Today marks the beginning of a new year, and as always that means submissions are now open for the Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished game designs!
Our Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award, which is now celebrating its 10th year! Wow!
To submit your design, go to cardboardedison.com/award, read the full rules, t...
2025-01-01 07:20:44 +0000 UTC
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It's the beginning of a new year today, and as always that means submissions are now open for the Cardboard Edison Award!
Our Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award, which is now in its ninth year!
To submit your design, go to cardboardedison.com/award, read the full rules, then use the following patrons' code when you submit y...
2024-01-01 14:37:30 +0000 UTC
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It's the first day of a new year, and that means submissions are open for the Cardboard Edison Award, now in its eighth year!
Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission! To submit your design, go to cardboardedison.com/award, read the full rules, then use the following patrons' code when you su...
2023-01-01 05:26:37 +0000 UTC
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Hello Cardboard Edison supporters!
As a patron with access to our Compendium board game publisher directory, we thought you'd be excited to know that we just rolled out an upgrade!
The new version of the Compendium still contains all of the same details on more than 300 board game publishers, including who's signing games, what they're interested in, and how to contact them.
But now we're excited to...
2022-02-07 03:38:33 +0000 UTC
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It's January 1 again, and that means submissions are open for the Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished board game designs!
Now in its seventh year, designs will be judged on two tracks: online and in-person. Once again this year, we will select a winner from each track.
Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award! To submit your design, go to
2022-01-02 01:46:39 +0000 UTC
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The next installment in our new series of infographics on board game licensing contracts is here!
This latest infographic highlights how the industry has changed in the five years since we first surveyed designers in 2015. It shows how the design community, publishers, and contracts themselves have evolved and shifted over time.
(If you haven't checked them out yet, you can see the two previous installments
2021-11-23 03:01:23 +0000 UTC
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One of the most common requests we get is for access to back issues of our weekly Omnibus game design newsletter. We've been putting it out for more than two-and-a-half years now, which means as of today there's a back catalog of 139 issues and growing.
Well, we're now opening up that back catalog! We've created a number of "bundles" of back issues, all of them grouped around certain themes that we hope will ...
2021-11-10 21:22:37 +0000 UTC
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2021-03-15 12:11:34 +0000 UTC
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2021-03-15 12:10:39 +0000 UTC
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2021-03-09 03:36:41 +0000 UTC
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You asked for them, and here they are! Our new, updated series of infographics on board game licensing contracts has begun!
Based on our survey last year of more than 200 contracts from around the world, these new reports provide a deep look at what to expect from a publishing contract. (They update the results of our 2015 survey.)
The first pair of infographics, here and in a second post to follow shortly...
2021-03-09 03:33:10 +0000 UTC
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We made it: The new year is here, and submissions are now open for the 2021 Cardboard Edison Award celebrating unpublished board game designs!
Now in its sixth year, designs will be judged on two tracks: online and in-person. Just like last year, we will announce one winner from each track.
Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award! To submit your design, go to 2021-01-01 16:53:07 +0000 UTC
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Just a bit of housekeeping to let you know the new patrons’ login password for the Compendium publisher directory.
If you haven’t checked it out lately, give it a look: You’ll find up-to-date profile information for scores of publishers, plus a bunch of new companies’ listings. We now have more than 260 profiles!
Going forward, please use the following access code:
CEpatron2020
2020-05-12 23:20:11 +0000 UTC
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Submissions are now open for the 2020 Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished board game designs!
Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award! To submit your design, go to cardboardedison.com/award for the full rules, then use the following patrons' code when you fill out the form:
2020CEpatron
And check back in to the
2020-01-01 17:48:31 +0000 UTC
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Just in time for the Halloween season, we have a spooooky new episode of Immersed ready for you, about the game Mysterium!
We always tell the stories behind board game designs, but this time we really dig into the story of the board game itself as well as the designer. In this episode, Suzanne visits a paranormal museum where she and owner Kathy Kelly have an unexplained experience,...
2019-10-06 01:23:11 +0000 UTC
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The new episode of Immersed, our podcast about the stories behind board game designs, is here—and it’s must-listen podcasting!
This time we look at the game The Networks, which puts players in the armchairs of TV executives. Designer Gil Hova tells us about the game’s origins and whether or not it’s meant to simulate what’s it’s like to schedule a TV network. And special guest Preston Beckman takes u...
2019-09-02 20:56:51 +0000 UTC
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Surprise! We’re breaking from our usual schedule to bring you a special bonus episode of Immersed, our podcast about board game designs and the stories behind them!
It’s a bonus episode because this time we’re looking at a game that’s near and dear to us: Ceylon. Our game about tea plantations on the island of Sri Lanka is having its North American debut at Gen Con next week, so we decided to give listen...
2019-07-25 14:48:23 +0000 UTC
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The sixth episode of Immersed, our podcast about the stories behind board game designs, is now available to you, our wonderful patrons, before it officially releases!
In this episode, we look at Guillotine, a very silly game about a very serious subject. We had no idea how little we knew about the French Revolution before putting together this episode! If you listened to our last episode about B...
2019-06-30 00:04:34 +0000 UTC
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Episode 5 of Immersed, our podcast about board game design and the real world, is now available to our patrons before it officially releases!
In this roller coaster of an episode, we discuss Black Orchestra, a cooperative game about attempting to assassinate one of the worst figures in history. It’s a tricky subject for a game to tackle, filled with potential pitfalls, and we learned a lot whi...
2019-06-02 00:08:08 +0000 UTC
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We're very excited to announce a new-and-improved version of our Compendium directory of board game publishers!
As we noted the other day, the new Compendium is mobile-friendly and features simpler ways to sort through the more than 230 publishers in it, so that you can find the ones that best fit you and your design....
2019-05-15 13:55:50 +0000 UTC
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We've been making some updates to the Cardboard Edison website, and we're very excited to tell you about them in case you haven't checked them out yet. Be sure to read to the end, because there's a sneak peek of some big upcoming news there...
Omnibus. Our weekly newsletter got a major overhaul and now features ...
2019-05-13 17:38:36 +0000 UTC
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The fourth episode of Immersed, our podcast about the connections between board games and the real world, is now available early for our patrons!
In this episode, we discuss Hostage Negotiator, the solo game where you try to save innocents being held by an armed abductor. We talk with the game's designer and publisher, A.J. Porfirio, about tackling such a dark subject. And we learn about some of...
2019-03-31 01:48:52 +0000 UTC
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We're very pleased to announce a major upgrade to the Omnibus newsletter, our weekly roundup of board game design resources!
Starting this week, Omnibus will feature exclusive articles and interviews that you won't be able to get anyplace else, in addition to an expanded selection of links to useful resources. Our goal is to make it a must-read for anyone interest...
2019-03-16 19:38:00 +0000 UTC
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The third episode of Immersed, our podcast about board game design and the world around us, is now available early to our patrons, and it's an exciting one!
In this episode, we discuss Pandemic, the super-popular cooperative game designed by Matt Leacock. We spoke with Matt as well as a geneticist who works to fight real-world outbreaks of infectious diseases. It turns out real life is starting to imitate art, a...
2019-03-03 02:50:58 +0000 UTC
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Our monthly roundup of favorite board game design links and quotes is here! Patrons get early access!
https://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-feb-2019
2019-03-01 23:58:04 +0000 UTC
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The second episode of Immersed, our podcast about how game designers can use the world around us to create unique play experiences, is now available early to our patrons!
In this episode, we talk about the two-player deduction game Mr. Jack. Does it tell the real story of Jack the Ripper? We spoke with the game's co-designer and a Ripper historian to find out. (2019-02-02 05:40:59 +0000 UTC
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Our monthly roundup of useful board game design links is here! Our Patreon patrons get early access!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y24fMr-zxeYjIomMqRcHOzKt7vEKFrWSoxuxBoI6ofs/edit?usp=sharing
2019-01-31 17:11:29 +0000 UTC
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We're thrilled to be releasing the first episode of Immersed, our new tabletop game design podcast! We don't think you've heard anything quite like it, so give it a listen and tell us what you think!
Each 20-minute episode of Immersed will be released to the public on the first Monday of each month, but as our patron, you can listen to the debut episode right now! (2019-01-05 20:23:47 +0000 UTC
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Submissions are now open for the 2019 Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished board game designs!
Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award! To submit your design, go to cardboardedison.com/award for the full rules, then use the following patrons' code when you fill out the form:
Patron2019
Also, this year we've released the...
2019-01-01 05:07:33 +0000 UTC
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Our huge annual roundup of useful board game design links, delivered early for our Patreon backers!
https://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-2018
2018-12-30 16:19:29 +0000 UTC
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