Lessons learned co-designing games with around 30 other designers:
https://www.wericmartin.com/co-designing-lessons-for-tabletop-games/
Tips & Resources for Board Game Designers
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):
Published board game designers offer their top advice to a new designer in this Reddit board game design forum discussion:
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):
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):
What’s the biggest bottleneck in your board game design process? A Reddit tabletop game design forum discussion:
The fundamentals of game design, taught by walking through the process of creating a new tabletop game (video):
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):
Want to come up with new ideas for board game designs? This acronym gives you several methods of generating game ideas (video):
Game designer Phil Walker-Harding on balancing games, inspiration, the design process, players’ negative experiences, and more (video):
A reminder about how the best time to start designing your board game is right now:
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):
Recommendations for 10 games to play if you want to get into designing board games (video):
David Turczi talks about his approach to game design, working with other designers, and what goes into making amazing games (video):
Want some inspiration? This Facebook page posts a daily prompt to inspire board game design ideas:
Board game designers share advice they would give their less-experienced selves—a Bluesky game design discussion:
https://bsky.app/profile/eanderssonsunden.bsky.social/post/3mjzfhu2ld22h
A wide-ranging discussion about various board game design topics, including development and how to make your game less fragile (video):
How can you reliably come up with good game ideas? Here are 5 different techniques to come up with new ideas that can grow into great games (video):