Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - April 2018

This month's roundup of great board game design links and quotes includes ways to encourage innovation in your design work, wide-ranging videos on board game design, a new resource for when you need specific kinds of help, and more.

theory:

• Board game design sessions from GDC 2018 (video)
• How "design patterns" can be used to guide a game toward the experience you want (audio)
• Triangular scoring and its uses in game designs
• How to use arcs in a board game design
• Advice for designing cooperative games from fans of the genre and from a skeptic of it (audio)

process:

• A thread offering ways to foster ideas and innovation in your designs

playtesting:

• A list of goals you might have in mind for any given playtest
• “Playtesting is the lifeblood of game design. No matter how experienced you are, you must feel the fun.” - Reiner Knizia

publishing:

• Two threads outlining the economics of board game publishing: one, two

industry:

• A database of business consultants for areas including design, playtesting, Kickstarter, social media, marketing, law, accounting and more

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