{"id":2816,"date":"2022-08-08T06:44:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T06:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/blog\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:21:24","slug":"time-to-design-board-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/blog\/time-to-design-board-game\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Does It Take to Design and Publish a Board Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2816\" class=\"elementor elementor-2816\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c26f7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c26f7a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e7601c\" data-id=\"1e7601c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb0973 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eb0973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">There&#8217;s a lot of work goes into designing and developing a board game from your first idea to publication. But how much work? And how long will it take? The answer is\u00a0here<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7752ebc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7752ebc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/How-long-does-it-take-to-design-a-board-game.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2818\" alt=\"How long does it take to design a board game?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/How-long-does-it-take-to-design-a-board-game.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/How-long-does-it-take-to-design-a-board-game-500x287.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/How-long-does-it-take-to-design-a-board-game-100x57.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/How-long-does-it-take-to-design-a-board-game-768x440.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-907fe46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"907fe46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/high-angle-view-of-a-man-opening-a-vintage-board-game-and-finding-ration-cards-6333892\/\">Karolina Grabowska<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e043c4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e043c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Board game design and development\u200a\u2014\u200aas you&#8217;ll know if you&#8217;ve already created your own board game or you&#8217;ve read our other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/blog\/board-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game posts on this blog<\/a>\u200a\u2014\u200ais as much hard work as it is fun. To be successful, you&#8217;ll need bucket loads of creativity, flexibility, resilience, passion, perseverance, and confidence. But if you have all those skills and resources and you&#8217;re determined to design and publish a board game, you might wonder just how long it takes to bring such a challenging project to conclusion.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">There&#8217;s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question. So many variables are in play: the complexity of the game, your previous experience, your support network, starting point, available time, and luck. But we can help you get an idea of the kind of timescales to expect and plan for as you develop your game from idea to prototype to publication and sales.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0717314 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0717314\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What to expect as a board game developer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3971c63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3971c63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Too many newbie independent designers rush into the business of self-publishing a board game with wildly unrealistic expectations. They think it will be easy, fun, and over in a few months. It <em>is<\/em> fun\u200a\u2014\u200aand potentially very rewarding\u200a\u2014\u200abut it&#8217;s never easy and takes lots of time and patience. So, let&#8217;s unpack how long you can expect things to take in a bit more detail and put some figures into the equation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5df6b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5df6b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/custom-board-games-printing-services\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-45776\" alt=\"contact us\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button-500x52.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button-100x10.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button-768x79.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f136e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f136e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How long does it take to design a board game?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-308d8e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"308d8e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">We&#8217;ll go into this in more detail in just a moment, but to be clear what you&#8217;re looking at, let&#8217;s dive straight in. The following are ballpark figures, sure, but you should consider them to be minimums rather than maximums when you&#8217;re planning your project and calibrating your expectations. So, <em>on average<\/em> you should allow at least:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4fd2c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4fd2c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>One to three months from finalizing your basic idea to developing your prototype board game<\/li><li>Another three months to select an artist and graphic designer and get all the artwork completed. Meanwhile, you&#8217;ll be writing the content of the rule book and getting that laid out and formatted along with the artwork for the cover and interior<\/li><li>Up to three months back-and-forth between you, your designer, and your printer to get all the files print-ready, all the components manufactured, and the box completed before you receive a &#8220;proof&#8221; prototype for approval<\/li><li>Two to three months for manufacture\/printing and delivery of the finished game to you and\/or your third-party distributors<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3145495 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3145495\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">So, all told, that&#8217;s about a year all-in. And don&#8217;t forget that during that year, you&#8217;ll also be setting up your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/blog\/how-to-crowdfund-board-game\/\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a>, creating and delivering content and updates to your supporters, making contact with potential distributors, and more. In real terms, once the design process is well underway, you can expect a larger slice of your time to be taken up with simultaneous networking, community building, marketing, and promotion.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Realistically, you could get a simple game\u200a\u2014\u200amaybe one that only needs printing a board and cards and otherwise uses standard components such as pre-manufactured dice and pawns, for example\u200a\u2014\u200acompleted in less time, maybe six to nine months. But you would still probably be looking at a year overall to get it from an idea in your head to a box on the game store shelf. Our best advice is to plan for a year of design, development, promotion, and marketing to arrive at the point of fulfillment and distribution.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8560728 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8560728\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How long is a piece of string?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e81883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e81883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Of course, exactly how long each design and development project takes varies enormously. As the saying goes, the devil is in the detail. If this is your first time developing a board game and you must learn everything as you go, maybe allow a little extra time. It can be a steep learning curve and if you make mistakes along the way, you may need to rewind and reset aspects of your project which can take even more time.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Among the factors that can impact your timescale, you may want to think about:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6bb037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6bb037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Your experience (or lack of it)<\/li><li>Your working style and the time you have available\u200a\u2014\u200aefficient and organized or more freestyle and intuitive? Full-time or fitting it in around your day job, family commitments, hobbies, and more?<\/li><li>Your artist&#8217;s, designer&#8217;s and printer&#8217;s production schedules<\/li><li>If you have an established community in the real world (a games club, for example) and online (a website, blog, forums, Facebook group, etc.)<\/li><li>How you&#8217;re funding\u200a\u2014\u200acrowdfunding? Funding from your own pocket? Business or enterprise loan? Arts or design grant?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88636c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88636c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">You can also factor in any number of other factors personal to you. For example, what about working space, play-testing, and networking? Someone with an established network, a private workshop space in their home, and no family making demands on their time will potentially get things done faster than another person who needs to travel to a hired space or grab time at the kitchen table when everyone else is out, or just snatch opportunity here-and-there to work on their board game design and development.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac9df8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ac9df8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/contact-us\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-45776\" alt=\"contact us\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button-500x52.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button-100x10.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/contact-us-button-768x79.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76f0a73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76f0a73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Timing and crowdfunding your board game<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acbac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acbac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">One of the more complex factors that can impact how long it takes to design and self-publish your board game is crowdfunding. Most independent game developers prefer Kickstarter and it&#8217;s a good place to find people actively looking for interesting game projects to support. Typically, a successful Kickstarter crowd funding campaign can take between one and three months from set up to getting the money in the bank.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">In most cases, you&#8217;ll need to invest a chunk of your own money to get your game product print-ready before you start your crowdfunding if it&#8217;s your first time. It gives you a guarantee and a safety net. Later, when you have one or two successfully self-published games under your belt, you may feel confident enough to start your campaign even in the pre-development stage. By doing a lot of the work first, you can get your prototypes play-tested and reviewed in advance of your first crowdfunding which will give you some proof of the validity of your project if you&#8217;re completely unknown in the scene.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">But even if you&#8217;re an experienced board game developer and you&#8217;ve got an established creative team to work with, you&#8217;ll still need to factor in funding time on top of actually developing the game itself. With experience, you&#8217;ll streamline your game development workflow and build up a &#8220;treasure chest&#8221; to draw on for the initial funding of each new project, but the time from completing your final prototype to self-publishing, receiving the finished game units and getting them out to your supporters, distributors, and stores, will always take at least six months on top.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0438ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0438ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Parallel game design<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e535e6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e535e6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">One way that experienced board game self-publishers and professionals maximize their time efficiency is to work on several game projects at the same time. You need to be super-organized to do this well without getting into a total muddle, but if you can do it, you&#8217;ll find there are many benefits over and above time-saving. Having more than one board game in development simultaneously allows you to cross-fertilize ideas, dynamically attribute resources where they&#8217;re needed most, and keep your options open on which project to prioritize until you have significant feedback.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">All that said, we wouldn&#8217;t recommend diving straight into parallel game design if this is your first game development project. But it is definitely worth considering for the future. Given the challenges that lie ahead, any approach or process which can save you time and boost your creativity is a bonus card worth picking up when you get the chance.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54d0fb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54d0fb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prototypes for self-publishing a board game<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e1378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95e1378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Something you&#8217;ll discover sooner or later is just how repetitive is the board game design and development process. You&#8217;ll need to make and remake, tweak and change everything several times as you go through all the stages of bringing a game to the table. For this reason, don&#8217;t waste time or money on printing and manufacturing a professional grade prototype too soon. Use homemade &#8220;substitute&#8221; prototype or digital analogs right up to the point that you know that you have a fully functioning game on your hands. Creating the final prototype is more-or-less identical in terms of costs and time needed as making the finished ready-for-sale version. So long as you&#8217;re still iterating and things are changing, cheap, cheerful, and homemade is not only less expensive but will save you a ton of time.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6c4983 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6c4983\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cost vs production time in board game development<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d9fee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d9fee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The cost of printing and manufacture of your board game\u200a\u2014\u200awhich will depend in itself on the complexity of the game, the number of custom components, the size and layout, boxing and more\u200a\u2014\u200acan also have implications for how long it will take to self-publish. For example, most games are printed and manufactured in China. That&#8217;s true whether they&#8217;re independently published or published by a mainstream publisher. Why?<\/span><\/p><p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The reasons are very simple. It&#8217;s much cheaper to use an offshore printing company, even when you factor in the costs of packaging and international shipping, for one thing. But it&#8217;s also because whereas Chinese companies have invested heavily in the industrial technology to produce games efficiently without loss of quality, the same specialist investment hasn&#8217;t been so widespread in other parts of the world. And because the big board game publishers have already developed strong relationships with Chinese companies, the infrastructure and supply chains are already established and easy for the independent game publisher to tap into, too.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">But it takes longer to order a product from China than it would in your home territory\u200a\u2014\u200aif you&#8217;re in, say, the USA, UK, or Europe. So, to take advantage of the cost savings available by working with a printer like us\u200a\u2014\u200awe&#8217;re based in Shanghai\u200a\u2014\u200ayou&#8217;ll need to factor in an extra few weeks onto your usual delivery time. In most cases, it&#8217;s a worthwhile payoff just so long as you&#8217;re aware of it in advance and plan for it when calculating your cost\/time budget.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13cf74a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13cf74a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A last word<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f955f24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f955f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">So, in summary, we can say that the time you need to allow to design and self-publish a board game could be anything between six months\u200a\u2014\u200awith experience, a healthy budget, optimism, and luck\u200a\u2014\u200ato 12 months or more in most cases. If you&#8217;re completely new to the whole process, it&#8217;s a good idea to be as generous as you can when allotting time. Remember that the biggest &#8216;time sucks&#8217; are in areas which are less under your direct control, such as supply chains, manufacturing schedules, and delivery.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"graf\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">It&#8217;s a good idea to get in touch with your board game printer\/manufacturer earlier rather than later in the process. At QinPrinting we&#8217;ll work with you and your designer every step of the way to offer advice, technical information and support, file checking, and more, to make sure that your project runs as smoothly as possible and delivers a beautiful end product of which you can be truly proud. Get in touch anytime to talk through your game design idea and request a preliminary, no-obligation quote. 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