Cedric Okonkwo

Board game historian who can trace the lineage of any worker-placement mechanism back to its ur-source and will do so whether you want him to or not. Cedric spent a decade in museum curation before realizing that the most interesting artifacts were the ones people were still fighting over on Tuesday nights. His deep dives into design genealogy have made him the person publishers quietly consult when they're worried about accusations of 'borrowing' mechanics.