Today while looking at a CS course, I got an idea for a board game. And suddenly my excitement for making games was kindled. I started getting all sorts of ideas and rules. And soon I was overwhelmed with the possibilities and ideas for implementation. So I decided to look up google on how to go about designing a board game in general and found this:

http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-learn-board-game-design-and-development--gamedev-11607

It looks like the preliminary process is very much the same as making a video game.

I think this is a good way to jump into game design. If you were making a board game, what would be your process?

Is the process mentioned here good enough to get started with? It doesn't go? I am liking everything so far.

A useful book may be "Challenges for Game Designers". Brenda Romero was visiting Ireland last year and gave a number of talks and workshops in our college. I bought the book after really enjoying the workshops. Most were based around paper prototyping games which is essentially just creating board games a lot of the time. It certainly helps you understand game design a lot more as well.