How to submit your game to BoardGameGeek–step-by-step instructions:

https://thisisthefront.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/posting-your-game-to-boardgamegeek/

“Demo tip: Sell the person on the game not on purchasing a copy…especially when doing it for reviewers/bloggers/podcasters.”

— Anthony Racano (@CBJPodcast)

How to design a worker placement game–building from others’ designs, reducing analysis paralysis, and calculating the value of actions:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/how-to-design-a-worker-placement-game-part-2/

“Playtest ASAP. Often more design happens during playtesting than the design phase itself.”

— Ed Marriott (@EdPMarriott)

“Playtesting has a way of revealing “oh hey, this game should never exist.” But if you leave a first playtest thinking “but THIS part didn’t totally suck,” keep going.”

— Adam McIver (@ad7m)

“Most significant barrier to design and publishing your first game is… you. Dedicate time and energy and you will do it.”

— Peter Vaughan (@pvaughan007)

“Seeing how intuitive playtesters find various mechanics is a great way to determine what to streamline.”

— Adam McIver (@ad7m)

“It becomes emotionally easier to streamline after you’ve designed a bunch of games. Ideas less precious.”

— Daniel Solis (@DanielSolis)

“What can I cut while still keeping the core experience intact?”

— Nazca Games (@nazcagames)

“The HARDEST part of design is follow-through. PLENTY of amazing ideas never get made because design is hard.”

— Adam McIver (@ad7m)

“What’s fun? What is the big thing that’s fun to do? Augment that, chop off things that don’t matter.”

— Chris Darden (@cbdarden)

“If you really have game design on the brain, inspiration will come from every aspect of your life.”

— Adam McIver (@ad7m)

“It is easy to get a game half-done, and not so difficult to take it to 75%. The other 25% may never come.”

— Scott Nicholson (@snicholson)

“The reason games are reskinned by publishers is because the designer does a poor job of identifying the market.”

— Boyan Radakovich (@thegamesmith)

“If your goal in doing a game is to make a game you want to play, then you are the audience. If your goal in making a game is to sell the design to a publisher, then you need to think of an audience.”

— Scott Nicholson (@snicholson)

“If I design just for myself, I can’t find playtesters. Dead end. I must think about others when I design.”

— Daniel Solis (@DanielSolis)

“I would never design a game I wouldn’t enjoy myself, but knowing who else would enjoy it is also key.”

— Adam McIver (@ad7m)

“The feedback you can never deny: “Your game is good, but not yet great.””

— Andrew Federspiel (@AndrewFdrspl)

“So You Wanna Be A Game Designer”: Ben Rosset (@BenRosset) on getting started as a board game designer and how to get published

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Episode four features Rocket Wreckers, a 2-Player card game where competitors battle each other while riding on the back of a rocketship. The game is designed by Rob Couch.

Rob can be reached at Twitter at @poorly_designed, or you can visit his website at www.poorlydesigned.com

For more, check out his interview with Jared Rosen below where he discusses approaching design from a story standpoint, fighting for a spot on the shelf and that last bit of tuning.

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Rob Couch (@poorly_designed) discusses approaching design from a story standpoint, fighting for a spot on the shelf, and that last bit of tuning