Various mistaken beliefs that new game designers fall into (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4__gVAAjE

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

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/

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

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/

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

A discussion about trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy in tabletop gaming, and the legal and practical challenges facing game creators (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEBN7kUw4gA

How to design a game for a non-gaming brand: questions to ask, setting your price, managing the project, setting expectations for the client, and more:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2025/01/15/designing-games-for-brands/

Making “toyetic” games with a strong toy factor (audio):

Games that do it well:

https://sites.libsyn.com/19999/obg-553-toyetic

Manufacturing and marketing them:

https://unboxedboardgamepodcast.podbean.com/e/s2e3-toyetic-games/

What constitutes plagiarism in game design?

https://gametek.substack.com/p/copy-paste

Lots of bite-size advice for making a board game, especially playtesting, pitching to publishers, and what to expect if it’s released:

https://bsky.app/profile/connievdc.bsky.social/post/3lbycjga5522q

Tips and tricks for maximizing BoardGameGeek:

https://stonemaiergames.com/hidden-tips-and-tricks-for-maximizing-boardgamegeek/

Why it's too easy for anyone to make a game—and why that sucks:

https://bsky.app/profile/theonetar.bsky.social/post/3l75am3wx3y2r

Amigo Games’ chief operating officer discusses the true goal of pitching a publisher, a method for demoing games at conventions, marketing new versions of old games, and more (audio):

https://justingarydesign.substack.com/p/alex-yeager-mastering-game-pitches

A game designer’s guide to board game conventions and trade shows:

https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2024/10/12/a-designers-guide-to-board-game-conventions-and-trade-shows/

You can’t really know when a game will be a hit—but you can do a lot of things to increase its chances:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/166200/hit-board-games

The different types of board game designers, from hobbyists to professionals—and everything in between:

https://shippboardgames.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-hobby-professional.html

10 observations about board game customers and what they’re looking for:

https://stonemaiergames.com/10-unexpected-things-about-tabletop-customers-i-learned-after-starting-stonemaier-games/