How do you know when playtesting is finished? 

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1447853/when-playtesting-finished

2016 Ion Award Game Design Competition

Deadline: Jan. 1, 2016

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1448065/ion-award-game-design-competition-2016-open-entrie

“After your game is ‘done’ play it a lot with first-time players. Getting that first game experience right is crucial.”

— Peter Gousis (@MVPBoardgames)

Randy Hoyt (@randyhoyt) of Foxtrot Games offers publishing lessons learned on Board Game Authority (@BoardGameAuth): 

http://www.boardgameauthority.com/randy-hoty-worlds-fair-cost-kickstarter/

Board Game Design Forum's October 2015 Game Design Showdown

Pitch a game with simple, approachable mechanics that also uses a light, approachable theme

Deadline: Oct. 9, 2015

http://www.bgdf.com/forum/game-design/game-design-showdown/gds-october-2015-game-everyone

The requirement for the October 2015 24-hour contest is "potato":

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1445557/24-hour-contest-oktober-2015

Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - September 2015

Our roundup of excellent board game design links and tips this month includes a new Meaningful Decisions interview, "golden rules" of design, advice for making the most of the design process and more...

featured:

• Meaningful Decisions: Jamey Stegmaier on Design Choices in Euphoria

theory:

• Looking at turn order: deciding who goes first, variable turn order and more
• Gil Hova on incentivizing interesting behavior, looking at games as products, moving into self-publishing and more
• Designers share their “golden rules” of design

playtesting:

• Questions to ask blind playtesters

industry:

• How to be a part of the gaming community

licensing:

• Advice for selling yourself, not just your game, to a publisher

prototyping:

• Three stages of prototyping

process:

• "Play a TON of games. And very different games at that. More experience is just more tools to draw from." - Ben Pinchback
• “I think probably the best advice I have is work on distancing yourself from your project. Be willing to break it and re-form it and think of it as an object distant from yourself. Be willing to push, and bend, and break that thing, and be focused on creating the best experience for the gamers and understand that it’s something you’re making for them.” - Anne-Marie De Witt
• Mark Rosewater on what your priorities should be at each step of the creative process. Part 1, Part 2.
• "If a design isn’t working, kill it. It’s tough but for the best. Fail fast. Move on." - Ben Pinchback

podcasts:

• Six new board game design podcasts

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SENIOR INVENTORS: Steven Cole, John du Bois, Richard Durham, Matthew O’Malley, Isaias Vallejo

JUNIOR INVENTORS: Stephen B Davies, Luis Lara, Behrooz Shahriari, Aidan Short, Jay Treat

ASSOCIATES: Robert Booth, Doug Levandowski, Aaron Lim, Nathan Miller, Marcel Perro, Dan Sinensky

APPRENTICES: Gino Brancazio, Kevin Brusky, Keith Burgun, Kiva Fecteau, Scott Gottreu, JR Honeycutt, Brad Price, Marcus Ross, Diane Sauer

Recommended software for creating print-and-play files: 

http://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopgamedesign/comments/3myzv8/what_software_do_you_use_to_set_up_pnp_files/

How to develop your game while maintaining your vision: 

http://hyperbolegames.com/2015/09/30/the-54-card-guild-6/

10 things no one ever tells you about running a Kickstarter: 

https://happyottergames.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/creature-college-10-things-no-one-ever-tells-you-about-running-a-kickstarter

Working on a game after it launches: expansions, new lines and more:

http://thegamedesignroundtable.com/2015/09/29/episode-134-expansions-and-post-launch-support/

“A mechanic being mathematically satisfying isn’t the same as it being fun to play. In game design, make sure you don’t confuse the two.”

— Fred Hicks (@fredhicks)

Tiebreakers: how to settle ties, what to do when there isn’t an obvious tiebreaker, and when to opt out of a tiebreaker altogether:

http://designingcardboard.com/ep-02-breaking-ties-and-overeating/

Gil Hova (@gilhova) on agential vs. experiential games, input vs. output randomness, and interesting vs. optimal decisions:

http://ninjavspirates.libsyn.com/s11e06-i-want-my-networktv

Mark Rosewater (@maro254) on what your priorities should be at each step of the creative process:

Part 1: http://media.wizards.com/2015/podcasts/magic/drivetowork264_creativeprocesspart1.mp3

Part 2: http://media.wizards.com/2015/podcasts/magic/drivetowork265_creativeprocesspart2.mp3

Creating a strong presence at a con as a small publisher:

http://hyperbolegames.com/2015/09/28/selling-yourself-con-presence/

Three stages of prototyping:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1443324/3-distinct-stages-prototyping

Advice for selling yourself, not just your game, to a publisher:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/selling-yourself/

“Sometimes the best feedback you can get on a game is ‘This game just isn’t good enough’ even if it takes a long time to accept.”

— Ben Pinchback (@pinchback21)

Game design submission procedures and etiquette for designers and publishers (starting at 1:07:00):

 http://dicehateme.com/2015/09/the-state-of-games-ep-92-the-one-about-taking-care-of-business/