Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - October 2017

This month our roundup of favorite board game design tips and links includes advice for pitching to publishers and for publishing yourself, insights on game design theory, a way to get your design juices flowing and more.

theory:

• Ways to use asymmetry and variable player powers (audio)

process:

• A brainstorming exercise for creating a new board game

licensing:

• How to get a publisher's attention--a BoardGameGeek designers forum discussion

• How to make a game that stands out in the crowd

publishing:

• Lessons learned from a first-time designer/publisher

playtesting:

• “Even if you work alone, you *really* need blind playtesters who don’t care about your feelings. That’s how good games get made.” - Brandon Rollins

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ADVISERS: 421 Creations, Peter C. Hayward, Aaron Vanderbeek

SENIOR INVENTORS: Steven Cole, John du Bois, Chris and Kathy Keane (The Drs. Keane), Joshua J. Mills, Marcel Perro, Behrooz Shahriari, Shoot Again Games

JUNIOR INVENTORS: Ryan Abrams, Joshua Buergel, Luis Lara, Aidan Short, Jay Treat

ASSOCIATES: Robert Booth, Stephen B Davies, Scot Duvall, Doug Levandowski, Aaron Lim, Nathan Miller, Anthony Ortega, Mike Sette, Kasper Esven Skovgaard, Isaias Vallejo, Matt Wolfe

APPRENTICES: Darren Broad, Kiva Fecteau, Scott Gottreu, Nicole Kline, Scott Martel Jr., The Nerd Nighters, Neil Roberts, Marcus Ross, Sean Rumble, VickieGames