How to juggle multiple projects at once—a Twitter board game designers discussion:

https://twitter.com/mightybedbug/status/1373705004192690179

“Getting a game design from 95% to 100% done takes as long as it does to get from 0% to 95% done.”

— Brian Henk

A short thread laying out various ways games with simultaneous action selection can have players interact:

https://twitter.com/BlackOakGames/status/1372990231591419914

We’ve begun releasing a new series of infographics about board game licensing contract terms!

The new series updates our reports from 2015 with all-new information about how publishing contracts work today.

The first two installments are out now, with more to follow in the coming months:

https://cardboardedison.com/reports

Pros and cons of different manufacturing options for your game: printing in the U.S. or overseas, print-on-demand, and handmade copies:

http://www.weirdgiraffegames.com/carla/wordpress/2021/03/11/an-intro-to-manufacturing-options/

Getting your board game into retail by speaking directly with retailers:

http://www.weirdgiraffegames.com/carla/wordpress/2021/03/01/retail-growth-with-molly-zeff/

These Google icons are open source and free for everyone to use:

https://fonts.google.com/icons

A template for an annual budget for a small game publishing company:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cQjmq2eHur9zJ9ULtB65lqq6DtCLZ-UIRg7W5ruYZ2U/edit#gid=1091873129

And a video overview for how to use it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVV2KpuxHGo

Board game media creators discuss how designers and publishers can work with them most effectively (video)

Different ways board games can make players rely on their skills of deduction:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2021/03/11/what-is-a-deduction-game/

Making a media kit for your board game:

https://bagamesco.com/prepping-your-media-folder-for-content-creators/

How much money should you expect a pledge manager to make you?

https://rockmanorgames.com/2021/03/10/how-much-money-will-your-pledge-manager-make-you/

Designing mini-expansions: pros and cons, what you can do with them, cost considerations, and more:

http://www.weirdgiraffegames.com/carla/wordpress/2021/03/11/designing-mini-expansions/

Lots of advice for playtesting, and its importance to the game design process (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBezywgh2yM

Instead of making a balanced game, why not make a “balanced on average” game? Not convinced? They’re more common than you might think:

http://www.phantomknightgames.com/news/balance-on-average/

Breaking the mold and becoming successful on Patreon and in publishing (audio)

http://www.buildingthegamepodcast.com/episode-457-the-patron-saint-of-punk-rock-games/

A template for a game publisher product catalog:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RNxQd8M7vO1QDbFD1kZXc57Ske0rPuKWGuf_kD3f3do/edit#gid=1541042603

And a video overview for how to use it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3qDXlErLfE

Why a publisher might reject even a good game because they’re “just not feeling it”:

https://hollandspiele.com/blogs/hollandazed-thoughts-ideas-and-miscellany/just-not-feeling-it

Game tempo: How the kind of progress that players make during a game affects the way the game feels (video)

A short thread on why it’s important to focus on your game’s “core loop”:

https://twitter.com/PlayJellybean/status/1367916233853648898