Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - January 2017

This month our list of excellent board game design links includes advice for early in the design process, thoughts on randomness from an expert, a crucial point about using other designers' ideas, plus a special appearance by us!

contests:

• Advice for participating in board game design contests (audio)

process:

• The first things you should work on when starting a design

theory:

• How to use randomness well (audio)

publishing:

• Tips for commissioning artwork

industry:

• Jamey Stegmaier: What I wish I had known before I got into board game design (audio)
• "Honor among thieves": How to steal game ideas responsibly (audio)

rules:

• “If a rule is difficult to explain in words or easily forgotten, consider cutting it.” - Sen-Foong Lim

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