A first-time publisher shares lessons learned midway through the process of putting out their first game:

http://www.happymittengames.com/38/

Tips for making publisher contacts at conventions:

http://mvpboardgames.blogspot.com/2014/08/dtow-15-learning-from-wbc.html

Graphic design for game designers: enabling playtesters and tempting publishers:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/putting-the-design-in-graphic-design/

Marketing should begin well before the Kickstarter launch and continue afterward:

http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/32902/planning-ahead-learning-market-you-launch

A.J. Porfirio of Van Ryder Games (@VanRyderGames) joins All Us Geeks (@AllUsGeeks) to discuss how Kickstarter has changed, game design, being involved in the community, preparing for your project and more:

http://www.allusgeeks.com/2014/08/the-game-of-crowd-funding-aj-porfirio-interview-08-06-2014/

Marketing Yourself as a Game Designer, by Dr. Lewis Pulsipher

The Ludology podcast discusses prototyping methods, materials and software:

http://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-episode-86-get-real

Should elegance be the ultimate goal of every design? A BoardGameGeek designers forum discussion:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1216130/simple-and-elegant-isnt-what-we-should-all-be-goin

A new designer offers 10 takeaways from his first time pitching to a publisher:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1215917/10-takeaways-pitching-well-known-publisher

“Player incentive and motivation concerns are a huge part of game design. An action in a game can be highly advantageous, but if it doesn’t look advantageous to the players, they won’t try it and will never learn its true value. As a designer, you have to manage the appearance of contingencies as much as the reality of them.”

— Eric B. Vogel

Considering what makes a game element a game-defining one:

http://www.gamesprecipice.com/introduction-to-gdc/

Money and its use in board games:

http://drwictzboardgames.blogspot.com/2014/08/market-mechanic-lecture-money.html

Advice for how to plan out and reveal Kickstarter stretch goals:

http://news.thegamecrafter.com/post/94074995915

Nick Bentley on catchup mechanisms, emergent complexity, goal-oriented design and more:

http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/32438/designer-diary-caught-catchup-or-my-attempt-deep-m

Why you should try to streamline your game:

“Before you say that your game will lose something if you try to streamline it, be reasonably sure that there isn’t a way that will make it easier on your future players and virtually the same when it comes to the feel of the game and the number of options it provides.”

http://nskngames.blogspot.com/2014/08/kiss-your-design.html

9 daily activities to build your Kickstarter fan base:

http://www.buzzsprout.com/4646/194483-9-daily-activitivies-to-build-your-kickstarter-fan-base-with-co-host-jamey-stegmaier-ep-225

How to create a sell sheet to get publishers interested in your game:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/how-to-build-a-sell-sheet-for-your-game/

Adding flavor to your game through rules, art and text:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/adding-flavor-to-your-game/

Basic probability for game designers:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/probability-for-game-designers/

“As a game improves, the fraction of potential modifications which will improve it plummets. It gets to be like looking for water in the Sahara. One characteristic of great game designers, which I try to emulate, is they keep looking longer than everyone else.”

— Nick Bentley