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• Making Games by Chris Backe

  Whether you're working on your first board game idea or you're deep into playtesting for the 100th time, you belong here. I write about board game design: the craft, the journey, and the business side of things. Let's make some fun.

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• A Week in the Life of a Board Game Designer, Developer, Editor, and so on and so on

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-08-17

• 48 Different Ways to Gain a Power or Action

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-08-10

• Stop Doing These 12 Things in Your Rulebook

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-08-03

• My secret weapon at conventions: a few pieces of paper

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-07-27

• Designer Diary: Rooftop Roses

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-07-20

• My exact process to make pitch videos

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-07-13

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Game Designers (part 2)

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-07-06

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Game Designers (part 1)

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-06-29

• How to break out of a design rut

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-06-22

• The 4 phases of physical prototypes

  Making Games by Chris Backe · 2026-06-15

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