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June 17, 2024 June 17, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

Six tips for pitching your board game to publishers:

https://www.meeplemountain.com/top-six/top-six-tips-for-pitching-your-game-to-publishers/

June 17, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
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June 15, 2024 June 15, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

When writing a rulebook, there are four different audiences to keep in mind:

https://bsky.app/profile/tzartzam.bsky.social/post/3kus24mydpf2r

June 15, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
rules

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June 15, 2024 June 15, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

7 questions to ask yourself when beginning a game design (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qDoUO67T84

June 15, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
process, theory

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June 09, 2024 June 09, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

Trick-taking games: a deep dive into the genre, how it’s defined, some of the many ways designers can work within it, and more (audio):

https://decisionspace.podbean.com/e/trick-taking-what-we-talk-about-with-pete-wissinger/

June 09, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
theory, podcasts

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June 08, 2024 June 08, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

Game designer Erik A Sundén describes his process for getting published:

https://x.com/erik_a_sunden/status/1799063698889437196

June 08, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
licensing

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June 07, 2024 June 07, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

Dispelling myths about game design to get at some hard truths about it (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ7XertymrQ

June 07, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
industry

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June 06, 2024 June 06, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

Board game designers share their top tips for kids who want to make games (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ_M96QGGyY

June 06, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
process, playtesting

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June 05, 2024 June 05, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

What makes a board game “puzzly”? (audio)

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-scm32-16257b7

June 05, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
theory, podcasts

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June 01, 2024 June 01, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

Strategies for getting unstuck with a board game design—a Bluesky game designers discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/senfoonglim.bsky.social/post/3ktq6agqphe2l

June 01, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
process

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June 01, 2024 June 01, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

June 01, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
publishing, prototyping

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May 29, 2024 May 29, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

May 29, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
theory

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May 28, 2024 May 28, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

May 28, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
publishing

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May 25, 2024 May 25, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

May 25, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
rules

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May 25, 2024 May 25, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

May 25, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
publishing

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May 24, 2024 May 24, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

May 24, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
publishing

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May 24, 2024 May 24, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

May 24, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
publishing

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May 22, 2024 May 22, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

Reasons why a game might sell poorly (video):

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

May 22, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
industry

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May 18, 2024 May 18, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

May 18, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
theory

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May 18, 2024 May 18, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

May 18, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
theory

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May 16, 2024 May 16, 2024/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

May 16, 2024/ Cardboard Edison/
licensing

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