Tips for recording the audio of playtesters' feedback:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/taking-audio-feedback/

When to introduce your game to the world--a BoardGameGeek designers forum discussion:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1606181/how-and-when-do-you-introduce-your-game-world

5 tips for a productive playtest session: 

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1606803/5-tips-productive-play-testing-session

Solo testing and getting your gaming group to play your prototype (video)

Getting a job in the board game industry (video)

What makes choices interesting or uninteresting:

http://makethemplay.com/index.php/2016/07/14/creating-interesting-choices-in-your-board-game/

Three types of game development sessions:

http://hyperbolegames.com/2016/07/13/three-development-sessions/

Hippodice Game Designer Competition 2017

Deadline: Oct. 20, 2016

http://www.hippodice.de/index.php/awb-en/awbrules-en

Getting your game on Tabletop Simulator:

http://www.3dtotalgames.com/getting-game-tabletop-simulator/

Tips for using components from existing board games for your prototypes (audio):

https://www.buzzsprout.com/48513/399766-episode-18-harvesting-games

Notes on shipping and fulfillment for a Kickstarter board game:

http://stonemaiergames.com/shipping-innovations-by-level99-games/

5 lessons about game development from working on SeaFall:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/five-things-i-learned-while-developing-seafall/

Advice for creating an AI opponent in a solo variant:

https://oakleafgames.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/lessons-from-designing-a-solo-variant/

14 ways of reducing analysis paralysis:

http://makethemplay.com/index.php/2016/07/07/14-ways-of-reducing-analysis-paralysis-in-your-board-game/

Decision-first game design:

http://jtreat.tumblr.com/post/147004505072/decision-first-game-design

Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - June 2016

This month, our roundup of favorite board game design links includes lots of lessons from a veteran of the industry, discussions about legal issues, scheduling and software for game makers, notes on life as a game designer, and more.

theory:

• Lessons from 20 years of game design. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

• How positive and negative feedback loops work in board games

• Ways a board game can be broken (audio)

rules:

• How to write a board game rulebook: writing down notes early, structuring a rulebook, do's and don'ts and more

industry:

• An overview of legal topics of interest to game makers (audio)

prototyping:

• 9 sources of images and artwork for prototypes

• A rundown of the many image-software options available to board game designers (audio)

process:

• Looking at the cost--in time and money--of designing a board game

playtesting:

• Body language to look for in playtesters

licensing:

• Advice for demoing your game for publishers (audio)

publishing:

• Creating a production schedule for publishing a board game (audio)

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Legal and ethical considerations when recycling game mechanisms (audio):

http://www.genesisoflegend.com/2016/07/episode85/

Discussion of topics relevant to life as a game designer: making money, making art, making prototypes and more (audio):

http://thegamedesignroundtable.com/2016/06/28/episode-148-more-listener-mail/

A look at "push your luck" in games:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/55666/push-your-luck-games

What makes games fiddly and what to do about it (audio):

http://www.buildingthegamepodcast.com/2016/06/26/episode-213-fiddly-bits-and-breakfast-clubbing/