What makes some games “easy to pick up”? Thoughts on intuitive and familiar game mechanics:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/146509/familiar-vs-intuitive-design-what-makes-board-game

What is interaction? Thoughts on how to define player interaction and some cases that may or may not fit the definition:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/146380/what-interaction

Thoughts on how board games can give players rewards of varying size at different points in the game—and why they should:

https://twitter.com/Nick__Bentley/status/1646595532775739394

Horror in board games: why it’s so hard to do well, things that define the genre, and how they map to tabletop games:

https://purplelanterngames.com/2023/04/12/horror-in-tabletop-games-why-horror/

Stuck for an idea on a game design? Here are three tips for helping get your creative juices flowing:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/04/12/how-to-get-ideas/

We talk a lot about what good game design is, but what does good game design do?

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/146281/i-have-affixation-good-game-design

A rundown of various action systems that give players interesting ways of deciding what to do on their turn (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uca3LzGMe1Q

Shiny object syndrome: how it can derail board game designers and a simple step to avoid it:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/shiny-object-syndrome/

Thoughts on victory points, how they assign values to things in games, and the sometimes unspoken assumptions that come with those systems of values:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-victory-points.html

When players ask themselves how valuable a thing or action is in a game, here are some of the considerations that come into play:

https://rericreuss.com/2023/03/31/how-good-is-this-valuation-in-board-games/

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/