Some ways of running a smooth and successful playtest session: setting expectations, setting the tone, managing feedback, and more:

https://bsky.app/profile/drayerink.bsky.social/post/3kghtywgomj2l

Tips for easier card game prototyping using Excel’s auto-populate features:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/155669/prototyping-cards-excel-auto-populate-info

Lots of pointers and lessons learned about board game design and publishing:

https://stonemaiergames.com/20-questions-and-answers-about-game-design-publishing-and-beyond/

Getting your board game’s files ready for a manufacturer: software, printer requirements, file creation, proofs, and more (video):

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

How to use ChatGPT to help with the first draft of your rulebook (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2uWOz_Ns1Q

This talk offers a range of tricks for better processes around creating and pitching board game designs: using player incentives, magic numbers in games, using components well, meeting industry figures, being persistent, staying on publishers’ radars, and more (video):

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

Most publishers prefer setting up convention pitch meetings ahead of time. But for quick, impromptu pitches, here are some tips:

https://twitter.com/CardboardTruth/status/1733138500151644457

Tips for making board game icons that work well:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/12/06/can-icons-make-or-break-your-game/

A process and equipment for making nice-looking custom dice (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SUD_i6rSgU

Having other designers playtest your game is great for some things and not as great for others:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/155163/i-love-some-other-designers

How being more intentional about your game’s thematic choices can lead to a richer final product (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX4udstVy_w

Crowdfunding campaigns typically slow down in the middle—here are some ways of overcoming the mid-campaign doldrums:

https://stonemaiergames.com/12-ways-to-overcome-the-mid-campaign-doldrums/

This online tool creates blank board game maps of various sizes (hex grids only for now, with others to follow):

https://sparkling-narwhal-68437b.netlify.app/

Contracts in board games: what they are, what they add to gameplay, and different ways games have used them:

https://medium.com/@zipo13/promises-promises-44ea83c9daab

A potpourri of answers to questions about board game design and publishing: retheming, giving up on a design, complexity, roadblocks, prototyping, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBD1hogt2MY

Replayability: factors that make a game replayable, how they intersect, and whether replayability actually matters all that much (audio):

https://decisionspace.podbean.com/e/replayability-and-why-it-doesn-t-matter-what-we-talk-about/

21 ways to make the most of playtesting:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2023/11/22/21-ways-to-make-the-most-of-playtesting/

Board game design productivity hacks: tips for making more time for game design (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7aanyR5xRk

Getting out of a game design slump—tips from the Bluesky board game design community:

https://bsky.app/profile/senfoonglim.bsky.social/post/3ke3ccrzco42n

How developing your communication skills can make you a better board game designer:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2023/11/communication-is-design-skill.html