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24 alternatives to Happy Mitten - 49: Board Games, Business, and Darrell Louder

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Happy Mitten - 49: Board Games, Business, and Darrell Louder launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Happy Mitten - 37: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Ann Arbor▲51

   Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 38: Board Games, Business, and Lessons Learned▲52

   Magnifying faults to improve efficacy as a game publisher

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 39: Board Games, Business, and GenCon 2014▲52

   The motherlode of all board game industry interviews

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   Happy Mitten - 33: Board Games, Business, and Scott Almes▲52

   Going from first time designer to published and full time

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 40: Board Games, Business, and Matt & Stephanie from Shark and Shark Games▲54

   Comparing video game development and PR to board games

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   Happy Mitten - 35: Board Games, Business, and Andrew Federspiel▲51

   Pulling off a career change into the board game industry

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   Happy Mitten - 54: Board Games, Business, and Matt Worden▲3

   Reflecting on the development of a finished board game

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 33½: Board Games, Business, and Origins 2014▲51

   Interviews and highlights from the Origins Game Fair 2014

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 36: Board Games, Business, and Colby Dauch of Plaid Hat Games▲51

   Creating terrific games with rich themes

   2016 · its alternatives →

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    Games People Play▲65

    The basic handbook of transactional analysis

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 30: Board Games, Business, and Aldo of Impressions Game Distribution Services ▲52

    Advice about game distribution for designers and publishers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Playing Lean▲104

    A board game that teaches the Lean Startup Methodology

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    Happy Mitten - 41: Board Games, Business, and Philip DuBarry▲53

    Think about what's important: theme, stretch goals, and more

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Shape▲81

    A letter shaping game

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Deck of Cards – A playing card API▲255

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    Happy Mitten - 34: Board Games, Business, and Jerry Hawthorne▲52

    The endearing story of how Mice and Mystics came to be

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    Gridland ▲87

    An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

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    Anagram▲84

    A modern take on a classic game.

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    Game Writing▲73

    Narrative Skills for Videogames

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    The Choice – An online programming puzzle RPG▲95

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    Interaction▲76

    Party and family board game with “fairness” algorithm

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 32: Board Games, Business, and Nate from #boardgamehour▲51

    Engaging board game fans on Twitter in a big way

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