Yay Games’ Andrew Harman on gateway games, accessibility, working with intellectual properties, self-publishing, and more:

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2023/02/23/meeting-of-minds-yay-games/

Tips for preparing to show your game design at a public playtesting event:

https://www.fightinabox.com/single-post/prepping-for-protospiel

The psychology of games: some of the many ways human psychology affects how games are perceived as products and experienced during play (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3EWL3Tbf0Y

Prototype quality: Why deciding how nice to make your game look is a balancing act:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-prototype-quality.html

Prolific beats perfect: the benefits of designing and testing games quickly:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/02/21/prolific-beats-perfect/

Breaking down some of the factors that contribute to a board game’s complexity:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1627048630854242304

How to use Google Drawings to prototype board games (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D_7Hu8k3nc

Notes on complexity: different ways games can be complex, and what they mean for how different kinds of players view them:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2023/02/an-approach-to-complexity.html

A discussion about writing board game rulebooks: their purpose, structuring them, giving them personality, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7IytZKxCN0

What goes into making a game replayable?

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2023/02/11/the-variability-of-replayability/

Reprinting a game: how the process works:

https://stonemaiergames.com/reprinting-a-game-how-the-process-works/

Tips for laying out your rulebook’s component and setup diagrams (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfr6HnXXw_c

Co-designing board games: how to navigate division of labor, disagreements, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEogThgH1GU

How do you know when a game idea has the potential to turn into a finished game? A Twitter board game designers discussion:

https://twitter.com/trollsnrerolls/status/1621488927868592130

What makes a great engine-building game? A Reddit board game design forum discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardgameDesign/comments/10raor5/what_makes_a_great_engine_builder/

Beginner mistakes that new game designers often make—a Twitter game design discussion:

https://twitter.com/gamesbymondo/status/1620222969229488128

10 tips for “not” getting a publisher to sign your game (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMcZ5za9B2A

Games where the theme and mechanics are particularly well-connected—a Twitter board game community discussion:

https://twitter.com/brigetteidesign/status/1617354408052002816

Tips for co-designing a board game with another designer—a Twitter board game designers discussion:

https://twitter.com/PhilSchwarzmann/status/1618104401754984449

Tips for setting up a playtest night where designers may come with games of different lengths—a Twitter board game designers discussion:

https://twitter.com/PhilSchwarzmann/status/1619083003027951616