Tips for a successful pitch event where you’ll be showing multiple games to many publishers:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/07/26/mojo-pitch-an-inventors-guide-part-2-the-pitch/

How to prepare for a pitch event where you’ll be showing your game or games to lots of different publishers:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/07/20/mojo-pitch-an-inventors-guide-part-1-before-the-pitch/

8 things pretty much every board game publisher is looking for in a game (video):

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

An overview of some of the most common legal issues that arise around making and marketing games: copyrights and trademarks, clauses to look for in contracts, NDAs, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YeERH88-Y4

The absolute basics of how to make a board game (video):

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

Development: the ambiguities of what can happen to a game design between signing and publication:

https://faidutti.com/blog/blog/2023/06/11/entre-creation-et-edition-les-ambiguites-du-developpement-dun-jeu-between-design-and-publication-the-ambiguities-of-game-development/

Lots of advice for up-and-coming board game designers from the design community on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/BreakMyGameG/status/1660711395116163072

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

What publishers want from designers: a discussion about prototype quality, graphic design, communication, pitching multiple publishers, sell sheets, doing your research, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlEpMN28dSc

A short thread on games getting cancelled by publishers: why it happens and how designers can protect themselves:

https://twitter.com/rccgames/status/1650145265326727170

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

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

How networking can help you get your board game signed with a publisher:

https://twitter.com/rccgames/status/1649741023789080576

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

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

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

How to improve the chances of a publisher picking up your game? This one has some thoughts:

https://twitter.com/alleycatgames/status/1633421774422433793

The financial side of board game design: a conversation about the sometimes-awkward topic of royalties (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPqpWw6Q48A

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

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

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

Find a publisher or crowdfund the game yourself? An overview of the tradeoffs that come with either path (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ypL_B5S-sI

This broad overview of how to get your board game to market covers all the industry basics new designers need to know:

https://spielwarenmesse.de/en/mag/toy-lab/board-games-inventing

Why it’s important for the pitch for your board game to be as enticing as possible, and how to start making it so:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/why-your-pitch-needs-to-be-amazing/