# board game design (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover board game design. Page: Feed: --- ## [What I would include in a pitch email to a publisher](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/what-i-would-include-in-a-pitch-email) _2026-08-18 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ Keep it short and don’t oversell your game! ## [The most important things to have in a contract with a board game publisher](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/the-most-important-things-to-have) _2026-08-11 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ A contract scoring rubric for publishers ## [Publishers accepting board game submissions (July, 2026)](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/publishers-accepting-board-game-submissions-914) _2026-08-04 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ An exclusive, monthly newsletter for paid subscribers ## [Pitch your game to Pegasus Spiele at their annual Designer Days](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/pitch-your-game-to-pegasus-spiele) _2026-08-04 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ Deadline to apply is August 30 ## [Thought Complex: Design Journal Two](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/07/30/thought-complex-design-journal-two/) _2026-07-30 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ This week, I received the copies of Thought Complex that I’ll be selling at the PAX West Indie Night Market. Check out all the games available for purchase at the market using this link: PNW Tableetop Game Market 2026 Everything turned out looking fantastic! The game feels nice and compact but the tarot-sized cards and \[…\] ## [Thought Complex: Design Journal One](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/07/29/thought-complex-design-journal-1/) _2026-07-29 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ Development of this game felt like a fever dream. It came and went, start to finish, in two months. But I cannibalized elements for this from other games that I had been working on for several months. It was both a lengthy and brief process. Let’s talk about it. This is my first narrative-ish game \[…\] ## [The Quarterly Crust: Summertime Sunshine Edition](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/07/22/the-quarterly-crust-summertime-sunshine-edition/) _2026-07-22 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ DISCLAIMER: I don’t copyedit most of my posts, including the Quarterly Crust. Become frustrated by my tyops at your own risk. (See what I did there?) Hello Hot Days & Sun Rays; The weather: Sweltering. The days: Long. The sky: Blue. I have spent most of my time this season with my nose to the \[…\] ## [Heck Yeah! “Cloudy”](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/07/16/heck-yeah-cloudy/) _2026-07-16 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ OMG stop, you're a ball of light, we get it, okay? ## [50 First Rejections: Author Journal Three](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/07/14/50-first-rejections-author-journal-three/) _2026-07-14 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ 2026 Rejection Count: 2 I’ve received my second official rejection this year! My first rejection was a short story I submitted to a reputable publication. They have a great turnaround time for responses and I was able to witness their lightning fast ‘we don’t want it’ form response first hand. This new rejection was from \[…\] ## [Heck Yeah! “Uncle Sam”](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/07/04/heck-yeah-uncle-sam/) _2026-07-04 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/suWR7QLiYgRR) _2026-07-04 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Publishers accepting board game submissions (June, 2026)](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/publishers-accepting-board-game-submissions-9bc) _2026-06-30 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ An exclusive, monthly newsletter for paid subscribers ## [Taking a break](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/taking-a-break) _2026-06-30 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ Stepping away from Youtube, newsletter, 1:1’s, etc. ## [Why I don't co-design games](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-co-design-games) _2026-06-23 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ It's not for me and here’s why ## [Heck Yeah! “The Ultimate Taboo”](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/06/16/heck-yeah-the-ultimate-taboo/) _2026-06-17 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ ## [How many times should you playtest a game before pitching it?](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/how-many-times-should-you-playtest) _2026-06-16 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ It can depend on the game, but having minimums is probably a good idea ## [50 First Rejections: Author Journal Two](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/06/10/50-first-rejections-selling-fiction-2/) _2026-06-10 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ Welcome to another edition of rejection kink porn, the blog. Getting published is a spray and prey process, most writers submit to hundreds of publications throughout a calendar year. This year, my goal is to submit to over fifty. And I’ll calculate that goal by rejections alone. My goal is to get at least fifty \[…\] ## [Well, I'm retheming my game 😭](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/well-im-retheming-my-game) _2026-06-09 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ But it could be for the best? ## [Finding the fun in board game design](https://pamwallsgamedesign.substack.com/p/finding-the-fun-in-board-game-design) _2026-06-02 · Pam Walls · Pam Walls Game Design Substack_ Games bring joy to those who play them, but also to those who make them ## [Heck Yeah! “Key”](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/06/01/heck-yeah-key/) _2026-06-01 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ Where's that ol' key to life? ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3Bg2xXixB4Ty) _2026-06-01 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Heck Yeah! “Nows”](https://mutantpizza.net/2026/05/19/heck-yeah-nows/) _2026-05-20 · Mutant Pizza · Mutant Pizza_ Live in the now now, you know?