5 excuses board game designers make that hold them back—and why they’re no excuse not to move ahead with your design efforts (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fkn-JgYzeY

Tips for using traditional games to create new ones:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/05/18/using-traditional-games-to-inspire-new-ones/

Half a dozen board game designers discuss all the various steps of making a game (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG3oX9H8RAo

A short thread on how creativity works and some simple steps you can take to help generate unique ideas for games:

https://twitter.com/rccgames/status/1647209366733438979

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/

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

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

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

A step-by-step process for getting started on designing a thematic board game:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2023/02/starting-thematic-design.html

see also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W62k7lIgWW8 (video)

Tips for working well with a co-designer:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/co-design/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One way of coming up with new game mechanics: starting with the mechanic’s name:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/01/25/game-design-inspiration-mechanic-creation/

Cardboard Edison’s annual Best Practices book filled with original articles and interviews about board game design that you won’t find anywhere else is out now:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oHHAAgAcRS9gH4YUMQ5kL310lv0NrOwQ/view

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

Good habits for board game designers: tips for setting yourself up with the right systems and environment to work on your games (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYe1mBTZCVc

A broad overview of how to make a board game, from idea to prototyping and playtesting, to getting it published (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9OCSwxEd9E

People who have successfully designed or published a game discuss what they thought the hardest part of the process was:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardgameDesign/comments/108a6r8/people_who_have_successfully/