Do you have a board game idea, but can’t get it out of your head? Use my 4 I’s Framework, and you’ll get your game to the table and quickly discover if it will be the next Cards Against Humanity (hint: good!) or the next Trump: The Game (hint: not so good!).
Have you made a game, but it’s just sitting in a closet somewhere? Dust off that box and let The Board Game Designer’s Guide get you unstuck and finish your game for good!
Is your game done but you don’t know what to do next? In section 6, I’ll walk you through all the options available, so that you can finally figure out which one is right for you, and grow a huge legion of fans all proclaiming “Whoever invented this game is a friggin’ genius!”
Don’t let your board game idea sit on a shelf or in your head. There are thousands of people out there who want to play it. You need to share your amazing game with the world! And now you finally can…
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– Jamey Stegmaier, designer of Scythe
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– Artem Safarov, designer of Cauldron
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