A short thread with some principles for coming up with a compelling name for your board game:

https://bsky.app/profile/nickbentley.bsky.social/post/3lkdzwt7eg226

Want to design a family game? Here are some mistakes to avoid:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2025/03/10/mistakes-to-avoid-when-designing-family-games/

A short thread on when failure can be fun for players:

https://bsky.app/profile/carlrobinsoncrusoe.bsky.social/post/3ljd5ipohz22v

Tips for starting up a playtest group that will help you and other designers support each other and keep making progress on your games:

https://youtu.be/OX_AX_q_6IE

Six good habits for board game designers, to help you through the process of broadening your horizons, putting your game through its paces, participating in the industry, and contributing to the community:

https://www.meeplemountain.com/top-six/top-six-awesome-habits-for-board-game-designers/

When a player says “don’t make me think,” here are three things they might mean (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gy46e7b7Xw

Lots of advanced pointers for pitching your board game to publishers like a professional (video):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What are game designers for?

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

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

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

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