Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - November 2016

This month's list of excellent board game design links features advice for getting started, explanations of how the industry works, reminders about what to focus on, and more.

featured:

• The Compendium, a directory of more than 140 board game publishers: who's accepting submissions, what they're looking for, and how to contact them

process:

• Intro to board game design and development: basic principles (audio)

• 17 ways to start a game design

publishing:

• How to get your game into distribution

industry:

• Practical advice for moving into full-time board game work (audio)

theory:

• 10 designers offer advice for creating a card game

• On legacy game design (video)

• Real-time games: What design techniques work for this mechanism? What does it do to the player experience? (audio)

• “Whatever the players do the most in your game should be the most fun. Don’t relegate the best part to 5% of game time. Weave it throughout.” - Kevin Wilson

• “Designers, challenge yourself to streamline. Simplicity is harder than kitchen sink.” - Byron Collins

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