You may raise $100,000 on Kickstarter for your board game, but without proper playtesting, you won't raise it your second time.
There are common mistakes that new game designers make when creating a game. Proper playtesting can flush those problems out and help move your game from good to great.
Jeremy Commanduer has been running Protospiel San Jose for four years and discusses how the importance of these prototype conference are to the success of Kickstarter boardgames.