You see this to some extent in game series or with different perspectives on similar topics. But what would it look like to let each person pursue their own system/model around a unifying theme, with the purpose of creating discourse? I think it could be fascinating, if daunting for a publisher.
I’ve got my own ideas about where to start. This may be something I work toward over the next several years.
ATO magazine did this in a focused way with their 4 Roads to Moscow and 4 Roads to Paris issues. In each, they had 4 different designers design a game on the same topic. Operation Barbarossa in the first, the Fall of France 1940 in the latter.
Interesting! I was wondering if someone else had done it - I assumed but wasn’t aware. Thanks for sharing!