Ben Pinchback (@pinchback21) and Matt Riddle (@mdriddlen) join All Us Geeks (@AllUsGeeks) to discuss co-designing, the gaming community, working with publishers and more:

http://www.allusgeeks.com/2014/04/the-game-of-crowd-funding-ben-pinchback-and-matt-riddle-interview-04-25-2014/

The Building the Game guys (@PodcastBTG) reveal lessons learned pitching games for 100 episodes:

http://www.buildingthegamepodcast.com/2014/04/27/episode-100-100-episodes-and-all-the-pitches/

“Most games can live with thinner cards or smaller tokens or what have you, but a good dexterity game lives by its components.”

— Andrew Tullsen (@printplay)

Advice to those dreaming of designing a game: You will fail.

http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/29529/advice-to-those-dreaming-of-designing-a-game

The psychological benefits of ending Kickstarter pledge levels with the number 9:

http://stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter-lesson-92-the-psychological-benefits-of-ending-price-points-with-the-number-9/

Dan Cassar (@maltezefalkon) on the four elements of fun games, making something enjoyable to both gamers and non-gamers, and more:

http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/29315/dan-cassar-on-building-arboretums

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)