Tips for running virtual playtests (video)

What’s the best way to prototype custom dice? A Twitter board game designers discussion:

https://twitter.com/playnyctophobia/status/1365884829590519808

Advice for co-designing games, with an emphasis on the social and emotional aspects of it (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q5gH7of8I8

A step-by-step guide to creating and running a Facebook group for your board game:

https://crowdfundingnerds.com/board-game-facebook-group-guide/

McDie is a node-based visual tool for developing models of dice probabilities:

https://gengelstein.itch.io/mcdie

Some common goals you might have for a given playtest, and questions to ask to get the feedback you need for it:

http://www.weirdgiraffegames.com/carla/wordpress/2021/02/25/playtesting-goals/

Board game designers share the lessons they learned from their early designs:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2607423/lessons-your-first-designs

A look at the different ways that games occupy players’ attention:

http://www.phantomknightgames.com/news/board-games-and-the-attention-economy/

The importance of game design contests (audio)

https://tenminutedesignchat.podbean.com/e/episode-3-contests/

This tabletop-game-themed typeface is available for pay-what-you-want:

https://speakthesky.itch.io/typeface-dicier

Kickstarter and reviewers: what matters most on a Kickstarter page, reviews vs. previews, finding and working with reviewers, and more (audio):

https://crowdfundingnerds.com/episode10/

What you need to know about board game design licensing contracts before you sign (video, starting at 31:10)

Bugs that can find their way into a published game, how to prevent them, and what to do if they creep in anyway:

https://www.level99games.com/blogs/news/board-game-bugs

Building and running a board game design and playtesting group (audio):

https://ourturnpodcast.com/2021/02/13/113/

Minding your mental health during a Kickstarter campaign (audio):

https://crowdfundingnerds.com/episode9/

Eric Slauson on trade shows for board game designers, the pillars of party game design, when to pitch to a publisher, and more (audio):

https://www.thetoycoach.com/podcast/how-to-be-a-game-inventor-with-eric-slauson-creator-of-tattoo-stories

What solo gamers do and don’t want from a solo gaming experience:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/game-mechanics-creating-a-great-solo-gaming-experience/

Insights into how publishers deal with print-run decisions when supply can’t meet demand:

https://twitter.com/TheOneTAR/status/1359960140179382275

What is a network-building game?

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2021/02/10/what-is-a-network-building-game/

Some design decisions that can help make sure players have fun even when they’re losing:

http://www.phantomknightgames.com/news/losing-is-fun/