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March 02, 2025 March 02, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

Pointers for being a better collaborator throughout your board game design’s journey (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T23O36vZtMs

March 02, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
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March 01, 2025 March 01, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

How to sell your board games on The Game Crafter (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwh8_BFGcVQ

March 01, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
publishing

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March 01, 2025 March 01, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

Live sell sheet review: a publisher gives feedback on a bunch of actual board game sell sheets (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J619vIGyTL8

March 01, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
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March 01, 2025 March 01, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

Advice for dealing with negative—or even just tepid—reviews of your board game:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2025/02/negative-reviews.html

March 01, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
industry

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February 28, 2025 February 28, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

What are game designers for?

https://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2025-02-28

February 28, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
theory, process, playtesting, industry

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February 23, 2025 February 23, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

Some ways of achieving the very difficult goal of designing board games full time (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAFfmbzQe0Y

February 23, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
industry

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February 23, 2025 February 23, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

February 23, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
licensing

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February 22, 2025 February 22, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

February 22, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
playtesting

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February 22, 2025 February 22, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

February 22, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
theory

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February 22, 2025 February 22, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

February 22, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
licensing

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February 22, 2025 February 22, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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/

February 22, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
publishing

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February 20, 2025 February 20, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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/

February 20, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
licensing

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February 20, 2025 February 20, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

February 20, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
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February 15, 2025 February 15, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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/

February 15, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
publishing, licensing

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February 13, 2025 February 13, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

February 13, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
publishing

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February 13, 2025 February 13, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

February 13, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
process

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February 12, 2025 February 12, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

February 12, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
playtesting

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February 09, 2025 February 09, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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/

February 09, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
process, licensing, podcasts

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February 08, 2025 February 08, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

February 08, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
prototyping

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February 08, 2025 February 08, 2025/ Cardboard Edison

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

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

February 08, 2025/ Cardboard Edison/
process, playtesting, licensing

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