The benefits of crappy prototypes:

http://exampleofplay.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/the-benefits-of-crappy-prototypes/

“Keep going, keep going, keep going! Never stop. If you believe in it, you have to put the work into it. The difference between an idea in your head and product in stores is perseverance.”

— City of Remnants designer Isaac Vega (@IsaacVegaDesign)

City of Remnants designer Isaac Vega (@IsaacVegaDesign) discusses process, prototyping, playtesting, perseverance and more:

http://www.plaidhatgames.com/news/250

Tips for setting goals for board game designers and publishers:

http://gameofmarketing.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-do-you-win-importance-of-goals.html

Lessons learned from the Paradise Fallen Kickstarter campaign, by Patrick Nickell of Crash Games (@crash_games):

http://www.stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter-retrospective-2-what-you-can-learn-from-paradise-fallen/

The psychology of loss aversion and how it can be used in board games:

http://www.mechanics-and-meeples.com/2013/05/28/psychology-of-gaming-loss-aversion/

Korea Boardgames Design Contest 2013

Deadline: July 21

Prizes: up to $1000 and possible publication

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/982738/kbg-design-contest-2013-1600s-prize-pool

A look at games that use an action point allowance system:

http://www.islaythedragon.com/2013/05/where-actions-at-guide-to-action-point.html

Several print-and-play board game design contests are running this summer:

http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/19776/pnp-design-contests-for-the-summer-of-2013

IPad apps that can help you design board games: suggestions from the BoardGameGeek designers forum:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/981411/ipad-friendly-apps-for-game-board-designs

Grant Rodiek (@HerrohGrant) on setting design goals, improving your game, randomness, preparing to become a publisher and more:

http://hyperbolegames.com/2013/05/23/2104/

“A design, without testing, is just a hypothesis. Playtesting for me is the scientific aspect that refines the art and creative stuff.”

— Grant Rodiek (@HerrohGrant)

Down-to-earth advice for setting up meetings with publishers, from Chevee Dodd (@cheveedodd):

“Forget about the pitch. Seriously. Just stop. Your number one goal should be to just get to know them, not shove a game in their face.”

http://www.cheveedodd.com/thoughts-networking-earns-pitches.html

Hundreds of links to board game design and publishing resources:

http://spotlightongames.com/list/design.html

Two pieces of advice from Matt Worden (@MattWordenGames): (1) Talk with Folks, and (2) Finish Something:

http://hyperbolegames.com/2013/05/22/freestarter-interviews-matt-worden/

At what point does a good idea become a bad idea? BGDF users discuss how to prevent yourself from injecting too many ideas into a game:

http://www.bgdf.com/node/12430

The Ludology podcast discusses designing licensed games:

http://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-episode-56

SEE ALSO: The Plaid Hat Podcast on licensed games:

http://www.plaidhatgames.com/podcast/83

Ten (or so) things every game designer needs to know about people:

http://nothingsacredgames.com/?p=930

The Game Design Round Table podcast discusses the pros and cons of using victory points in a design:

http://www.buzzsprout.com/7928/93479-28-scoring-victory

“My most given piece of advice is to start small and get something playable. Make the simplest form of your game playable and try it.”

— Chevee Dodd (@cheveedodd)