Bomb Busters Designer Explains Turning Luck Into Deduction at CEDEC 2026
At CEDEC 2026, designer Hisashi Hayashi detailed how his cooperative board game Bomb Busters evolved from a pure-luck concept into a deduction game. Hayashi, who won the 2025 Spiel des Jahres, the first for a Japanese designer, explained the design process and the recent trend toward cooperative games among award winners.