How to lead a playtest, step-by-step—from deciding what you want to learn from a test, to running the session, to organizing and acting on feedback (video)

Board game designers answer the question: What do you wish you knew when you started designing games?

http://www.weirdgiraffegames.com/carla/wordpress/2021/03/29/guest-post-things-you-wished-you-knew-when-you-started-designing/

Three signs it’s time to quit working on a board game design:

https://brandonthegamedev.com/3-signs-its-time-to-quit-working-a-board-game-design-idea/

Options as a stand-in for punchboard for prototypes or print-and-plays:

https://twitter.com/dustinbschwartz/status/1376792170246639616

How board game designers continue finding inspiration to create games in the face of an oversaturated market:

https://twitter.com/junkfood_games/status/1376994659088613381

“Kickstarter tip 2987: Know how you’re using social media. Don’t launch thinking you’ll post in a few FB groups. Have a plan. You don’t need a ton of money, but know where you’re posting, when, and what you’re going to say. Use pics and directives. Be excited! Planning = success.”

— AnnaMaria Jackson-Phelps

Common pitfalls and basic lessons learned in game design—a Reddit board game designers discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopgamedesign/comments/mds0h6/common_pitfalls/

How to optimize your board game Kickstarter emails:

https://crowdfundingnerds.com/how-to-optimise-your-kickstarter-board-game-emails-for-gmail/

Building and maintaining a healthy community around your Kickstarter campaign (audio):

https://meeplemarketing.com/community-marketing-with-danni-loe/

How to make a great “impress the judge” game:

http://www.phantomknightgames.com/news/making-an-impressive-impress-the-judge-game/

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/