Pam Walls Game Design Substack
Pam WallsA weekly newsletter sharing the ups and downs of being an independent board game designer as well as board game design tips and resources.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 129 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Publishers accepting board game submissions (June, 2026)
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Thank you for being a paid subscriber of my newsletter, a Youtube member and/or a Twitch subscriber! Here is my full list of publishers currently accepting board game submissions exclus...
Taking a break
I wanted to start this off by saying I appreciate you all so much and am so grateful for the almost 10,000 subscribers I have on Youtube and almost 1000 newsletter subscribers on Substack. I especially want to thank my 79 Youtube members, 8...
Why I don't co-design games
Eight years ago, I got a message from a well-known designer asking me to co-design a game with him.
I was very surprised and nervous as I had never co-designed before and was still fairly new to the board games industry.
I said yes and im...
How many times should you playtest a game before pitching it?
I often get asked how many times should you playtest a game before pitching it to a publisher.
My usual answer is: as many times as needed until your playtesters are consistently saying things like “Let’s play again!” and “When can I buy t...
Well, I'm retheming my game 😭
Last week, I talked about how I was enjoying making the art for my game Snack Run as a fun side quest knowing full well that the art would almost certainly change if the game got picked up by a publisher.
And I shared how I was doing it b...
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