Every bad board game designer does this.

What mistakes do you have a hard time learning from?

I'm happy I intuitively did not do any of this mistakes you mentioned here. Great video !

The biggest mistake I could think of is: Holding on to a game idea for far too long. Don't be afraid to archive or even trash a board game when it just isn't what you want it to be. Start over and redesign it or go for a totally different game. There is no shame in archiving or trashing your game... Holding on to a game idea that just doesn't work, is the biggest waste of valuable time...

Biggest mistake guess: but play testing

Good advice, but the people who need to hear it would never watch a video like this. To be good at anything creative, you need to put your ego aside and focus on the audience and their experience. It's not about you and your awesome game, it's about trying to make an engine that generates as much fun for the players as possible.

Vital Lacerda games often have additional glossaries and references outside of the rulebook and player reference guides, but they aren’t over-complicated.

Not sure i love this advice for people when starting out. I used to teach video game design and development at university and woukd see this behaviour in stidents a lot, but i found id get better results encouraging them to make a lot of experiments but critically deconstruct things as they go to discover why a particular mechanic is fun, what kind of experience is enables, where it works well, where it doesnt etc.

It's ok to be a part of someones game collection. You don't need to make "the one game to rule them all".

Great vid man

Starship captains winning strategy is to go for missions. Try any other method and you eill lose.

Love him or hate him, I borrow a note from Todd Howard, I create makeshift components and play the game as early and as and often in it's design as possible to get a feel of the engine; what could work that hasn't been added, and what doesn't.

Good video! Would love to see some “real game examples “ - even if you have to trash a few “classic games” - help to illustrate your points- thanks!

I find your background music really intrusive and makes it hard to listen. I'm wanting to listen to you, not random music.

Thanks for the video!
I have made most of these mistakes. Marketing and Sales are the hardest.
Blind Play-testing is valuable. If you only test with family and friends, your game will probably only go that far.

Good video!

Hi Dave, I have found your channel few days ago and have watched all videos instantly.
My favorite video so far is the best tool for playtesting.
Really looking forward to your next videos ;)