How do you know when a design is ready to show to strangers?

https://twitter.com/CerebralCellar/status/1114183069886550017

Video talks from the Game Developers Conference 2019 Board Game Design Day (video):

https://www.gdcvault.com/search.php#&category=free&firstfocus=&keyword=%22Board+Game%2BDesign%2BDay%22&conference_id=

A handful of quick tips for writing clearer rulebooks:

https://twitter.com/DanielSolis/status/1114500462294835200

A four-part series about the obvious and not-so-obvious costs of publishing a board game:

https://www.cardboardvault.com/lessons-learned/little-things-add-up-1-standard-costs

https://www.cardboardvault.com/lessons-learned/little-things-add-up-2-other-kickstarter-costs

https://www.cardboardvault.com/lessons-learned/little-things-add-up-3-ongoing-costs-3

https://www.cardboardvault.com/lessons-learned/little-things-add-up-4-ongoing-costs-ii

“Unless you’re short on design time, test the wild idea first.”

— Jay Treat

A color-blindness guide for board game designers and publishers:

https://pixygamesuk.blogspot.com/2019/04/colour-blindness-guide-for-board-game.html

Listen to Michael Cofer discuss Kickstarter, the importance of graphic design in games, the Game Crafter and more (audio):

https://indieboardgamedesigners.com/michael-cofer/

A board game retailer offers his perspective on Kickstarter:

https://tompetgames.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/a-board-game-retailers-perspective-of-kickstarter/

The requirement for the April 2019 24-hour contest is “electronics”:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2179477/24-hour-contest-april-2019

The 2019 Northwest LUCI Award

Deadline: May 19, 2019

http://playtestnw.com/2019-luci-award

Panda Game Manufacturing’s Kickstarter Guidebook details the scope of crowdfunding a board game:

https://pandagm.com/images/downloads/KickstarterGuidebookV1web.pdf

Will a niche theme help or hurt a game’s chances? A BoardGameGeek designers forum discussion:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2178818/theme-question-do-i-hurt-myself-if-my-theme-too-ni

How does fulfillment work? Questions answered:

https://brandonthegamedev.com/12-questions-about-board-game-order-fulfillment-shipping-answered/

“Recognize that not every playtester is in your target audience, but don’t dismiss their feedback because of that.”

— John Brieger

Pitching advice from Jon Gilmour of Pandasaurus Games:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/cubed-champaign-urbana-boardgame-engineers-and-designers/jonathan-gilmour-qa-notes/1138557326324500/

Gioco Inedito Contest for Emerging Game Designers

Theme: Leonardo da Vinci

Deadline: June 24, 2019

https://www.luccacomicsandgames.com/it/lcg/games/premi-concorsi-tornei/gioco-inedito/

Visual accessibility in game design (audio):

https://playability.fireside.fm/16

“If you’re struggling with a design, don’t be afraid to shelve it and work on something else. Listen to your heart. If you find yourself not wanting to play your prototype, take some time away to refocus.”

— Nikki Valens

“Magic” questions to ask playtesters to get the information you need:

https://twitter.com/DanielSolis/status/1111639037008322561

A collection of gorgeous agricultural watercolors is now available for free in the public domain:

https://usdawatercolors.nal.usda.gov/pom/about.xhtml