When is it a good idea for a board game to make a villain a playable position?

https://rericreuss.com/2022/09/25/being-a-force-for-bad/

Designers share their biggest secrets for designing and playtesting board games:

https://twitter.com/BreakMyGameG/status/1572066930667950080

Does that publishing contract protect your rights as a designer? Here’s a checklist to make sure it does.

Lessons about game design learned by playing many games with a child:

https://www.underdoggames.com/a/blog/better-board-game-creator

How easily can people ruin your game if they only care about winning? (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY652iHZAss

When you sign away the publishing rights to your game, how do you get them back? Common licensing contract clauses around rights reversion (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSFRYLGR8VU

How to come up with shipping estimates and get your games into different countries (audio):

https://crowdfundingnerds.com/episode92/

A deeper analysis of how a game’s mechanics and theming relate, and how they map to the “game state” and the “game world”:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2022/09/game-state-vs-game-world.html

Specific questions to ask playtesters (and other things to look for during a test):

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/playtesting-questions-to-ask/

10 manufacturing tips to boost your game’s production quality without busting your budget (video):

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

Area movement: how it’s different from point-to-point movement and different ways it can be used in games (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITwGe47d_V0

A short thread on being intentional about your game design decisions and considering alternatives:

https://twitter.com/mrmatthew/status/1569816891899932672

What's your preferred way to take notes or record information for a playtest? A Twitter board game designers discussion:

https://twitter.com/BreakMyGameG/status/1570863761409585152

A short on thread on where to describe various card powers and iconography in your rulebook:

https://twitter.com/Mattyleg1/status/1570404449264304131

What designers should know about board game licensing contract terms related to advances, sub-licensing, and free or discount copies (video):

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

See also: https://cardboardedison.com/reports

Player elimination in games: why it’s generally avoided, and some approaches that can make it more acceptable to players:

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/09/13/slow-death-player-elimination-in-board-games-topic-discussion/

Area majority and area influence mechanics: what they are, how they affect the play experience, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blszav8fxIQ

A short thread on why board game designers should always question their personal judgment of their own games:

https://twitter.com/Nick__Bentley/status/1566814864990945288

What are your favorite questions to ask playtesters about your designs? A Twitter board game design discussion:

https://twitter.com/BreakMyGameG/status/1567541343714512897

Board game licensing contracts explained: What designers should know about terms related to creative control (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZQXPN-yzPc

See also: https://cardboardedison.com/reports