 He is the author of a patent for vector-based flares, written while he was at Adobe.He, along with his wife Toni Alspach, run Bezier Games, Inc., which publishes titles from Ted Alspach as well as other designers, including Tom Lehmann, Freidemann Friese, Scott Caputo, and Rob Daviau.Ted Alspach's Werewords was nominated for the 2019 Spiel des Jahres.