Where is a good place to learn more about game design at a beginning level?

[Tribolet]

I want to pursue 'Game Design' as my career. Where is a good place to learn more about it and maybe experiment with it? thnx!

[tsloper]

First, make sure you understand what the term "game design" is. http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson28.htm

And what a game designer does.
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson7.htm
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson14.htm

If you want to experiment with that:
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/specs.htm
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson12.htm

[Hugo Limbert]

with a diploma in graphic design does that help?

[tsloper]

Originally Posted by Hugo Limbert

with a diploma in graphic design does that help?

Well, if you have some schooling in graphic design, presumably you know how to draw sketches and lay out illustrations for your designs. But you also need to be able to communicate ideas. Read those links above, and read the Switching Careers article too: http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson41.htm