Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - July 2018

In this month's roundup of excellent board game design links, we have important reminders about the value of ideas, an in-depth discussion of a hot game genre, a cool prototyping trick, notes on working with publishers and more.

process:

• Ideas aren't worthless: the important role they play in making a game

theory:

• All about roll-and-write games (audio)

• How to put players under pressure

prototyping:

• How to prototype cards using Google Sheets

playtesting:

• Ways to get people to playtest your prototype: from designer groups to print-and-plays to conventions and more (audio)

licensing:

• Questions you should ask yourself before submitting a game to a contest or publisher

• What to expect when reaching out to a publisher with whom you don't already have a relationship

industry:

• Industry veterans offer advice to designers at Dice Tower Con 2018 (video)

• A high-level guide to designing and publishing a tabletop game

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ADVISERS: Rob Greanias, Peter C. Hayward, Aaron Vanderbeek

SENIOR INVENTORS: Steven Cole, John du Bois, Chris and Kathy Keane (The Drs. Keane), Joshua J. Mills, Marcel Perro, Behrooz Shahriari, Shoot Again Games

JUNIOR INVENTORS: Ryan Abrams, Joshua Buergel, Luis Lara, Neil Roberts, Jay Treat

ASSOCIATES: Stephen B Davies, S GO Explore, Adrienne Ezell, Marcus Howell, Thiago Jabuonski, Samuel Lees, Doug Levandowski, Nathan Miller, Mike Sette, Matt Wolfe

APPRENTICES: Cardboard Fortress Games, Kiva Fecteau, Guz Forster, Scott Gottreu, Aaron Lim, Scott Martel Jr., James Meyers, Tony Miller, The Nerd Nighters, Matthew Nguyen, Marcus Ross, Rosco Schock, VickieGames, Lock Watson, White Wizard Games