Card Design Software

While you could always fork over a few grand for Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrater, there's a free program called nanDECK that could very well do the bulk of your layout work.  Did I mention it's free?

More Game Design Advice

More game design suggestions/advice, courtesy of the BoardgameGeek forums, can be found here.

Mathing Monopoly

Courtesy of Business Insider, which presents an article detailing research on the statistics of Monopoly -- rather, the statistics of winning monopoly:

Board Game Design Pieces

While exploring a project I've been working on, I found a list of manufacturers for board game parts, cards, and dice on Boardgamegeek.  Two on the list particularly stand out: Rolco, whom I have used before and had great luck ordering very cheap, durable plastic 6mm tanks, and MeepleSource, which has a few board game bits I'm considering using.  The project I'm working on requires crown tokens, which I sadly wasn't able to find on any of the manufacturers listed.  I did, however, find replica dubloon coins on Rolco's site.

Cthulhu Wars Kickstarter

Since I missed Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu 7th Kickstarter, I might as well make this Cthulhu week.  The creator of the Call of Cthulhu RPG, Sandy Petersen, is creating a board game of miniatures combat featuring elder gods, cults, and the opening of gates.  The concept reminds me very much of the old Cults Across America, but with two large changes -- gone is the old tongue-in-cheek flavor, and replacing the old cardboard pieces, there are a full range of 28mm-scale miniatures, including the Elder Gods.  Check it out on Kickstarter.