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How Many Blind Play-Tests Does Your Board Game *Really* Need?

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. ” “I wish I could Photoshop as good as Brandon the Game Dev,” said no one. .”

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Your Board Game Kickstarter: Why & How to Spread the Word Early

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Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Product-market fit takes into account your game’s mechanics and play experience, its art, its price, its components, and a whole host of different factors that gamers look for – consciously or unconsciously – before they buy. .”

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Board Game Review: Marrying Mr. Darcy

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Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. In keeping with our theme of nostalgia, I will also talk about which of my four favorite nostalgic game mechanics it incorporates. Person with the highest point count wins. Need help on your board game? As for today’s post, I’ll be honest.

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7 Subtle Player Behaviors You Should Notice When Play-Testing

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Need help on your board game?

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How to Play a Lot of Board Games with Little Time and Little Money

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Playing games exposes you to mechanics and design trends. Need help on your board game?

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5 Lessons I Learned at a Play-Testing Convention (Protospiel Atlanta)

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. I’ve been in board game development for a bit over two years now and many people are surprised to hear I’ve not attended a convention prior to then.

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4 Lessons from Sagrada for Aspiring Board Game Designers

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Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Your objective is to score the most victory points. This game came out in 2017 and the creators knew that in order to succeed on social media, it had to make people stop and click. The point I’m making is that you can incorporate chance.