Games about time travel: elements that have been implemented well and aspects that haven't been done yet:

https://twitter.com/RMBLees/status/1035158758643703808

How different designers find a theme that integrates well with their game's mechanics:

https://twitter.com/cardgamedesign1/status/1035345936187355136

Lessons from blind testing a rulebook--how certain formatting encourages players to miss rules:

https://twitter.com/WeirdGiraffes/status/1035213479777591301

Making tabletop games with digital tools (video)

Ways to streamline a game by removing math and counting (audio):

http://www.boardgamedesignlab.com/removing-math-from-games-with-dan-peterson/

Tips for breaking into board game design from an up-and-coming designer (audio):

http://goforthandgame.libsyn.com/a-conversation-withjulio-nazario-game-design-champion

“Game Designer pro tip #1: always negotiate for copies of your game.”

— Scott Rogers

Advice for the full process of game design, from concept through publishing (audio):

https://www.lowplayercount.com/episodes/2018/8/19/episode-71-concept-to-table-series-game-design-with-cole-wehrle-sen-foong-lim

Why it's important to not avoid product testing to gain a CE mark:

https://www.manokentgames.com/single-post/2018/08/24/CE-Marking-in-Boardgames-Advice-False-Loopholes-and-Mistakes

Roll-and-Write Global-Jam

Runs Sept. 1-8, 2018

Prizes: games

https://sites.google.com/view/rollandwriteglobaljam/home

20 lessons from 20 years of game design (audio):

Human Nature

Aesthetics

Resonance

Piggybacking

Interesting vs. Fun

Emotional Response

Make It Personal

Details Matter

Customization

Exploring

Loved Not Liked

Don't Prove

Fun

Bluntness

Designing Components

Challenging Players

Less Is More

Creativity

Feedback

It All Connects

“Remember: no matter what theme you pick, no matter what mechanisms you use; somebody will pass on your game based on only that. No game is “for everyone” so don’t stress.”

— Jon Moffat

How to design a shuffle-builder (think Smash Up) (audio):

http://www.boardgamedesignlab.com/how-to-design-a-shuffle-builder-with-callin-flores/

A few ways of defining "fun" and how to figure out if your game is working (video)

“I highly recommend blind playtesting! If you’ve never placed a rulebook you’ve written in front of someone else to figure out, you definitely need to. Even if you’re not a publisher, you’ll find out so much about how people learn and play games.”

— Carla Kopp

Lots of pointers for making a pitch video:

https://bluecubeboardgames.com/2018/08/18/making-a-pitch-video/

Terms that one publisher includes in their licensing contracts:

https://stonemaiergames.com/game-designer-contracts-and-stonemaier-games/

The essential elements of pitching your design to a publisher (audio):

http://www.thespiel.net/node/1160

“Every game you design will be better than the last. You will be smarter. You will be better. Don’t be afraid to put a game on a shelf for a year and work on something else. You’ll figure it out when you come back!”

— Jonathan Gilmour

“Goals can be useful in starting designing, but don’t get hung up on them. Follow your game wherever it leads you, even to places you didn’t expect to go.”

— Matthew Dunstan