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New Feature: Playtest Groups List
One of the most common questions we see from new designers is how to find playtesters. Fortunately, there are a growing number of design and playtesting groups popping up--so many that it's getting hard to keep track!We're excited to be launching a new feature at Cardboard Edison: a list of playtest groups arou...
Giveaway: GameTek
For this month's giveaway, we have a new book all about game design: GameTek, which digs into the math and science of games.The book, a collection of the best episodes from the long-running segment on The Dice Tower podcast, is the work of Geoff Engelstein, one of the most insightful people we've met in board g...
Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - November 2017
Our monthly roundup of awesome board game design links and quotes is here:http://cardboardedison.com/blog/2017/12/4/cardboard-edisons-favorite-tips-resources-november-2017Patrons of Cardboard Edison receive a special sneak preview!
Giveaway: You Choose a Classic Literature Game
For this month's giveaway, we're doing something a little different. This time the winner gets to choose which game they'll receive!Up for grabs are Les Misérables: Eve of Rebellion or Iliad: Heroes of Troy, both from longtime Cardboard Edison supporter Escape Velocity Games.Les Mis and Iliad are part of E...
Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - October 2017
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-october-2017
Sneak Peek: Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - October 2017
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly favorite tips roundup is here!https://docs.google.com/document/d/166HDi_oeqKaBAq6zVWKcCEQSNvr7DR3TeUUru-XPVrY/edit?usp=sharing
The Process: Dark Moon: Shadow Corporation by Evan Derrick
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/the-process-dark-moon-shadow-corporation
Sneak Peek: The Process: Dark Moon: Shadow Corporation
Your patrons-only preview of the next installment of our game design series The Process is here!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CIRalYRlokGnA2ETLqZAZhxnWhtugPpc1LNgkOU2w_8/edit?usp=sharing
Giveaway: Peak Oil
For this month's giveaway, we're very excited to be offering a highly anticipated Essen release: Peak Oil from 2Tomatoes Games!In Peak Oil, you lead one of the big oil companies as the world transitions to a future without oil. The game has a clever action-selection mechanism and is slickly produced.We had the ...
Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - September 2017
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly favorite tips roundup is here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/16xNXnET4cPEyG2d2yWy2wsZa7c0mz9-Dy4o-gU0E9Ls/edit?usp=sharing
Giveaway: Rocky Road à la Mode
We have a fun little game for this month's patrons giveaway: Rocky Road à la Mode, designed by Joshua J. Mills and published by Green Couch Games!In Rocky Road à la Mode, you'll play an ice-cream truck driver delivering frozen delights to sweet-treats seekers.For this giveaway, we have not one, not two, but t...
Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - August 2017
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-august-2017
Sneak Peek: Favorite Tips - August 2017
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly favorite board game design tips list is here!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KTWNWisHsU3LB4Tf3Y3fUTeUwBlSTN32hWxz5pZflM/edit?usp=sharing
The Process: The Expanse by Geoff Engelstein
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/the-process-the-expanse
Sneak Peek: The Process - The Expanse Board Game
Your patrons-only preview of the next installment of our interview series The Process is here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/11h83HiHh-8r-xJ9jBTvjWVXLE9fJGOnHFttDMnZP3Vg/edit?usp=sharing
Giveaway: Spires
For this month's giveaway, we have a very cool new release: Spires!Designed by T.C. Petty III and published by Nevermore Games, Spires is an elegant card game with a unique take on trick-taking, combined with hand management and set collection.It's just been delivered to Kickstarter backers, so the winner of th...
Sneak Peek: The Gen Con Experience
We're incredibly excited to give you a sneak preview of our latest board game industry infographic!Gen Con is one of the industry's biggest events, and it's happening later this month. It can be overwhelming if you don't know what to expect, so we surveyed designers about their experiences there.The res...
Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - July 2017
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-july-2017
Sneak Peek: Favorite Tips - July 2017
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly favorite tips roundup is here!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ddZr-UrBlGD_72o_mpPrSzM359dHjl4L8PYFBbPGJYE/edit?usp=sharing
Meaningful Decisions: Matt Grosso on Design Choices in Dead Last
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/meaningful-decisions-dead-last
Sneak Peek: Meaningful Decisions - Dead Last
The next installment of our Meaningful Decisions series of designer interviews is coming out soon!As one of our amazing patrons, you get a special sneak preview before it's released:https://docs.google.com/document/d/152B8RkLBSSE_i-5cFy5W_5gilFfg3I9QTFoRhhRGQzU/edit?usp=sharing
Giveaway: Cobras
This month we're extremely excited to be giving away one of our own games: Cobras, the first title published by Cardboard Edison!Cobras is a trick-taking game that's all about timing when you win tricks. It was inspired by the "Cobra Effect," the economic term for what happens when the solution to a pro...
Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - June 2017
Our monthly roundup of favorite board game design links:http://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-june-2017
Giveaway: The Great Dinosaur Rush
This month, we're excited to give away a copy of The Great Dinosaur Rush, designed by Scott Almes and published by APE Games!The Great Dinosaur Rush puts you in the middle of the "bone wars" of the late 1800s as a paleontologist discovering fossils and building dinosaurs for museums.Kevin Brusky, the founde...
Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - May 2017
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-may-2017
Sneak Peek: Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - May 2017
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly favorite tips roundup is here!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sdAUqzbCTald53Dlxh0hHN2ZnhwmA3EPYh-S-4EwyuQ/edit?usp=sharing
Giveaway: Leaders of Euphoria
For this month's giveaway, we have a brand new game from a couple of voices that should be very familiar to board game designers.Leaders of Euphoria is soon to be released by Overworld Games, whose Brian Henk is co-host of the always-useful Board Game Business Podcast. It's a social-deduction game set in the wo...
Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - April 2017
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-april-2017
Sneak Peek: Favorite Tips - April 2017
Your patrons-only preview of this month's roundup of favorite tips and resources is here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qUgLA-0jRAZ8G8-58IOcAVCKw3sDZHmAZxIf3qLJx1A/edit?usp=sharing
