America, and Pieces of Eight. He's served as the line developer for Ars Magica, Feng Shui, and Decipher's The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, and currently works as the senior developer and editor in Fantasy Flight Games's board and card games department. Jeff holds an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. He hopes you will use "AmeriTreasure" rather than "AmeriTrash" as a counterpoint description to "European" or "German," when speaking of board game styles.