RPG - Hardcore playtesting

This post is essential game designer reading. It links to a Q&A with Reiner Knizia, designer of Tigris & Euphrates, Ra, Blue Moon, and the Lord of the Rings cooperative boardgame.

But check out the effort a full-time, award-winning game designer puts in:

- He has playtest groups running every single night.
- Knizia says he knows a game is ready when the rules stop changing in between playtests. For him, that's generally nine months of full-time work.