Tabletop Playground: an overview of the virtual tabletop software, how it works, and how designers can bring their games to the platform (video)
Lots of board game designers share the lessons they learned in 2021:
http://www.weirdgiraffegames.com/carla/wordpress/2022/01/24/guest-post-2021-learnings/
Besides playing more games, what advice do you have to be a better game designer? A Twitter game designers discussion:
https://twitter.com/tonymakesgames/status/1484224213212807169
5 publishing pitfalls and how to avoid them: EU shipping, cultural consulting, Kickstarter financial planning, and more:
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/123599/5-kickstarter-pitfalls-avoid
A short thread with a warning for new board game designers about the “kitchen sink” prototype:
https://twitter.com/AmyDesignsGames/status/1483145652028817418
How to learn from and follow up on success after funding a board game on Kickstarter:
https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/learning-from-and-following-up-on-your-kickstarter-success/
How simple economies develop in many board games, and how they compare with those in RPGs and LARPs:
https://taogaming.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/boardgame-rpg-larp-economies/
Our annual Cardboard Edison Best Practices booklet is jam-packed with articles and interviews covering every step of the board game design process!
In this year’s book, you'll find:
tips from past winners of the Cardboard Edison Award
a sample template script for your game’s 5-minute pitch
designing a game with a multilingual release in mind
the difference between how designers, developers, and publishers see games
a board game design checklist
and LOTS more!
Designing a social-deduction game: the basics of the genre, and some pitfalls to avoid:
https://blog.rustbit.com/social-deduction-game-design-fundamentals-a4cbae378005
