20 Best Game Design Blogs to Follow in 2026

1. Raph Koster

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Description A professional game designer and frequent writer on issues of interactive design, Raph Koster was the lead designer on the seminal online world ULTIMA ONLINE, which first brought online worlds to the mass market.MORE Twitter 20.8K Domain Authority 70 Get Email Contact Read Now

2. Designer Notes

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Description This blog is about Soren Johnson's Game Design Journal.
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3. Sirlin.Net - Game Design

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Description Sirlin designed video games such as Street Fighter HD Remix, Puzzle Fighter HD Remix, and Kongai. He's designed tabletop games such as Yomi, Puzzle Strike, Pandante, and Flash Duel. He discusses the craft of game design with his lead playtester.MORE Email ****@shipnaked.com
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4. Keith Burgun

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Description Keith Burgun is a game designer, writer, composer and visual artist from Westchester, NY. He has written two books on game design and he is a founder of Dinofarm Games.
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5. Ludology

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Description Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how's and why's of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, and discusses game history, game design and game players.Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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6. Daniel Solis Blog

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Description Daniel Solis is a multiple award-winning game designer. Creator of Belle of the Ball (Dice Hate Me Games); Kodama: the Tree Spirits (Action Phase Games); Princess Bride: As You Wish (GameSalute); Spycraft: Need To Know (Crafty Games); and many more self-published card games! This blog is mostly about game design, graphic design, typography and art direction.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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7. Game Design Aspect

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Description Sande Chen is a writer and game designer whose game credits span 10 years in the industry. Her writing credits include 1999 Independent Games Festival winner Terminus and the PC RPG of the Year, The Witcher, for which she was nominated for a 2007 Writers Guild Award in Videogame Writing.MORE Twitter 1.7K Domain Authority 34 Get Email Contact Read Now

8. The Board Game Design Lab

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Description The Board Game Design Lab was created for one purpose: to help you design great games people love. To accomplish that goal, this podcast interviews designers, publishers, and board game insiders on specific topics related to game design. I don't waste time talking about recently played games or pop culture. Instead, the show does a deep dive into subjects that I hope you'll find extremely valuable as you progress through your game design journey.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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9. League of GameMakers

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Description A blog about making tabletop games from a diverse group of designers, publishers, developers and artists.
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10. Kind Fortress

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Description This blog is all about board game design. Isaac Shalev is Board-gamer, game designer, host of On Board Games.
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11. Games Precipice

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Description A blog exploring the depths of tabletop game design. Featuring a monthly topic and weekly subtopics, we examine design steps, concepts, mechanics, implementation and use editorials to help new and aspiring game designers improve their ideas.MORE Email ****@gamesprecipice.com
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12. No Hidden Info

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Description A strategy game design and programming blog. This blog is a place to show friends and interested parties an ideas on strategy game design and programming.
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13. Design a Game

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Description Pietro Polsinelli is a game designer and developer, mostly working on applied (a.k.a. educational) games. He try to present the projects he has worked on, past and present; he also try to define some features of the future ones, at least, the ones he hope to do; in that section he also briefly present some of his skills and defects.MORE Twitter 2.6K Domain Authority 31 Get Email Contact Read Now

14. Games by Manuel Correia Blog

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Description Manuel Correia is a game designer of both digital and analog games. You might have played one of the games He worked on while at InnoGames, Gambrinous, Digital Furnace, SixMinute, Miniclip or Gameinvest.MORE Email ****@gamesbymanuel.com
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15. GAMEDESIGNING - Become a Video Game Designer

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Description The aspiring video game designers guide to becoming a successful game designer, developer, or artist.
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16. The Board Game Design Course Blog

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Description Hey, I'm Joe. I'm a board game designer and of course a board game enthusiast! I'm always looking for ways to connect game designers and fans more easily. Find tips, tricks, and helpful information for board game designers, including Kickstarter and game design advice.MORE Email ****@boardgamedesigncourse.com
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17. The Game Crafter Official Podcast

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Description A weekly podcast hosted by JT Smith and Jeff King that covers news, events, tips, and helpful advice on utilizing the print on demand services of The Game Crafter.
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18. Molecular Jig Games Blog

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Description Molecular Jig Games is for to increase general knowledge of molecular behavior. Proteins, lipids, drugs, allergens, vaccines, degradable plastic, ocean acidification, heath: molecules are the key to understanding many important concepts. The goal will be accomplish by creating games that take place in the molecular world and making them available to as wide an audience as possible.MORE Email ****@molecularjig.com
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19. 2D Game Art Guru News

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Description 2Dgameartguru.com shares tutorials, tips and tricks about game art creation, designing with open source tools like Inkscape, Krita and Gimp.
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20. Tien Tam - Game Design Blog

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Description Tien Tam is a 3D Generalist and Game Designer with a focus on creating engaging content. Excels at cross-disciplinary collaboration to create, implement, and deliver optimized game assets.
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