Self-publishing vs. licensing: the pros and cons of signing over the rights to your game to a larger company (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u6K5aRvLyU

How many pre-launch followers should you have before starting a crowdfunding campaign? A Bluesky board game designers discussion:

https://bsky.app/profile/jameswallis.bsky.social/post/3mzobw5i6l22i

How some kinds of components can be essential to gameplay in certain designs—and what that means for the designers and publishers working with them:

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/11/03/material-matters-when-components-become-mechanisms-topic-discussion/

A look at board game publishers’ position in the industry: how they’re set up, the types of workers they rely on, the financial math they need to make work, and more:

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/10/27/small-world-the-business-behind-the-board-game-boom-topic-discussion/

How to make your crowdfunding campaign page easy for potential backers to understand—plus a free graphic design template you can modify for your own use:

https://updates.kickstarter.com/design-for-the-scroll-how-to-make-your-kickstarter-page-easy-to-understand/

Three publishers discuss how they find and serve customers, manage overhead, plan for growth, and more (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic3YQ75mRWs

The pros and cons of neoprene playmats from a usability and sustainability perspective:

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/10/06/pristine-neoprene-the-pros-and-cons-of-neoprene-topic-discussion/

A short video about what the play time listed on a board game box means and how publishers arrive at that number:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eooPhrvPmKc

Thinking of releasing your board game as a print-and-play? Here are some thoughts on how to make it worth printing:

https://pnparcade.substack.com/p/pnp-friday-for-september-25-2026

Spending big bucks on pre-launch ads: worth the squeeze?

https://stonemaiergames.com/spending-big-bucks-on-prelaunch-ads-worth-the-squeeze/

A discussion about the relationship between board game publishers and friendly local game stores (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgtMnY1VAkM

Some concepts from color theory that are useful for board game designers: complementary colors, the color wheel, and halation:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/17349/blogpost/190632/complementary-colors-the-color-wheel-and-halation

Tips for organizing your game’s files before submitting them to the manufacturer:

https://www.bodagames.com/2026/09/15/how-to-submit-artwork-files-for-board-game-manufacturing/

Thoughts on various indie game markets from a designer who has attended all of them: customer traffic, sales, game types that do well, and more:

https://bsky.app/profile/chris.eternalstudios.com/post/3mv4psfzark2c

3 elements that make a board game’s text more easily distinguishable: typography, text size, and color contrast:

https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/17349/blogpost/190477/3-elements-that-improve-distinguishability-in-boar

What to do to prepare for the final week of a crowdfunding campaign:

https://boardgamedesigncourse.com/the-last-week-of-your-kickstarter-campaign/

How to sell board games on Amazon and turn a successful crowdfunding campaign into ongoing revenue (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwIpGO1ZdXg

Video and board game attorney Zach Strebeck breaks down IP, copyright, trademark, and idea protection strategies for people launching crowdfunding campaigns (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99FVDd2O3fc

Pain points in manufacturing: Designers and small publishers who have shipped a game product share their lessons on the prototype-to-production pipeline:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletopgamedesign/comments/1uuj52u/those_of_you_whove_actually_manufactured_your/

The Explorateur links to various sites exploring graphic design, typography, logos, and other visual elements, including:

• logos from the space race era

• vintage tech logos

• fonts used in videogames

• packaging design

• selections from the Vatican’s archives

• modern illustrations

• cover inspirations

• font and color combinations

https://www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-ennies-1/