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

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If you’re making a board game that you plan to launch on Kickstarter, you’ll find no shortage of advice on the internet. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. 2 Reasons to Promote Your Board Game Kickstarter Early.

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Board Game Review: Marrying Mr. Darcy

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Last week , I shared with you games I played during my formative years, and how those games made an impact on my taste in boardgames as an adult. I wasn’t expecting to discover the impact those childhood games made on my preferences as an adult. Need help on your board game? So…game plan change!

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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. I’ve already play-tested this game a ton. I even blind play-tested it at a game design convention. Need help on your board game? That’s a good thing!

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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. This week with Highways & Byways , I’ve been making little improvements to the game to make it more usable and easy-to-understand. Need help on your board game?

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4 Lessons from Sagrada for Aspiring Board Game Designers

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Sagrada is one of my recent favorite board games. It is fundamentally a pretty simple game, but it has a lot of really endearing qualities. It’s ultimately a puzzle game, but a very attractive one with some subtle elements that arise from it being a nearly perfect information game where players draw from the same draft pool.

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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. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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The Final 100 Play-Tests: How to Put Final Touches on a Board Game

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. This is a process I follow to ensure a game’s quality. This method may not be appropriate for every developer, every team, or every game, but it is one I like.