Development: the ambiguities of what can happen to a game design between signing and publication:
10 steps to create a tabletop game company:
https://stonemaiergames.com/10-steps-to-create-a-tabletop-game-company/
The designer of Radlands has a website with lots of articles about various aspects of board game design. We’ve pulled out some of the best on design theory:
https://daniel.games/the-depth-complexity-ratio.htm
https://daniel.games/relatability.htm
https://daniel.games/big-moves.htm
https://daniel.games/calculation-vs-intuition.htm
https://daniel.games/ramps.htm
https://daniel.games/interlinking.htm
https://daniel.games/player-interaction.htm
https://daniel.games/tension.htm
https://daniel.games/feelbad-situations.htm
https://daniel.games/awesome-things.htm
https://daniel.games/types-of-fun.htm
https://daniel.games/accumulation.htm
https://daniel.games/consequential-actions.htm
https://daniel.games/reducing-complexity.htm
https://daniel.games/randomness.htm
https://daniel.games/resources.htm
https://daniel.games/access.htm
https://daniel.games/spatial-systems.htm
https://daniel.games/making-sure-the-game-ends.htm
10 tips for showing off your board game at a convention:
https://thecityofkings.com/news/10-tips-for-conventions/
Actually, make that 20:
https://thecityofkings.com/news/10-more-tips-for-conventions/
How games can inspire delight in players:
https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/06/01/designing-games-with-delight/
Deck-building games: an overview of how they’ve evolved since Dominion:
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/05/23/deck-building-a-modern-card-mechanism-topic-discussion/
Scorekeeping: the tradeoffs that come with various common methods of tracking scores:
http://www.weirdgiraffegames.com/carla/wordpress/2023/05/24/components-for-tracking-scores/
Tips for using traditional games to create new ones:
https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/05/18/using-traditional-games-to-inspire-new-ones/
10 ways a board game company can regain customers’ trust after losing it:
https://stonemaiergames.com/10-ways-to-regain-trust-after-losing-it/