Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - April 2014

This week’s roundup of useful links for board game designers features tips for being a good playtester, a look at classic games from the present day, an entire hour of discussion about board game design, and more…

#featured:

• The 5 W’s and 1 H of Good Playtesters

#process:

• Advice to those dreaming of designing a game: You will fail.

#industry:

• A recent #BoardGameHour was all about game design—lots of knowledge was shared
• “So You Wanna Be A Game Designer”: Ben Rosset (@BenRosset) on getting started as a board game designer and how to get published

#theory:

• Glossary of common board game terms
• What can modern designers learn from the mechanics of classic board games?

#prototyping:

• When to make ugly prototypes and when to make pretty prototypes