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Icons represent familiar or frequently needed ideas
Effective icons in board games serve as visual shortcuts that replace text with instantly recognizable symbols, reducing reading time and cognitive load during gameplay. Icons work best when they represent either familiar concepts that players already understand from broader cultural context, or frequently needed information that appears repeatedly throughout the game. When designed well, icons…
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Icons’ meanings are easy to figure out, both individually and in combination
When it comes to thinking about player experience and how it intersects with UX practices, icons are a key topic. In UX, icons help users to more rapidly accomplish tasks by helping them quickly identify and understand functions. In board games, this is very similar. In a game, icons can be much faster to process…
