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24 alternatives to Happy Mitten - 9: Board Games, Business, and the Game Crafter

The business and software of board game prototyping

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 - 9: Board Games, Business, and the Game Crafter 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

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

   Magnifying faults to improve efficacy as a game publisher

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

   Going from first time designer to published and full time

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   Happy Mitten - 28: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Milwaukee▲53

   Interviewing makers at the Milwaukee game design convention

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   Happy Mitten - 27: Board Games, Business, and Michael Coe of Gamelyn Games▲51

   Reflections on an epic Kickstarter campaign for a tiny game

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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

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   Happy Mitten - 49: Board Games, Business, and Darrell Louder▲3

   Improving game design by play testing at Unpub

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    Happy Mitten - 24: Board Games, Business, and Panda Game Manufacturing▲1

    A rare look at the manufacturer's side of board gaming

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    Happy Mitten - 8: Board Games, Business, and Cardboard Edison▲2

    On amassing tips and resources for board game inventors

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    Theory of Fun for Game Design▲67

    Thoughts on the most important element of any game's design

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

    Interviews and highlights from the Origins Game Fair 2014

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    Playing Lean▲104

    A board game that teaches the Lean Startup Methodology

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    Happy Mitten - 29: Board Games, Business, and Tox from Crits Happen▲51

    Tox gives a reviewer's take on making an exceptional game

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    Games People Play▲65

    The basic handbook of transactional analysis

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    Happy Mitten - 46: Board Games, Business, and Jacqui Davis▲1

    The life of an artist in the board game business

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

    Creating terrific games with rich themes

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    Games for Designers

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    Happy Mitten - 10: Board Games, Business, and Bryan Fischer▲3

    Advertising and marketing tips for board game publishers

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    Happy Mitten - 7: Board Games, Business, and Chevee Dodd▲1

    Chevee's take on designing games and courting publishers

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    Happy Mitten - 21: Board Games, Business, and Dan Hsu▲53

    What can the board game industry can learn from video games?

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    Advice about game distribution for designers and publishers

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