An in-depth conversation about games and how they work, get defined, engage with players, portray history, get categorized, work as art, and more:

https://gamingtrend.com/feature/interviews/interview-designer-of-oath-root-and-arcs-i-love-games-but-what-i-really-love-is-play/

Games that make use of a “sweet spot” dynamic, and why it can create such interesting decisions for players:

https://gametek.substack.com/p/the-goldilocks-zone

Infinite combos: good or bad? Thoughts from the Reddit board game design forum:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardgameDesign/comments/1e5vhpg/thoughts_about_infinite_loops/

Designer tricks: how some designers focus in on a particular aspect of a game and riff on it in future designs while keeping it feeling fresh (audio):

https://cardboardphilosophypod.podbean.com/e/episode-034-designer-tricks/

A chat about progression in board games: what it is and different ways it can show up in games (audio):

https://decisionspace.podbean.com/e/progression-what-we-talk-about/

Considering a game’s flexibility in allowing things like different player counts and play lengths (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1L23mg_SrQ

Different ways games can sequence and resolve players’ actions (video):

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

Catch-up mechanics: Are they necessary? How can they be included in a design? And when do they work well—or not? (audio):

https://cardboardphilosophypod.podbean.com/e/episode-033-catch-up-mechanics/

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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/

How a thematic win condition not only drives play, but allows for better immersion (audio):

https://ludology.libsyn.com/thinking-beyond-mechanisms-ep-10