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Nat Levan explains how to overthink a board game design to anticipate a design problem he preemptively fix. "Overthiinking Game Design" was presented at the Board Game Creator Seminar hosted by Bethany College. Bethany College - http://bethanywv.edu/ Nat Levan -https://oakleafgames.wordpress.com/

How to "overthink" a game design and prevent problems before they show up (video)

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3 tips and tricks about feedback from play-testers! Our main topic in this episode of Portal Games Informant! Watch all of our Informant films HERE: http://bit.ly/2pyZnip Thank you for watching this video. We hope you enjoy a sneak peak into our work. Let us know in the comments what would you like to see in upcoming videos.

Three pieces of advice for taking feedback from playtesters (video)

Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - February 2018

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This month's roundup of great board game design links and quotes includes thoughtful pieces on design theory, lots of pitching tips, pointers for the process of game design and more.

theory:

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process:

  • The importance of pursuing drastically different ideas for a game design (audio)

  • “Who are you designing your game for? You? Go wild with weird mechanics. Friends? Listen & tune the game to suit them. A publisher? Learn to pitch a product to a business - you’re B2B. The world? It’s a product in the market that you will need to sell.” - Emma Larkins

  • “You will be one game better at #gamedesign after each game you design. Don’t feel like your early darlings are the best you’ll do. Move on. Design better games.” - Peter C. Hayward

playtesting:

  • “Negative feedback is a designer’s life blood. Positive feedback feels nice, but doesn’t improve your game. Though it stings initially, you learn to love negative feedback, because your game’s flaws will come out and you want to hear them Before your game goes to press.” - Jay Treat

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JUNIOR INVENTORS: Ryan Abrams, Joshua Buergel, Luis Lara, Aidan Short, Jay Treat

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