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Boardgamegeek Resources

General design tips and discussion
Creating prototypes
Graphic designers, editors, playtesters, and other offers for help
Game designers writing about their designs and/or the design process

Non-BGG Resources

There are quite a few BGG users who, besides playing games, also design games, either professionally or as a hobby. This Wiki page is intended to gather on-line resources such as design advise, offers for help, materials and components, prototype construction tips, etcetera. Of course, the focus is on such resources available on BGG.

Boardgamegeek Resources

Misc. resources: ATTENTION: INDUSTRY SOURCES

General design tips and discussion

forum threads

Theme vs mechanics at the start of the design process

Game design philosophies

How important is historical accuracy?

Game Mechanics & Probabilities system

The designer's attitude toward playtesting

Game Design Theory

geeklists

The Nine Phases of Game Design

'Boardgame 'Science' - a Meta-list' lists (among others) a number of discussions of mechanics / mechanisms.

'Elegantly Wasted: my happy-death-spiral obsession with game design ' has discussions about several aspects of game design (especially focusing on abstracts).

Independent and amateur game designers - Part 6 of 6 - Useful resources for designers

Self-Publishing The Hard Way - Highs And Lows

Creating prototypes

The Print & Play Games Wiki page offers some advise on creating games from scratch and a bunch of links to further resources.

Gaming Bits Suppliers Wiki page

Graphic designers, editors, playtesters, and other offers for help

Freelancers For Hire....

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Users owning the Playtester microbadge.

Game designers writing about their designs and/or the design process

Making the Game: Geek Designers Discuss Their Own Games, A Meta-List.

The origins of my games (Marcel-André Casasola Merkle)

The origins of my games (Andrea Angiolino)

The origins of my games (Friedemann Friese)

The origins of my games (Andrea Meyer)

(I've seen many, many more on BGG, but can't find any at the moment.)

(See also: Game Designers Who Are BGG'ers)

Non-BGG Resources

See Board Game Designers Forum discussion, resources, and everything else you could possibly need.

Sloperama's Game Biz Advice page

The Print & Play Games Wiki page and the Gaming Bits Suppliers Wiki page link to various suppliers and resources outside BGG. The thread 'ATTENTION: INDUSTRY SOURCES' has links to all kinds of useful industry resources ranging from bits suppliers to insurance companies.

Paper Soldiers for Junior Generals: large collection of simple graphics for soldiers throughout the ages.

Bruno Faidutti answers all the common questions that he receives from aspiring designers.