How to make your own board game?

STEPS:

-Find a material to put your board on, cardboard or long piece of card stock.
-Design your game rules and idea.
-Design the images and pictures to go on your game.
-Print images off onto printer paper, then tape or glue them to your preferred material.
-Print off any other pieces, like rules, cards, tokens, etc.
-Test play as many times as you can.

TIPS:

-Model the game board after a map, music note, or movie.. For example, if you are doing this based on a city, you could involve stores from it.
-Add spaces that take you to other spaces or triple of your next roll. Use your imagination.
-Have more than just one objective. This keeps the game interesting after multiple plays.
-Play around with rules. Rather than moving a set number of spaces, for example, have a player be allowed to move freely for a set time period.
-Have an objective instead of a finish space -- land on the water fountain 10 times, collect all the gold pieces, etc.
-Use variations of colors and patterns for an interesting appearance.
-Ask for a clean takeout pizza box from a restaurant or buy some from a restaurant supply for the base.
-Minute timers, dice with 6 to 32 sides, and replacement playing pieces are available at game and comic book stores.
-For really young players, instead of a standard dice with numbers, you can make a dice which corresponds to the colors of the game spaces, or make cards that show which color to move to (like in CandyLand).
-Make it 3D!
-Use a ruler when drawing in order to make it look nice and professional.
-Don't rush, but don't do it at the last minute.
-Get other opinions before you finalize it.
-Once you've put on your final touches, you can laminate it or put on a large piece of clear tape to protect it.
-Make it fun -- no one will play it if it is boring!
-You can make an end spot, or you can make it loop like Monopoly.
-Make it unique -- people won't want to play it too much if it's already been done.