141: Good/bad second-edition board games, designing from theme up (guest: designer Ben Rosset)
We were thrilled to meet Ben Rosset , co-designer of our favorite deduction games The Search for Planet X and The Search for Lost Species (as well as the classic Between Two Cities ), at Gen Con 2024 . Find out why that first meeting was ridiculous (in our eyes), what's Ben's creative process on his deeply thematic designs, and how we feel about the various types of second-edition board games. Timeline: 2:58 - Christina's game pick: Kronologic: Paris 1920. 9:58 - Shoe's game pick: Sacred Valley. 14:58 - Ben's game pick: Century: Spice Road/Golem Edition. 23:05 - Going Analog's topic: designing board games around interesting themes. 34:13 - Ben's topic: the good and bad of second editions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices