Warm-up exercises for board game designers—a Bluesky game design discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/peterlmcpherson.bsky.social/post/3kxzwigrai32c

Considering “zones of focus” where players follow the game’s action:

https://x.com/chessandpoker/status/1815013872341807479

How a flowchart can be used to help you better understand your game’s structure and flow:

https://x.com/Clint_Davey1/status/1815689934482895011

Some principles for composing board game rulebooks:

https://x.com/Nick__Bentley/status/1816552117542297871

How to get your game to stand out on crowdfunding platforms and avoid common newbie publisher mistakes (audio):

https://crowdfundingnerds.com/episode188/

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

If you’re stuck on a game design, here are some methods to try and get past designer’s block: (audio, starting at 22:05):

https://sites.libsyn.com/19999/obg-542-scrambling-for-a-styrofoam-cup

Community answers to a perennial question from new board game designers: How concerned should I be about someone stealing my game idea?

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardgameDesign/comments/1e4h6aq/level_of_concern_about_stolen_ideas/

Answers to lots of questions about board game design and publishing: creating innovative mechanics, the development process, crowdfunding challenges, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2iAd5NPix4

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/

Step-by-step instructions for how to make a pitch video that is clear and concise without too much unnecessary fuss:

https://bsky.app/profile/marcelineleiman.bsky.social/post/3kwq4prlrfv2f

The head of board game manufacturer Hero Time answers tons of questions about the process of printing games (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YDg5G9cw0A

Examples of excellent rulebooks—a BoardGameGeek forum discussion:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3328162/in-praise-of-excellent-rulebooks

Tips for tracking your pitch efforts:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2024/07/10/pitch-tracking/

This tabletop game design guidebook helps designers understand the full journey of making a game:

https://breakmygame.com/guidebook

10 steps to designing a game (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_r7nbVILuM

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/

Generally good advice that you might not want to follow: a frank and detailed conversation about getting into publishing, launching a crowdfunding campaign, marketing a game, and more (audio):

https://genesisoflegend.podbean.com/e/episode-373-thats-great-advice-dont-follow-it/