Why the most important part of pitching to a publisher isn’t about your game—it’s about building a relationship (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdg9nKVBvaA

You can use this form to keep track of essential information about each of your playtests:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZkbHELWHbFiQKBDVKxkWz7IiAb4zKx80ImBrIY8h_c8/edit?gid=0#gid=0

What makes a game “cozy”? A Bluesky board game designers discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/senfoonglim.bsky.social/post/3ligalnsa6k2z

A step-by-step walkthrough of how to make a sell sheet to help you pitch your board game to publishers (video):

part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6pEm3QnS10&t=12s

part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWw5RPPiVZo

Steps for publishing a board game through crowdfunding: building an audience, running a campaign, marketing, and more:

https://updates.kickstarter.com/how-to-market-a-tabletop-game-in-7-steps/

The benefits of always being ready to pitch your game—and how to recognize the times when you shouldn’t be pitching:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2025/02/20/always-be-pitching-but-not-always/

What does “fun” mean? Here’s a list of 20 types of fun:

https://bsky.app/profile/carlrobinsoncrusoe.bsky.social/post/3likfdx4uos2q

A small indie board game publisher lays out what it takes to publish a game, using crowdfunding platforms, how designers can do a better job of pitching to publishers, and more:

https://www.whatifgames.co.uk/a-deep-dive-into-board-game-publishing-with-radical-8-games/

Four tips for self-publishing your game—deciding what to make and how to release it:

https://donteatthemeeples.substack.com/p/four-tips-self-publishing-games-chris-wray

How to decide whether a board game idea is good enough to start working on? Here are some criteria you can use to assess your ideas and select the best ones (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E54gkTqQv9Q

An in-depth conversation with lots of tips for running better playtests (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8qM6T-0sM

A wide-ranging discussion about the process of coming up with new game ideas, how long to stick with them, keeping track of them, and pitching them to publishers (audio):

https://thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/btc-daryl-andrews-on-generating-ideas/

How to make a digital prototype of a simple card game using Dextrous and Tabletopia (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkOVEPUrw9Y

5 mistakes that new board game designers make (video):

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

A short thread on the benefits of maintaining a database of your board game ideas:

https://bsky.app/profile/nickbentley.bsky.social/post/3lher7cz6uc2g

The benefits of cultivating your personal brand as a board game designer:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2025/02/04/your-personal-brand-as-a-designer/

Board game development: How different publishers approach turning a signed prototype into a published game, best practices, the role of the designer, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9shDo0_fows

Can you make a living from board game design? Breaking down some of the issues that make it hard to earn a stable income as a game designer (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy9g2o5WqHU

Understanding your game’s audience: how knowing the key characteristics and desires of the demographic can help you make a game that satisfies the core consumer by design (audio):

https://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-335-whos-this-for

How various modern board games approach handicap systems that allow players of different skill levels to compete—a Bluesky board game designers discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/gengelstein.bsky.social/post/3lgwlcoulc22j