Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - May 2016

This month, our roundup of favorite board game design links includes advice for designing game systems, co-ops and family games, notes on getting into distribution, thoughts on when to throw in the towel, and more.

featured:

• The Process: Cutthroat Caverns by Curt Covert
• Meaningful Decisions: Doug Levandowski on Design Choices in Gothic Doctor

theory:

• Advice for designing a game system that will support many possible games
• Advice for balancing your game (audio)
• Three designers of cooperative games answer questions about co-op design

playtesting:

• 10 places to find playtesters

process:

• Advice for knowing when to give up on a design

publishing:

• Discussions about shipping games, dexterity games, designing for kids and families, the benefits of networking and more (audio)
• How to get a board game into distribution (audio)

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