Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - September 2018

In this month's roundup of great board game design links, we have in-depth looks at some game mechanics, advice for writing clearer rulebooks, advice for operating in the industry, and more.

featured:

• Meaningful Decisions: J. Alex Kevern on Design Choices in World’s Fair 1893

• Meaningful Decisions: Benoit Turpin on Design Choices in Welcome To...

theory:

• Worker placement: how it works and how it came to be

• Want to mitigate the effects of output randomness? Risk management could be the answer

rules:

• 10 ways of making your rulebook clearer

industry:

• Tips and tricks for networking in the board game industry (audio)

• How to approach tabletop industry people for advice

process:

• Common mistakes in board game design—a BoardGameGeek designers forum discussion

• “If you want to do something, it’s not important how you start. Just that you start. And then continue. And be willing to change and improve your project.” - Behrooz "Bez" Shahriari

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

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

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

ASSOCIATES: Dark Forest Project, Stephen B. Davies, Adrienne Ezell, Marcus Howell, Thiago Jabuonski, Doug Levandowski, Nathan Miller, Mike Sette, S GO Explore, Matt Wolfe

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