When to abandon one of your board game designs, when not to, and when to just put it on pause for a bit:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/10/11/when-to-abandon-a-game-youve-designed/

Recommendations for board games that game designers should play to learn about mechanics and industry trends (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvUAri5EAbw

Why you shouldn’t worry too much if your next board game design doesn’t come together faster and easier than your previous one:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2023/10/next-game-blues.html

Advice for sticking with a board game design when the going gets tough—a Bluesky board game design discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/gregisonthego.bsky.social/post/3kb4jlzignk2x

How one-off “experience in a box” games change the value equation for both players and publishers:

https://imaginarysword9074488.wordpress.com/2023/10/05/how-experience-in-a-box-games-change-the-value-equation/

Getting a prototype ready for the Cardboard Edison Award—and then for a crowdfunding campaign after winning (audio):

https://buildingthegamepodcast.com/episode-591-diatoms-sound-super-fake-but-are-actually-super-real-and-super-cool/

Lots of playtesting advice for new board game designers—a Bluesky game designer discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/gregisonthego.bsky.social/post/3ka5qzrfpmh2i

This color palette generator can help board game designers create more presentable prototypes:

https://coolors.co/

How to go from crowdfunding a project to selling it through e-commerce (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6CZw8snoro

Rob Daviau on how to playtest like a pro, receive feedback, iterate, and playtest a whole lot more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5_jrytBTs

Having a hit game can pose some surprising challenges for a publisher—here are some ways of handling a runaway success:

https://stonemaiergames.com/the-next-big-thing-how-to-handle-a-products-runaway-success/

Money in board games: modeling inflation, different components for money, loans in games, money that isn’t money, games without money, money as the theme, and more (scroll for English):

https://faidutti.com/blog/blog/2023/09/25/les-jeux-et-largent-money-and-games/

Balance: a deep, two-part discussion about what game balance is, why we care about it, how games can be balanced, and the downsides of overbalancing a design (audio):

https://decisionspace.podbean.com/e/balance-pt-1-what-we-talk-about/

https://decisionspace.podbean.com/e/balance-pt-2-what-we-talk-about/

The board game designer’s oath: some best practices for doing right by your playtesters and fellow designers (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ekw8FYQUG4

Some reasons why players may find your game’s theme “boring”:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2023/09/boring-themes.html

How to receive feedback on your game and handle tricky situations with playtesters without stressing out about it too much (video):

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

Starting the process of signing a game with a publisher—some tips for breaking in as a newcomer:

https://twitter.com/TBG_on_FB/status/1702671776000393369

“Keep in mind that every game you create (or try to create) is a learning experience. Know that discarded games are not useless. You will always learn from a failed game. These are the ones that teach you the most. A shelved game is like negative feedback well given, you learn much more than with positive feedback.”

— Roberto Pinheiro

How to make a budget for a crowdfunding project—with a downloadable spreadsheet to help crunch the numbers (video):

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

Why board game designers should always insist on getting an advance as part of a licensing contract:

https://www.threads.net/@thegameaisle/post/Cw3erslrRnK

more: https://cardboardedison.com/reports