Here you’ll find lots of different tools, sites, and resources that will help you make better games, design better prototypes, and become a better designer.
Cardboard Edison is run by Chris & Suzanne Zinsli, game designers and bloggers serving the tabletop game design community. Several resources and news links.
There Will Be Games is a vibrant collective of opinionated and knowledgeable board game writers, reviewers, critics, commentators, reporters and enthusiasts.
The BGS is an international and informal group of academics and field researchers devoted to the history and development of board games throughout the world. Members meet and communicate regularly, largely via Google Groups.