Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - March 2013

Our monthly roundup gives us a chance to spotlight the board game design tips and resources that we’ve found to be the most useful over the past month.

Here are our picks for March 2013:

#process:

• Don Eskridge shares advice for aspiring designers
• Getting past your moments of doubt: advice from the BoardGameGeek designers forum

#theory:

• James Ernest (@cheapassjames) and Jason Morningstar (@jmstar) discuss the right way to use randomness in game design
• Richard Garfield discusses skill vs. luck in games
• Ways to keep players engaged in your game–and ways not to

#playtesting:

• Michael Keller (@vhgames) joins the On Board Games podcast (@OnBoardGames) to discuss best practices for playtesting
• The way to know when you’ve made the greatest game you can
• Tips for playtesting events, from Brett Myers (@brettspiel)

#publishing:

• Suggestions for getting people invested in the success of your project

#industry:

• “If you’re a game designer, give away your game to people you think will like it, no strings attached. You never know what will happen.” - Dave Chalker (@DaveTheGame)