Questions to ask yourself before taking on a creative project:

https://twitter.com/DasBrieger/status/1026644467497938944

How to approach using math during game design:

https://twitter.com/KevinWilson42/status/1026729342238420992

Advice for getting a job in the board game industry (video)

“If you plan on Kickstarting your board game, that means starting a business. No way around that. Separate bank account, tax forms, etc. Don’t get me wrong - it’s a fun challenge, but you need to know it’s coming.”

— Brandon Rollins

What is the designer's role during a Kickstarter campaign for their game?

https://www.buzzsprout.com/48513/762583-episode-44-kickstarter-from-a-designer-s-role

The requirement for the August 2018 24-hour contest is "clown":

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2035565/24-hour-contest-august-2018

Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - July 2018

In this month's roundup of excellent board game design links, we have important reminders about the value of ideas, an in-depth discussion of a hot game genre, a cool prototyping trick, notes on working with publishers and more.

process:

• Ideas aren't worthless: the important role they play in making a game

theory:

• All about roll-and-write games (audio)

• How to put players under pressure

prototyping:

• How to prototype cards using Google Sheets

playtesting:

• Ways to get people to playtest your prototype: from designer groups to print-and-plays to conventions and more (audio)

licensing:

• Questions you should ask yourself before submitting a game to a contest or publisher

• What to expect when reaching out to a publisher with whom you don't already have a relationship

industry:

• Industry veterans offer advice to designers at Dice Tower Con 2018 (video)

• A high-level guide to designing and publishing a tabletop game

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ADVISERS: Rob Greanias, Peter C. Hayward, Aaron Vanderbeek

SENIOR INVENTORS: Steven Cole, John du Bois, Chris and Kathy Keane (The Drs. Keane), Joshua J. Mills, Marcel Perro, Behrooz Shahriari, Shoot Again Games

JUNIOR INVENTORS: Ryan Abrams, Joshua Buergel, Luis Lara, Neil Roberts, Jay Treat

ASSOCIATES: Stephen B Davies, S GO Explore, Adrienne Ezell, Marcus Howell, Thiago Jabuonski, Samuel Lees, Doug Levandowski, Nathan Miller, Mike Sette, Matt Wolfe

APPRENTICES: Cardboard Fortress Games, Kiva Fecteau, Guz Forster, Scott Gottreu, Aaron Lim, Scott Martel Jr., James Meyers, Tony Miller, The Nerd Nighters, Matthew Nguyen, Marcus Ross, Rosco Schock, VickieGames, Lock Watson, White Wizard Games

Scholarly papers on tabletop game design:

http://tabletopgamesworkshop.org/

How to prototype cards using Google Sheets:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2034745/card-prototyping-using-google-sheets

Math to help deliver your Kickstarter board game on time and within budget:

http://brandonthegamedev.com/kickstarter-math-how-to-deliver-your-board-game-on-time-and-within-your-budget/

How to put players under pressure:

http://makethemplay.com/index.php/2018/07/30/putting-your-players-under-pressure/

How to avoid disconnects between your game's theme and mechanics--a BoardGameGeek designers forum discussion:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2033617/how-does-one-avoid-thematic-disconnects

All about roll-and-write games (audio):

http://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-episode-180-keep-them-doggies-rollin

Questions you should ask yourself before submitting a game to a contest or publisher:

https://twitter.com/JohnduBois/status/1023039243910832134

Tips for giving sell sheets to publishers:

https://twitter.com/WeirdGiraffes/status/1023719424757514240

“You don’t have to be a hardcore gamer to design games. Playing games with intention to learn how mechanics work is *faster* than figuring these things out yourself, but not necessarily better. A problem-solving design mentality is much more important.”

— Emma Larkins

A social psychologist on what designers can learn about players as people (audio):

http://www.boardgamedesignlab.com/player-psychology-with-dr-corey-butler/

A high-level guide to designing and publishing a tabletop game:

https://thecreativeindependent.com/guides/how-to-make-an-indie-tabletop-game/

Some unwritten rules of board games, and whether those implicit rules should be made explicit:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2030955/unwritten-rules-gaming

Tools for game-related fonts for prototypes:

http://www.fontspace.com/pixel-sagas/dpoly-gamedings

https://glyphter.com/