Should Game Designers DUMB DOWN their games? @AdaminWales
Should Game Designers DUMB DOWN their games?  @AdaminWales
Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Answering questions and responding to comments from the videos below:

Follow Board Game TRENDS or Buck them? (JAN 2025)
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Rule the Game: Secrets to Writing Clear, Concise, and Compelling Board Game Rulebooks (MAY 2020)
youtu.be/ud9gcuPFwxk

Create Market Ready Board Games - Product Design (JAN 2025)
youtu.be/Ao-IUkCAynI

How to Make a Game Box with Canva and Launch Lab (SEPT 2024)
youtu.be/tBVukw9wP1w

The Secret to Success as a Board Game Designer: Make Bad Games (OCT 2024)
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0:00 Introduction
1:13 Produce Fewer Games
8:40 New Logo
11:32 Assume Players Are Stupid
14:17 Getting Into Production
15:35 How long do videos and books take to create?
21:52 Box Orientation
25:01 Am I Weird??
8:24 How to become a playtester
11:35 Can any game be an abstract?
15:35 Design the games you want to play.
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Should Game Designers DUMB DOWN their games?

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