Balancing game design with work, family, and other aspects of life—four designers share how they do it:

https://www.whatifgames.co.uk/balancing-act-navigating-work-family-and-creative-passions-in-game-design/

A conversation about ways of approaching mathematical problems in game designs and participating in game design contests (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANVlKDzFQa0

Why creating bad games is an important part of becoming a good game designer (video):

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

The most important skills for board game designers to have—a Twitter game design discussion:

https://x.com/AD_BoardGames/status/1844026650528510329

Lessons from a 20-year board game industry veteran: how games make players feel, setting deadlines, refining ideas, building relationships with other creators, and more (audio):

https://justingarydesign.substack.com/p/live-at-gen-con-2024-special-episode

Tips on taking aspects from video games and adding them to your tabletop game design (audio):

https://www.boardgamersanonymous.com/episode-487-going-analog-translating-video-games-to-cardboard/

How to move from the idea phase to playtesting—a Reddit board game forum discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardgameDesign/comments/1ewam6p/how_do_you_move_from_ideation_to_playtesting/

Tips for juggling board game design and a full-time job (video):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 six-month plan to getting a board game signed—or at least to giving yourself the best chance at doing so (video):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The 5 biggest lessons learned from 20 years of game design: playtesting, deciding what to keep, working within constraints, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxfWp3iex2k

Tips for iterating on your board game idea to improve it over time (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bomd3kPGj0U