Various ways of adding “color” to your board game’s presentation—card art, flavor text, minis, custom dice, etc.—and the tradeoffs that come with each (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctrx1-etVcU

Effective but boring: an important note about the kinds of player strategies that you as a designer should watch out for:

https://gametek.substack.com/p/effective-but-boring

Tips for cutting shipping costs for your crowdfunding project (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiePDpY5TnM

Tips for simplifying your game’s rules—a Bluesky board game designers’ discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/drunkcrunkfranken.bsky.social/post/3kszvh3m4qk2t

The major channels for getting word out about your game, and thoughts on how hard they are to do and how effective they can be:

https://twitter.com/HasmaniHasan/status/1793395925718585772

Tips for designing and laying out punch-out components for board games:

https://danielsolisblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/designing-punch-out-components-for.html

Making board games vision-friendly: tips for creators and examples of games that do it well (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGSVsQ4uEag

Reasons why a game might sell poorly (video):

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

Designing word games: different kinds of word games, things that make them tricky to design, tips for playtesting them, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK5HDaWFaqc

Problems that can arise in many games once you hit three players: kingmaking, turtling, sandbagging, and more:

https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/three-player-problem

related: Is kingmaking really a problem?

https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/kingmaking

How finished should a game be before you pitch it? (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxN70hnXIaU

Tips for making a sizzle reel to help you pitch one of your game designs:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2024/05/14/top-tips-for-super-sizzles/

When you get a pre-production print sample of your board game, here’s what to look for (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0CrlAAN0Y

The Tabletop Game Designers Association has officially launched:

https://www.ttgda.org/

An argument against victory points and single-winner games—and ideas for alternatives (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTKf4cB9iy8

How not to design a modern board game: 10 things designers should avoid putting in their game (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GZLqnOr6zM

World-building for board games (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUrU19wcS-E

What should you charge for your board game? Some different ways of setting a price point (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BMOySNfIO0

Designing narrative puzzle games: notes on immersion, tactile components, playtesting, and more (audio):

https://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-321-once-upon-a-puzzletale

The top things that are probably wrong with your game: common problems that show up in game designs over and over again (audio):

https://genesisoflegend.podbean.com/e/episode-370-ten-things-wrong-with-your-game/