Today we talk about social media and how we should use this in the board game industry. Specifically, here are some of the questions and topics:

• How should a game designer use social media?
• Which social media platforms should a game designer be using?
• How should a game publisher use social media?
• Which platforms should they use?
• Using social media as a phone book or for ease of contacting.
• What's the wrong way to use social media?
• Are there other less traditional social media platforms we should be using?
• Are there any tools that help you more easily manage your social media accounts?

Resources:

• Us on Twitter: Jeremy, Richard, Brian
• Us on Facebook: Overworld Games
• Us on Instagram: Jeremy, Overworld Games
• Meetup
• If This Then That
• Buffer
• Hootsuite

Our Blog: boardgame.business

We attempt to define what a reference card is, which isn't as easy as you may think, and then we pull them apart and figure out which games need them and how to design them clearly. Then we end with a Top 5 list of tips to make your reference card better. Here are some questions and topics we discuss:

• Which games do we wish had them that do not?
• Which games have them but don't need them?
• Do we need one for each player?
• The psychological effect of having a reference card.
• Can a game be too simple to have a reference card?
• The cost of a reference card.

Top 5 Tips for Designing a Reference Card:
#5) No Walls of Text
#4) Use 1 Double-Sided Reference Card
#3) Whitespace is Your Friend
#2) Make Them Visually Distinct
#1) Use Symbols