Ways to keep players engaged in your game–and ways not to:

http://nothingsacredgames.com/?p=828

“Don’t just come up with a bunch of ideas and then never get to playing them. Designers, real designers, make playable games.”

— Jeremiah Lee (@Jeremiah042)

The Ludology podcast discusses negotiation in board games:

http://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-episode-52-let-s-make-a-deal

Misunderstanding rules during the first play–useful for making your own game’s rules clearer:

http://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1az0t3/what_has_been_your_biggest_misunderstanding_of/

HT @RubyCowGames

Pixel Lincoln Bicycle Playing Cards Design Challenge

Deadline: April 15

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/springboard/pixel-lincoln-bicycle-playing-cards/posts/432548

allthingsboardgames:

Here is a Sunday special. Dr. Richard Garfield talking on Skill Vs. Luck in games. 

When to end it!

bdistracted:

bdistracted:

Before it is boring

If anyone has played any board games then the odds are they’ve been here before. The game starts out decently fun, but then time progresses and peoples eyes glaze over, no one is interested anymore. What happened?

Well, for me there…

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A mobile app to make prototype cards on the go:

http://fischer.tumblr.com/post/45912282322/prototyping-is-key

Some simple steps to keep your ideas flowing:

http://bdistracted.net/2013/03/20/making-the-game

A look at the successful Dungeon Roll Kickstarter campaign, and some lessons to take away from it:

http://www.stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter-retrospective-1-what-you-can-learn-from-dungeon-rolls-success/

How to keep your game’s play time under control:

http://nothingsacredgames.com/?p=813

How to handle critical feedback from playtesters:

http://bdistracted.net/2013/03/19/taking-criticism/

Getting past your moments of doubt: advice from the BoardGameGeek designers forum:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/948875/having-a-moment-of-doubt

The Long View podcast discusses abstract games:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7601097/podcasts/LongView/ConnCon2013.mp3

Luke Warren of NorthStar Games (@NorthStarGames) joins the On Board Games podcast (@OnBoardGames) to discuss what makes a good party game:

http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/obg-103-people-in-the-party

Networking in the board game industry, on the Plaid Hat Podcast (@PlaidHatGames):

http://www.plaidhatgames.com/podcast/85

Some of the tricks that co-ops use to make the players make mistakes:

http://3dtotalgames.com/making-you-make-mistakes/

Discussion: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/948057/making-players-make-mistakes

Using Facebook Promotions to get your posts noticed:

http://bellwethergames.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/218-use-facebook-to-promote-my-game.html

How to run a solo playtest–and why you should:

http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/16708/advice-for-beginning-designers-what-you-need-to-do

How to set yourself up for rapid prototyping–and why you should:

http://exampleofplay.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/game-design-secrets-3-rapid-prototyping/