Strategies for getting unstuck with a board game design—a Bluesky game designers discussion:
https://bsky.app/profile/senfoonglim.bsky.social/post/3ktq6agqphe2l
Tips & Resources for Board Game Designers
Strategies for getting unstuck with a board game design—a Bluesky game designers discussion:
https://bsky.app/profile/senfoonglim.bsky.social/post/3ktq6agqphe2l
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):
Effective but boring: an important note about the kinds of player strategies that you as a designer should watch out for:
Tips for cutting shipping costs for your crowdfunding project (video):
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:
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):
Reasons why a game might sell poorly (video):
Designing word games: different kinds of word games, things that make them tricky to design, tips for playtesting them, and more (video):
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?
How finished should a game be before you pitch it? (video)
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):
The Tabletop Game Designers Association has officially launched:
An argument against victory points and single-winner games—and ideas for alternatives (video):
How not to design a modern board game: 10 things designers should avoid putting in their game (video):
World-building for board games (video):
What should you charge for your board game? Some different ways of setting a price point (video):
Designing narrative puzzle games: notes on immersion, tactile components, playtesting, and more (audio):
https://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-321-once-upon-a-puzzletale