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“Get your ideas on the table. Do it every chance you get. Make new chances and test it then too.”
— Kevin G. Nunn (@kgnunn)

Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - January 2015

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This month’s roundup of board game design links features data on Kickstarter trends, advice for finding a publisher and a reminder about loving your designs. Plus, the first installments in our series of reports on licensing contracts and our new series of publisher interviews.

featured:

licensing:

publishing:

theory:

process:

  • “If your own designs aren’t among your very favorite games, then you might need to work harder to design games you like.” - Alf Seegert

playtesting:

  • “The goal of playtesting is to make it suck a little less each time.” - Ben Begeal

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  • SENIOR INVENTORS: Steven Cole, Richard Durham, Jeff Johnston, Matthew O’Malley, Isaias Vallejo
  • JUNIOR INVENTORS: Stephen B Davies, Luis Lara, Behrooz Shahriari, Aidan Short, Jay Treat
  • ASSOCIATES: Zachery Cook, Doug Levandowski, Nathan Miller, Marcel Perro
  • APPRENTICE: Brad Price
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“Finish your designs. It’s fun to keep starting new projects, but only finished games are the best they can be.”
— Andrew Federspiel (@KnapsackGames)
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“Sometimes feedback from weeks or months ago can suddenly resonate. Don’t discard feedback just because it doesn’t make sense at the time.”
— Ed Marriott (@EdPMarriott)