Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - January 2015

This month’s roundup of board game design links features data on Kickstarter trends, advice for finding a publisher and a reminder about loving your designs. Plus, the first installments in our series of reports on licensing contracts and our new series of publisher interviews.

featured:

• Signing a Game: Board Game Licensing Contracts - Part 1: Pre-Publication Terms
• Signing a Game: Board Game Licensing Contracts - Part 2: Post-Publication Terms
• The Publishers: Q&A With Chris Kirkman of Dice Hate Me Games

licensing:

• The Meeple Syrup vidcast discusses licensing contract terms with David Short and Cardboard Edison
• Tips for building relationships with publishers and getting published through the back door
• Adventures in pitching—lessons learned from a year of shopping a design to potential publishers

publishing:

• Data on daily and monthly trends in Kickstarter success

theory:

• Thoughts on player control in games

process:

• “If your own designs aren’t among your very favorite games, then you might need to work harder to design games you like.” - Alf Seegert

playtesting:

• “The goal of playtesting is to make it suck a little less each time.” - Ben Begeal

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