Board Game Designers Forum

This forum is for discussing various ideas about game design; rules, themes, etc.

For the kinds of posts that read like this: "Hey, I just had an idea to make a game about spatulas. What do you think? Anyone want to help me brainstorm?

This forum is for discussing ways of actually creating a working prototype of your game; including software, media (paper, cardboard, labels, foam, etc), game components, 3rd party companies, etc.

This forum is the home for the quick and entertaining Game Design Showdown challenges run on a monthly basis.

A forum for discussion of the principles of good game design. We'll explore the elements that are common to good (and bad!) games. Discussions will typically try to synthesize commonalities between several games, but "case studies" may o...

Post news & announcements about design contests, conventions, publication of games that have been extensively discussed at the BGDF, etc here. Consistent with the overall policy of the site, blatant advertising is not allowed.

This forum area should be used to post about concerns, request for change, and other issues related to the functionality, layout or use of the website.