Where and how do you playtest your games? A Twitter board game designers discussion:

https://twitter.com/ajstichter/status/1642616698187444227

A history of storytelling in games (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuDrFKs9Hxo

Sealed bid auctions: how they work, games that use them, what they’re like for players, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxl4fudIs4U

How to design a worker placement game (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsJ7YI8bJ_Q

Two common reasons why players may forget a rule, and what you could do to address the issue:

https://twitter.com/BenjaminGoldman/status/1641494210560897034

Why banning players from doing certain things is usually a bad idea:

https://twitter.com/Nick__Bentley/status/1642189269585350657

Auctions with constrained bidding: why it’s a tricky mechanic for game designers to get right (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCPSuX2jcF0

What makes a board game intuitive?

https://twitter.com/erik_a_sunden/status/1640283062410813440

Punishing game mechanisms: the case for minus points, instant losses, and other mechanics that penalize players in some way (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz5fEny3LeM

Board games without copyright—answer to questions about copyright expiration, public domain, Creative Commons, clones of games, and more:

https://strebecklaw.com/board-games-without-copyright-do-they-exist/

Board game designers discuss what they look for in publishing contracts:

https://twitter.com/tonymakesgames/status/1638287776339599361

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

A simple method for sorting through playtester feedback:

https://twitter.com/dr_vil/status/1638893021965205504

Once-around auctions: how the mechanism works, the experience it offers players, games that use it, and more (video):

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

7 critical mistakes to avoid making when you go to crowdfund your game:

https://crowdfundingnerds.com/essentials/

Casual players: who they are and the kinds of games and play patterns that define them:

https://www.universityxp.com/blog/2023/3/14/who-are-casual-players

How board games make their way onto mass-market store shelves in the U.S.:

https://twitter.com/TheOneTAR/status/1637985210599079936

A thorough guide to making and manufacturing games in more sustainable ways:

https://www.greengamesguide.com/read-the-guide

A board game designer goes head-to-head with ChatGPT to come up with game ideas based on thematic and mechanical prompts (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eml8LEuRuLw

see also: How can ChatGPT help board game designers?

https://mailchi.mp/11ed83a81b4a/cardboard-edison-omnibus-how-can-chatgpt-help-board-game-designers

A conversation about setting your personal priorities for working on your board game designs (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ivjhJAQJJ8

Comments on how various board games display the game title on the box cover:

https://ferventworkshop.com/box/observations-about-the-presentation-of-game-titles-on-boxes/