Ben Rosset posts about the design behind The Search for Lost Species (the Search for Planet X successor)

Did not expect the overall design to come together this quickly, and more importantly, that it took so long to even decide on the theme. That explains why it feels so "random" given the first one.

Though, reading the list of ideas, I can see why something like "Search for the Cure for Cancer" was not used (would age terribly), but searching for lost archeological places sounds still fun, especially if they would partner with Natural Geographic for it.

I'm tentatively excited to get this game, tbh. I haven't played it yet and from playing Planet X a lot I don't feel it needs a spatial board component, but reading about the design and the combinations now makes me at least want to try it out!