Tom Lehmann on being a full-time designer, collaboration, designing simultaneous systems, completing your first designs and more:

http://www.gamesprecipice.com/tom-lehmann/

Advice for making Kickstarter backers feel heard:

http://stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter-lesson-127-give-each-backer-a-voice/

Building a Better Prototype, a Metatopia 2014 panel with prototyping tips for designers

“Creativity is a muscle, and you need to exercise that muscle. It’s that simple.”

— Rob Couch (@poorly_designed)

“You can think you have it mathed out, but if the butter to pancake ratio just seems off in your game then you gotta just add more butter.”

— Ben Pinchback (@pinchback21)

Achieving fun by making players feel smart and unique:

http://mvpboardgames.blogspot.com/2014/11/design-tip-of-week-22-fun-to-time-ratio.html

What chefs can teach us about game design:

http://kevingnunn.com/2014/11/08/what-chefs-can-teach-us-about-game-design/

Getting it right and wrong on Kickstarter: page layout, engagement with backers, reviews and stretch goals:

http://meltdowngames.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/gothic-doctor-wrap-up-part-2-during-the-project/

“Take a critical look at your game: Why does it need to be published, and how is it excelling? How is it doing something different than other games have done in the recent past?”

— Stephen Buonocore (@StrongholdGames)

Advice for starting small as a new publisher:

http://stonemaiergames.com/good-creator-bad-creator-a-guest-post-by-brian-henk/

The theme for the November 2014 24-hour contest is “beard”:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1265203/24-hour-contest-november-2014

Larry Roznai of Mayfair Games (@mayfairgames) and Patrick Nickell of Crash Games (@Crash_Games) on how designers and publishers work together, on the Meeple Syrup vidcast (@MeepleSyrup)

Thoughts on action cards and their role in a game:

http://www.3dtotalgames.com/action-cards/

A list of market mechanics and how they can be used in board games:

http://drwictzboardgames.blogspot.com/2014/11/market-mechanic-lecture-retrospective.html

Peter Olotka, co-designer of Cosmic Encounter and Dune, joins the Ludology podcast to discuss the board game industry, story in games, variable player powers, balance and more:

http://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-episode-91-olotka-encounter

Board game publishing and “fear of missing out”:

http://hyperbolegames.com/2014/11/03/design-for-fomo/

“As a game designer, there’s nothing more valuable than notes on game ideas I’ve long since forgotten.”

— J. Alex Kevern (@AlexWithIdeas)

Board Game Design Forum’s November 2014 Game Design Showdown

Pitch a game about empires in decline

Deadline: Nov. 9, 2014

http://www.bgdf.com/forum/game-design/game-design-showdown/gds-november-2014-empires-autumn

“Usually the quality of a game is a product of its execution, not any one idea, and it pays to get feedback from a diverse set of people.”

— Matt Leacock (@mleacock)

Why your Kickstarter’s backer count is more important than the total amount pledged:

http://blog.lanternsgame.com/2014/10/31/why-backer-count-is-more-important-than-total-pledges/