Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - January 2014

The new year is off to a great start. In addition to a pair of guest posts on the Cardboard Edison blog, we found a bunch of useful tips and resources for board game designers all over the web:

#featured:

• The Matthew Effect—It’s Like the Runaway-Leader Problem, Only Worse
• A Game Designer’s Guide to Gaming Conventions

#theory:

• Finding and serving your game’s core engagement: What do players do in this game?
• A reminder about not overwhelming players with too many new concepts
• What makes a good expansion

#playtesting:

• Lessons from Unpub 4
• Tips for a great playtesting event

#process:

• “All early designs are awful. Resist the urge to shelve it forever. Also listen to where the game wants to go.”–Rob Daviau (@robdaviaugamer)

#publishing:

• Dan Yarrington of Game Salute (@GameSalute) on getting a game ready to publish, manufacturing, Kickstarting, publication and distribution
• Ten lessons learned from other Kickstarter projects in 2013