All downtime isn’t equal: considering the differences between dead time, plan time, and rest time:

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/09/15/downtime-chat-allowing-for-social-interaction-in-board-games-topic-discussion/

Tips for organizing your game’s files before submitting them to the manufacturer:

https://www.bodagames.com/2026/09/15/how-to-submit-artwork-files-for-board-game-manufacturing/

Expansions for successful board games: designing them, working on them for publishers, players’ views, and more:

https://faidutti.com/blog/blog/2026/09/08/les-extensionsexpansions/

Thoughts on various indie game markets from a designer who has attended all of them: customer traffic, sales, game types that do well, and more:

https://bsky.app/profile/chris.eternalstudios.com/post/3mv4psfzark2c

Common pitfalls that end up costing board game designers money—and how to avoid them (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In_inMNnaU0

3 elements that make a board game’s text more easily distinguishable: typography, text size, and color contrast:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/17349/blogpost/190477/3-elements-that-improve-distinguishability-in-boar

Thoughts on how board games function as an artistic medium, with their mechanisms as a form of expression:

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/09/08/artistic-board-games-how-board-games-are-more-than-visually-pleasing-topic-discussion/

6 types of playtesting, their pros and cons, and when to use each one (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuN_lu9O9RY

Got an idea for a board game? Here’s why you need to create a minimally viable prototype right away (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UTwvP2eIU0

Rolling, re-rolling, and locking: variations on the Yahtzee dice-rolling mechanic in both classic and modern games:

https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/rolling-and-locking

This panel discussion featuring game designers and developers covers the difference between design and development, how they incorporate narrative into games, and where they draw inspirations from (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FaAwCn2eDM

Our 2026 reports on publishing contracts are out! Industry standards to know before signing:

💵 Part 1: advances, credit, creative control

🎲 Part 2: royalties, designer copies, promotion

🌏 Part 3: co-publishing, extra royalties, rights reversion

https://cardboardedison.com/reports

A strategy for building an audience for your games, beyond just asking them to sign up to your newsletter for product updates:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/build-an-audience-have-something-to-say/

How to grade board game publisher licensing contracts and the terms contained within them (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky1RyAbgCcc

This site aggregates more than 500,000 public-domain images from museums around the world:

https://fineartfree.com/

How some modern trick-taking games play with the genre’s mechanisms while keeping the characteristics that have made such games so long-lasting:

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/08/25/magic-tricks-what-makes-trick-taking-games-great-topic-discussion/

Two videos on some common ways designers measure success—and the shortcomings of judging yourself by them:

money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akFAULsLKOs

acclaim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNXrIjCTGec

What to do to prepare for the final week of a crowdfunding campaign:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/the-last-week-of-your-kickstarter-campaign/

Lessons learned co-designing games with around 30 other designers:

https://www.wericmartin.com/co-designing-lessons-for-tabletop-games/

Board game design basics: defining your goals, restrictions, the iterative design process, qualities of good games, taking feedback, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAiCR1XVe68