This is a list of game designer resources that is being compiled and maintained for readers of Tabletop Game Design for Video Game Designers.
Prototyping Supplies
- Print your own graph paper
- Items for your prototyping kit (on Amazon)
- Putting together an under $20 prototyping kit at a dollar store
- Pound-o-Dice
Games
- Arcade games online
- BoardSpace (tabletop abstract strategy games online)
- Cyningstan Traditional Board Games (print & play games and informational leaflets)
- Funagain (tabletop game store)
- MS-DOS games online
- Pagat (huge repository of rules to playing card & tile games)
Websites
- Board Game Links
- BoardGameGeek (a place to look up board game info & talk to fellow board game geeks)
- Boing Boing offworld (blog postings about games)
- Extra Credits (game design lessons in video podcasts)
- Game Studies (online academic game journal)
- Project Horseshoe reports (a game design think tank)
Designer Blogs
- James Ernest
- Bruno Faidutti (in French & English)
- Raph Koster
Game Review Sites
- Board Games with Scott (YouTube videos)
- The Dice Tower
[More Resources to come.]