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.