“Contrary to bumper stickers, believing in your dream is insufficient. Turn off the idiot box and make something.”

— Corey Young (@C_M_Young)

The Game Crafter’s Sprue Challenge

Deadline: Feb. 23, 2015

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/sprue-challenge

Pricing a print-on-demand game:

http://danielsolisblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/breakdown-of-pod-pricing.html

“I would recommend that aspiring game designers play a wide variety of games. Play the games you know you’ll enjoy, and also play games in other categories that you know less about.”

— Jamey Stegmaier (@jameystegmaier)

A 72-hour Paper Game Jam starts Nov. 28, 2014:

http://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopgamedesign/comments/2n0p3k/paper_jam_11_as_requested_a_72h_paper_game_jam/

The Building the Game vidcast on issues in dealing with publishers and in self-publishing

What it means to be a designer/publisher of board games, and how the business side of things works:

http://www.firesidegames.com/news/?p=2440

How to build your brand and community online through good commenting:

http://stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter-lesson-128-the-art-of-the-comment/

Advice for pitching at a publisher speed-dating event:

http://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopgamedesign/comments/2mm7qw/showing_publishers_my_game_at_bggcon_this_weekend/

The paradox of choice, sources of analysis paralysis and reducing downtime:

http://www.gamesprecipice.com/downtime/

Three things that make an asymmetric game successful:

http://www.3dtotalgames.com/asymmetry/

How to make custom stickered dice:

http://mvpboardgames.blogspot.com/2014/11/design-tip-of-week-23-how-to-make.html

Cardboard Architects on theme, mechanics and what drives a design:

http://cardboardarchitects.libsyn.com/cardboard-architects-episode-1-design-drivers

The Forbidden Limb podcast on pricing a game and where the profits go.

Audio only: http://theforbiddenlimb.libsyn.com/name-pricing-and-distribution-options-ep1

Printable playtester feedback form, from The Game Designers Clubhouse:

Long version: http://www.patreon.com/creation?hid=1217154

Short version: http://www.patreon.com/creation?hid=1230395

Why games cost what they do–Curt Covert (@SmirkandDagger) and Stephen Buonocore (@StrongholdGames) on publishing costs:

http://www.genesisoflegend.com/2014/11/episode-36-my-game-will-cost-what/

“Like writing or poetry, I think, perhaps, you need to make a lot of bad games before you can make a great one.”

— Matt Leacock (@mleacock)

“Make a game that your core audience will love, and don’t worry about those outside your core audience.”

— Chip Beauvais (@the_FlyingSheep)

“Playtest other people’s designs. It’s the best game design education you can have.”

— Gil Hova (@gilhova)

“Ideas are overrated. Don’t get attached to them. People don’t play ideas, they play games.”

— Gil Hova (@gilhova)