Pros and cons of working with one vs. multiple fulfillment partners to ship your game to backers:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/kickstarter-lessons-it-pays-to-work-with-multiple-fulfilment-partners/

Tips for designing games for a mass-market audience (video)

How to get started in tabletop game design: joining or forming a community, understanding the process, generating ideas, soliciting and using feedback, and more (video)

How the math of “power laws” can be used to create big moments in board game designs:

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/gengelstein/issues/gametek-issue-1-power-laws-647946

How to develop a playtest group and gather useful information about your game from them (video)

How to best pitch your board game design to publishers these days? Two recent online panels offer boatloads of advice for designers:

d4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45_jit2SbKw

Nonepub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZV9i3ct8HY

10 steps you can take to boost your Kickstarter mid-campaign:

https://stonemaiergames.com/10-actionable-ideas-to-boost-your-kickstarter-funding-mid-campaign/

Advice for writing clear rulebooks, including through gameplay examples, repeating rules, formatting, and more (video)

Board game publishing contracts: everything you need to know before signing a game—featuring us!

You can find our licensing-terms infographics here: https://cardboardedison.com/reports

Puzzle experts discuss how to create and test satisfying puzzles for tabletop games and escape rooms (video)

This browser-based photo editor has all the functionality of similar, more expensive software, but for free:

https://www.photopea.com/

What board game rulebooks need to accomplish, and how the best ones do it (video)

Some common things that can delay your game’s production:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/kickstarter-lessons-everything-takes-longer-than-youd-expect/

The basics of how to make a board game prototype: bits, boards, and cards, plus how and when to make changes (video, 16:25-33:45)

Tips to help you organize shipping and fulfillment for your next board game Kickstarter project (audio):

https://crowdfundingnerds.com/episode24/

How to make tiles for your board game prototype—without getting your hands sticky with glue (video)

Graphic design for board game designers: fonts, numbers, card layout, color meanings, graphic design programs, and more (video)

Everything you ever wanted to know about player counts, from solo to massively multiplayer and everything in between:

https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2021/6/1/how-many-players-should-a-game-include

Elegance: how to define it, and how to use it when making game design decisions:

https://andrewfischergames.com/blog/elegance

A process for designing board games with both theme and mechanics in mind:

https://www.charliecleveland.com/the-theme-mechanics-seesaw/