Should co-designers have similar approaches or complementary skills? A Bluesky board game designers discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/tzartzam.bsky.social/post/3mxbhtxs6m22h

Making board games not for publishers or crowdfunding, but just for the fun of it (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INwS7l8fNVE

Flatout Games has shared this designer/publisher time-tracking tool for anyone who wants to keep track of time and expenses for a collaborative board game project:

https://www.flatout.games/resources

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_7G5gZwSuS0oMRE42vuN1oOZM9WNGN-VjSLfNeAA4Mk/edit?gid=795248029#gid=795248029

What's the longest you've held onto a game idea? A Bluesky board game designers discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/gamesbymanuel.bsky.social/post/3mvy7rxmapc2a

This framework aims to help designers get through creative roadblocks by evaluating their board game’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, reactions, and data (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l7vqOZUwEw

This panel discussion featuring game designers and developers covers the difference between design and development, how they incorporate narrative into games, and where they draw inspirations from (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FaAwCn2eDM

Lessons learned co-designing games with around 30 other designers:

https://www.wericmartin.com/co-designing-lessons-for-tabletop-games/

Board game design basics: defining your goals, restrictions, the iterative design process, qualities of good games, taking feedback, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAiCR1XVe68

Published board game designers offer their top advice to a new designer in this Reddit board game design forum discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardgameDesign/comments/1vezq19/im_sure_this_has_been_asked_a_lot_im_looking_for/

James Ernest on the stages of tabletop game design, from workshopping an idea to delivering a final prototype, and the importance of learning to throw away everything that isn't working (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXWlJYR2F6g

How do you know when your game design is “done”? A Reddit board game design forum discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardgameDesign/comments/1v99czx/how_do_you_know_when_you_are_done/

A framework for better understanding the various elements of your game and which aspects are likely to connect with publishers and players (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejkbIWErmo8

What’s the biggest bottleneck in your board game design process? A Reddit tabletop game design forum discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopgamedesign/comments/1ux5x4c/whats_currently_the_biggest_bottleneck_in_your/

The fundamentals of game design, taught by walking through the process of creating a new tabletop game (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXjLK6oVA0

What one board game designer wishes they knew when they started making games 12 years ago:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/what-i-wish-i-knew-about-board-game-design-12-years-ago/

A strong hook is important for getting publishers’ and players’ attention. Here’s a process for coming up with strong game hooks (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtTt_rwWaw

Want to come up with new ideas for board game designs? This acronym gives you several methods of generating game ideas (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXqMoRvWrf4

Game designer Phil Walker-Harding on balancing games, inspiration, the design process, players’ negative experiences, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaG_iAwxG4g

A reminder about how the best time to start designing your board game is right now:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardgameDesign/comments/1ub5kuz/the_best_time_to_start_designing_your_board_game/

Generating content such as effects and player powers for your game: a process for creating it, games that do and don’t need it, “free” design space, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1oeWTSz26M