Advice for designers looking to craft an amazing experience for the solo gamer:

http://matthewgravelyn.com/solo-round/

An overview of how to work with an overseas manufacturer:

http://casualgamerevolution.com/blog/2015/04/overseas-game-manufacturing-demystified-or-how-to-avoid-a-disaster

On the potential for innovation in board game design:

http://www.3dtotalgames.com/room-for-innovation/

Tips for starting and maintaining an email newsletter:

http://stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter-lesson-146-start-an-e-newsletter/

Where to find free art for prototypes and what to expect when you’re ready to hire an artist:

http://thegamecrafter.libsyn.com/finding-art-resources-with-the-game-crafter-episode-13

“You may have some clever mechanic or cool theme in your game, but you need to find what part is the fun part as quickly as you can. If you are going to design games that are fun, you probably have to understand fun more than you do right now. Become a student of fun.”

— Randy Hoyt (@randyhoyt)

Randy Hoyt (@randyhoyt) of Foxtrot Games (@foxtrotgames) on cash flow, components, fulfillment costs, designing endgames, becoming a student of fun and more:

http://theinquisitivemeeple.com/2015/04/08/meeple-makers-foxtrot-games/

Pros and cons of dice vs. cards:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/mechanics-face-off-dice-vs-cards/

On Board Games (@OnBoardGames) discusses marketing games with Game Salute (@GameSalute):

http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/obg-155-that-chocolate-cake-looks-amazing

What not to say in a pitch email:

http://www.wiltgren.com/2015/04/08/submitting-103-never-ever-do-this-3/

“It’s important to not only play a lot of games, but to play a different assortment of games. Even ones you may not like. Each game you play is an opportunity to learn something new.”

— Isaias Vallejo (@vallejoisaias)

Isaias Vallejo (@vallejoisaias) on the hardest part of being a designer, learning by playing, demoing your game and more:

http://meeplemechanic.com/foxhole-fiver/isaias-vallejo-on-designing-valeria-card-kingdoms/

Tools to mitigate the effects of randomness:

http://lawofgamedesign.com/2015/04/06/theory-mitigating-randomness

Notes on several U.S. fulfillment partners:

http://stonemaiergames.com/4-crowdfunding-fulfillment-shipping-partners-in-the-us/

“Fear is good, because it comes from a place of caring. If your game design does not cause you fear, you probably don’t care enough.”

— Eric Lang (@eric_lang)

How to learn to accept playtesters’ feedback:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/the-stages-of-playtesting/

Lessons learned from the successful Bad Medicine Kickstarter campaign: games vs. products, engaging backers, promoting the campaign and more:

http://gil.hova.net/2015/04/06/bad-medicine-kickstarter-postmortem/

“If you ignore all feedback and advice, you will fail. If you twist and contort your designs to follow all feedback, you will fail. Listen to your advisors, and weigh their words of wisdom. But you have to make the final decisions, you have to provide the vision.”

— Kevin Wilson (@KevinWilson42)

9 things to consider putting in your licensing contract:

http://theforbiddenlimb.com/2015/04/03/top-9-designer-considerations-for-publishing-contracts/

A thorough rundown of do’s and don’ts for playtesting at the early, mid and late stages:

http://whoseturnisitanyway.com/design-playtest-playtest-playtest/