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How to Diagnose Failure & Move Forward as a Board Game Developer

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Failure can involve missed deadlines, lost clients, scrapped prototypes, controversial public statements, or no-show events. If the audience shows passion and interest, continue to game design. Play-Testing: Playing the game and refining it until it’s fun. If not, scrap or refine your ideas.

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How to Work in a Team in the Board Game Industry

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After a little Twitter-fu, I got all members of the team in my Discord to have a group chat about team dynamics in the board game industry. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation over DMs in Discord. We started designing games together. This is unusual for most game devs, I think.

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How to Get Started with Board Game Conventions as a Board Game Creator, Part 1

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We interviewed via Discord direct messages which have been lightly edited for clarity and flow. I’m a solo game designer/developer of strategy games on both analog and digital platforms! I’m currently working on releasing my first game, State of Wonder , as well three other projects on the side.

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How to Order and Test Samples of Your Board Game

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Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the last of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Ordering Print-on-Demand Samples for Prototyping.

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How to Create Specs for Your Board Game Artist

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Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the fifteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Commissioning art can be one of the most daunting parts of the game development process. Parting Advice.

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How to Design the Mechanics of Your Board Game

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Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Game mechanics are how we bring the core engine of a game to life.

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Bringing it Together – The Board Game as a Project

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Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the ninth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? The Forgotten Parts of Game Development Finding an Audience Parting Advice.