Basics of escape-room design: narrative, puzzles, and more (video)

Board game designers share their favorite resources for people just getting started with design:

https://twitter.com/emmalarkins/status/1319447486390439936

“this obviously doesn’t apply to every game but fun is always more important than balance. balance serves fun. balance is not, by itself, fun. it’s entirely possible to balance all the fun out of a game.”

— Calvin Wong

“Better to have playtested and crashed than never playtested at all.”

— Mandela Fernandez-Grandon

The mental and emotional hurdles of making your first board game:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2523310/nobody-ever-talks-about-mentalemotional-aspect-mak

Free vector graphics, great for prototyping:

https://www.vecteezy.com/

A whirlwind tour of the tabletop gaming industry and how it works (video)

The basics of dexterity games:

https://dailyworkerplacement.com/2020/10/16/dexterity-games-a-closer-look/

Ideas vs. execution: which is more important in game design? (video)

Tabletop gaming industry job listings:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs

What things make board games less accessible for new players? A Twitter board game design discussion:

https://twitter.com/alleycatgames/status/1315652730464198656

Guidelines for planning out the year leading up to your Kickstarter campaign’s launch:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/12-things-to-plan-for-before-you-even-think-of-launching-a-kickstarter-board-game-campaign/

Notes on game designer intentionality: how to make the game do what you want it to do:

https://twitter.com/KevinWilson42/status/1314736784669126656

Pros and cons to self-publishing vs. working with a publisher:

https://stonemaiergames.com/self-publishing-vs-working-with-a-publisher-ks-lesson-275/

Considering “game feel” throughout the game design process (video)

How to become a mass-market game inventor:

https://mojo-nation.com/richard-c-levy-ronald-o-weingartner-want-game-inventor/

Tips for designing highly thematic games: from starting theme-first, to making a game more thematic, to playtesting with thematic elements in mind, to integrating theme and mechanics, and more:

http://www.weirdgiraffegames.com/carla/wordpress/2020/09/23/highly-thematic-games-with-omari-akil/

A quick overview of the basic types of board games that are out there (video)

A thorough but succinct overview of what rulebooks should achieve, and how to write one effectively:

https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2020/10/1/what-makes-a-good-rule-book

Ways that games can be made more conscientiously: from sustainability and accessibility to representation and more (video)