“Some games are worth letting go so you have time to focus on others.”

— Charlie Paull

A review on how to market your game and get reviewers to notice you (audio):

http://thegamecrafter.libsyn.com/marketing-your-game-with-the-game-crafter-episode-202

Discussion on how tabletop games can connect communities (audio):

https://playability.fireside.fm/25

Mechanics and the building blocks of game design (audio):

https://www.buzzsprout.com/7928/1449697

Tips on playtesting, pitching and how to deal with rejection (audio):

https://indieboardgamedesigners.com/julio-nazario/

Top five tips for advertising your board game (audio):

http://theforbiddenlimb.libsyn.com/top-5-tips-for-advertising-your-board-game-ep-86

A discussion about the importance of components and table presence (audio):

http://ninjavspirates.libsyn.com/who-what-why-s21e02-components-with-rob-daviau

The pros and cons of some of the most popular tile placement games (audio):

http://meeplenation.libsyn.com/mn-0276-tile-placement-games-revisited

Discussion of the top 10 things learned from a board game developer (audio):

http://www.boardgamedesignlab.com/lessons-learned-from-developing-games-with-joe-pilkus/

“You have an ethical responsibility to inform playtesters if your game could foreseeably make them uncomfortable.”

— John Brieger

“Don’t sacrifice initial playability in service to replayability. If you add so much variance to create different scenarios that the first game is sometimes a non-game (unwinnable or unloseable), those players won’t bother with a second play.”

— Jay Treat

Notes on soliciting and receiving feedback:

https://twitter.com/fanfactories/status/1161020561843085313

“Find your own niche and then own it. Each thing you make is pushing yourself in a new direction. Don’t just push along one axis constantly and use one perspective of what ‘good’ means.”

— Behrooz "Bez" Shahriari

Designers share what they read to learn more about game design:

https://design100.org/28-reading/#

A guide to some basic terms related to a game’s printed materials:

https://mavengames.co.uk/printed-materials-guide/

Pointers for designing with the final product in mind:

https://twitter.com/PKTyson/status/1159618884166508544

“You don’t need to tell playtesters if you’ve already tested a suggested solution. Refocus and keep them talking.”

— John Brieger

Should space-themed games get the science right?

https://meeplephd.com/2019/08/should-space-themed-games-get-the-science-right/

“Have patience. Lots of patience. Developing a game until it is good can take many years. Is a publisher interested in your game, then you still need to have patience. Keep in mind it can take months, sometimes years before a game is published.”

— Dennis Merkx

“To ensure a steady stream of playtesters, you need to engage with your community. You can’t have all your interactions be you asking them to testing your games.”

— John Brieger