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Hey board game designers, it's nearly that time again: Get your prototypes and pitches ready for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions open January 1! cardboardedison.com/award
Hey board game designers! Just SIX DAYS left until submissions for next year's Cardboard Edison Award open! Get your pitches and prototypes ready! cardboardedison.com/award
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hey board game designers! Just SIX DAYS left until submissions for next year's Cardboard Edison Award open! Get your pitches and prototypes ready! cardboardedison.com/award
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Today's 15s Board Game Design 🎲 Tip for the Day continues our small box game discussion with the key success metric for your title: youtube.com/shorts/eVOYF... #boardgame #boardgamedesign #tabletopgames #gamedesign #lgbtq #gamepublisher
Board Game Design 🎲 Tip for the Day: SB-25, Returning to the Table #boardgamedesign #gamedesign
YouTube video by Fight in a Box
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December 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today's 15s Board Game Design 🎲 Tip for the Day continues our small box game discussion with the key success metric for your title: youtube.com/shorts/eVOYF... #boardgame #boardgamedesign #tabletopgames #gamedesign #lgbtq #gamepublisher
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Today's 15s Board Game Design 🎲 Tip for the Day continues our small box game design discussion with making your small box theme more approachable: youtube.com/shorts/Q8dMs... #boardgame #boardgamedesign #gamedesign #tabletopgames #lgbtq #gamepublisher
Board Game Design 🎲 Tip for the Day: SB-23 Small Box Approachable Theme #boardgamedesign #gamedesign
YouTube video by Fight in a Box
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December 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today's 15s Board Game Design 🎲 Tip for the Day continues our small box game design discussion with making your small box theme more approachable: youtube.com/shorts/Q8dMs... #boardgame #boardgamedesign #gamedesign #tabletopgames #lgbtq #gamepublisher
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Our new year's resolution is more in-person #playtesting and it starts with the next All-Day event on 1/10
Check out our events for more details or visit Meetup at the link below more on this event and everything else going on at GMG! 🎲 ✂️
meetu.ps/e/PDq8q/ZXbQ...
#boardgamedesign
Check out our events for more details or visit Meetup at the link below more on this event and everything else going on at GMG! 🎲 ✂️
meetu.ps/e/PDq8q/ZXbQ...
#boardgamedesign
December 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our new year's resolution is more in-person #playtesting and it starts with the next All-Day event on 1/10
Check out our events for more details or visit Meetup at the link below more on this event and everything else going on at GMG! 🎲 ✂️
meetu.ps/e/PDq8q/ZXbQ...
#boardgamedesign
Check out our events for more details or visit Meetup at the link below more on this event and everything else going on at GMG! 🎲 ✂️
meetu.ps/e/PDq8q/ZXbQ...
#boardgamedesign
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Are you looking for a last minute gift for a game designer in your life?
We asked TTGDA members for their favorite tools they would recommend as gifts.
They've been collected into our first ever TTGDA Gift Guide!
tinyurl.com/3z3u9umh
We asked TTGDA members for their favorite tools they would recommend as gifts.
They've been collected into our first ever TTGDA Gift Guide!
tinyurl.com/3z3u9umh
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December 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Are you looking for a last minute gift for a game designer in your life?
We asked TTGDA members for their favorite tools they would recommend as gifts.
They've been collected into our first ever TTGDA Gift Guide!
tinyurl.com/3z3u9umh
We asked TTGDA members for their favorite tools they would recommend as gifts.
They've been collected into our first ever TTGDA Gift Guide!
tinyurl.com/3z3u9umh
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Pondering what to make as a final video of 2025, but not sure what to make.
- Lessons from the year
- Self reflections
- Recommendations
- something completely different?
What would you like me to make and talk about?
- Lessons from the year
- Self reflections
- Recommendations
- something completely different?
What would you like me to make and talk about?
December 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Pondering what to make as a final video of 2025, but not sure what to make.
- Lessons from the year
- Self reflections
- Recommendations
- something completely different?
What would you like me to make and talk about?
- Lessons from the year
- Self reflections
- Recommendations
- something completely different?
What would you like me to make and talk about?
Three publishers on how they’re using—and paying to include—fan designs in their releases, via @boardgamewire.bsky.social
Board game publishers Stonemaier, CMYK and Eurydice Games on how they’re utilising – and paying to include – fan designs in their releases -
Homebrew designs and fan-made rules and variants have been part of hobby board gaming for as long as the pastime has existed - and some publishers have leaned into utilising design work from fans in t...
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December 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Three publishers on how they’re using—and paying to include—fan designs in their releases, via @boardgamewire.bsky.social
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Game designers who "can't draw" but want art for prototypes... beyond the wealth of public domain stuff available (there's lots) there are artists who make stuff that's VERY affordable and Itch has a ton on sale right now. #NoGenAI
itch.io/game-assets/...
itch.io/game-assets/...
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Game designers who "can't draw" but want art for prototypes... beyond the wealth of public domain stuff available (there's lots) there are artists who make stuff that's VERY affordable and Itch has a ton on sale right now. #NoGenAI
itch.io/game-assets/...
itch.io/game-assets/...
Board game designers: In just two weeks we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Board game designers: In just two weeks we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
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If you're stuck on a game design problem because stuff isn't working the way you want, make sure you have a solid thesis for your game.
Your thesis is the central thing you want your game to say/prove/do.
Then start seeing what design decisions align with your thesis vs work against it.
Your thesis is the central thing you want your game to say/prove/do.
Then start seeing what design decisions align with your thesis vs work against it.
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you're stuck on a game design problem because stuff isn't working the way you want, make sure you have a solid thesis for your game.
Your thesis is the central thing you want your game to say/prove/do.
Then start seeing what design decisions align with your thesis vs work against it.
Your thesis is the central thing you want your game to say/prove/do.
Then start seeing what design decisions align with your thesis vs work against it.
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Just two weeks until the start of our public domain jam "Gaming Like It's 1930" – hope to see you there!
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just two weeks until the start of our public domain jam "Gaming Like It's 1930" – hope to see you there!
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
A history of board game design, via @adaminwales.bsky.social
Past, Present, Future of Board Games: A Game Designer's Guide
YouTube video by Adam in Wales - Board Game Design
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December 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A history of board game design, via @adaminwales.bsky.social
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Wednesday Dec 17 at 9PM EST (UTC-5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social welcomes @moonsagaws.bsky.social to talk pacing in game design and game publishing.
Join the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup!
Wednesday Dec 17 at 9PM EST (UTC-5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social welcomes @moonsagaws.bsky.social to talk pacing in game design and game publishing.
Join the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup!
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🎲✂️
Wednesday Dec 17 at 9PM EST (UTC-5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social welcomes @moonsagaws.bsky.social to talk pacing in game design and game publishing.
Join the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup!
Wednesday Dec 17 at 9PM EST (UTC-5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social welcomes @moonsagaws.bsky.social to talk pacing in game design and game publishing.
Join the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup!
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Design is just exploring the millions of possible inputs you can use to get the same or similar output (or in this case, open a babybel)
December 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Design is just exploring the millions of possible inputs you can use to get the same or similar output (or in this case, open a babybel)
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It's #CraftWednesday! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's #CraftWednesday! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!
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Hey board game designers, it's nearly that time again: Get your prototypes and pitches ready for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions open January 1! cardboardedison.com/award
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hey board game designers, it's nearly that time again: Get your prototypes and pitches ready for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions open January 1! cardboardedison.com/award
Sea freight shipping times: how to estimate delivery of a game from an overseas manufacturer
Sea Freight Shipping Times - Boda Games Manufacturing
Shipping times is an important thing to keep in mind when planning a new board game project. Many publishers aim [...]
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December 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Sea freight shipping times: how to estimate delivery of a game from an overseas manufacturer
Submissions for the 2026 Wargame Print and Play Game Design Contest on BoardGameGeek are open through October 1, 2026. Prizes include GeekGold.
[CONTEST OPEN] - 2026 Print and Play Wargame Design Contest | BGG
Earliest for game components to be available: October 2, 2025
Submissions Close: October 1, 2026
Voting Opens November 11, 2026
CONTEST OPEN
Entry Geeklist: 2026 Wargame Design Contest Entries
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December 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Submissions for the 2026 Wargame Print and Play Game Design Contest on BoardGameGeek are open through October 1, 2026. Prizes include GeekGold.
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Want to make your own multivictor and victorless games and looking for designer insight?
We meet with designers each month making these kinds of games and interview them in our Dialogues at Dusk series (linked below).
Also, if you're making games like this, we'd love to have you on!
We meet with designers each month making these kinds of games and interview them in our Dialogues at Dusk series (linked below).
Also, if you're making games like this, we'd love to have you on!
Dialogues at Dusk - YouTube
Lunarpunk Games has a dialogue with designers about their unranked designs.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Want to make your own multivictor and victorless games and looking for designer insight?
We meet with designers each month making these kinds of games and interview them in our Dialogues at Dusk series (linked below).
Also, if you're making games like this, we'd love to have you on!
We meet with designers each month making these kinds of games and interview them in our Dialogues at Dusk series (linked below).
Also, if you're making games like this, we'd love to have you on!
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My designer diary for Soothsayers is up on BGG
Designer Diary: Soothsayers | BoardGameGeek News
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December 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
My designer diary for Soothsayers is up on BGG
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The next Bristol daytime playtesting event is on 19 December! Sign up on the Meetup page:
www.meetup.com/playtest/eve...
@playtestuk.bsky.social
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@playtestuk.bsky.social
Bristol Daytime Playtest meetup, Fri, Dec 19, 2025, 10:30 AM | Meetup
If you're working on a game, whether it's an early idea or almost done, we want you! Board games, card games, puzzle games, silly or serious, short or long, any kind of gam
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December 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The next Bristol daytime playtesting event is on 19 December! Sign up on the Meetup page:
www.meetup.com/playtest/eve...
@playtestuk.bsky.social
www.meetup.com/playtest/eve...
@playtestuk.bsky.social
The 45th Boulogne-Billancourt Contest runs January 6-30
L’édition 2026 - Centre Ludique de Boulogne-Billancourt
En 2026, le Concours international de créateurs de jeux de société de Boulogne-Billancourt célèbre sa 45e édition. Le 45e Concours de Boulogne-Billancourt
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December 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The 45th Boulogne-Billancourt Contest runs January 6-30
An exploration of board game boxes and their role in selling a game, framing and contextualizing the experience, and creating meaning, via @amabel.bsky.social
Boxes: Selling, Framing, Meaning
YouTube video by Hollandspiele
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December 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
An exploration of board game boxes and their role in selling a game, framing and contextualizing the experience, and creating meaning, via @amabel.bsky.social
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Wednesday Dec 10 at 9PM EST (UTC-5), @SenFoongLim welcomes Chris Porter of Chris Couch Games to talk about designing festive games for the holiday season!
Join the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup
Wednesday Dec 10 at 9PM EST (UTC-5), @SenFoongLim welcomes Chris Porter of Chris Couch Games to talk about designing festive games for the holiday season!
Join the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup
December 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🎲✂️
Wednesday Dec 10 at 9PM EST (UTC-5), @SenFoongLim welcomes Chris Porter of Chris Couch Games to talk about designing festive games for the holiday season!
Join the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup
Wednesday Dec 10 at 9PM EST (UTC-5), @SenFoongLim welcomes Chris Porter of Chris Couch Games to talk about designing festive games for the holiday season!
Join the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup
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We've got most of the additional copies of Houdini's Last Act packed up, and we'll be mailing them out to players today!
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM