The different kinds of playtesters, and how to interpret their feedback (video)

“You’ve made a game when people have played it.

You’ve made a GOOD game when people want to play it again.

You’ve made a GREAT game when people tell stories about playing it to their friends.”

— Omari Akil

Where to look for innovative game ideas? Consider players’ roles, goals, and struggles:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/115170/feels-familiar

What makes a good Kickstarter video, and what’s a turn-off? A Twitter board game discussion:

https://twitter.com/Dravvin/status/1367204591440457733

All sorts of things you can do with dice in games:

https://twitter.com/al_cannon/status/1366377363802578944

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/