Why every playtester has something useful to tell you:

https://oakleafgames.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/feedback-everyone-has-something-useful-to-tell-you/

Playtesting lessons from Protospiel 2015:

http://woodar.dj/blog/playtesting-tips-round-two/

The executive director of GAMA joins the Gaming Careers podcast to discuss different tracks to working in the games industry:

http://www.thecompanybard.com/tgc-045-john-ward-executive-director-of-gama-can-help-you-find-your-fit-in-the-tabletop-gaming-industry/

Daniel Solis (@DanielSolis) joins The Game Design Round Table (@TGDRT) to discuss working with international publishers as well as crowdfunding and print-on-demand:

http://thegamedesignroundtable.com/2015/07/14/episode-129-daniel-solis/

“I think world-building is very important for some games, but I think it’s very easy for creators to lose track of the fact that nobody will care as much about their world as they do. The mechanics and decisions players make have to reinforce your fictional construct, or it’ll all get ignored.”

— Joshua Buergel (@JoshuaBuergel)

Ways to give players interesting decisions in combat:

http://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopgamedesign/comments/3ctc8w/combat_and_interesting_decisions/

“I think you need to chase the heart of every design. It’s such a broad craft and by strictly limiting yourself to only theme, or only mechanisms, or any one development method, you’re just limiting your output.”

— Grant Rodiek (@HyperboleGrant)

Why you should learn from others’ Kickstarter campaigns–but not compare them:

http://stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter-lesson-155-the-most-dangerous-thing-a-creator-can-do/

2015 Mint Tin Design Contest

Deadline: Oct. 31, 2015

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1398349/2015-mint-tin-design-contest

Questions to ask yourself before deciding whether to use Kickstarter:

http://thegamecrafter.libsyn.com/to-utilize-kickstarter-or-not-with-the-game-crafter-episode-26

Lots of pointers for working with tabletop game manufacturers:

http://theforbiddenlimb.libsyn.com/working-with-a-manufacturer-ep19

“Always be prepared to revisit every decision.”

— Kevin G. Nunn (@kgnunn)

Tips for coming up with a tagline that quickly describes your game:

http://designingcardboard.com/properly-describing-board-games/

“There’s no right way to design. There’s no easy way to do it. Experiment, test often, make something you love, and research by playing other great (and sometimes lousy!) games.”

— Grant Rodiek (@HyperboleGrant)

Three tips for using online advertising effectively during a Kickstarter campaign:

http://stonemaiergames.com/top-3-ways-to-maximize-your-crowdfunding-projects-reach-and-potential-through-online-advertising/

Advice before going into a public playtesting event:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/feph-a-designers-lessons-learned/

Kim Brebach of Secret Base Games (@SecretBaseGames) on running a Kickstarter campaign, the importance of art, fulfillment and more:

http://sinisterfish.com/tabletop-games-industry/interview-kim-brebach-secret-base-games/

Score tracks: good and bad examples, and what else they can do:

http://gil.hova.net/2015/07/06/track-meet-the-best-and-worst-of-scoring-tracks

“Too many designers look at theme and mechanism as opposite ends of a spectrum. It’s not about one or the other in isolation, nor does it matter whether you start with one or the other. The important thing is that you find a good place for them to intersect.”

— Gil Hova (@gilhova)

“It’s better to have an interesting version of the game with more rules than a boring version of the game with the same rules.”

— Gil Hova (@gilhova)