The requirement for the August 2016 24 Hour Contest is "wedding":

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1612782/24-hour-contest-august-2016

“It’s not enough to have a cool theme. It’s not enough to have cool mechanisms. Your game lives at the intersection of its theme and its mechanism.”

— Gil Hova

“Designers, never hesitate to kill your darlings. It might just make your game better.”

— Gil Hova

Types of player interaction:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/game-elements-interaction/

Places to promote your board game online:

http://pixygamesuk.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-marketing-guide-links-to-market.html

A game designer's convention packing list:

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/a-game-designers-convention-packing-list/

10 ways to market your board game:

http://pixygamesuk.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-marketing-guide-10-ways-to-market.html

How to get people interested in playtesting your game--a Reddit tabletop game designers forum discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopgamedesign/comments/4twj4c/how_to_get_people_interested_in_playtesting_your/

A lengthy glossary of tabletop game mechanics:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopgamedesign/comments/4tu27t/tabletop_game_mechanic_list/

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

This is a recent addition to my 6 and a half hour course, "Playtesting, the Heart of Game Design". https://www.udemy.com/game-playtesting/?couponCode=PT25

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

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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/