Social Game Design reveals what you need to know in order to add money-making features to your online social games. Using examples from successful social game designs, you'll learn what makes these games compelling, and why people will pay to play them. This book will inspire you to apply these principles in order to meet the challenges of this new space, creating original games that both delight players and generate profit. Dozens of examples from successful social games (like Farmville, Foursquare, League of Legends, Mafia Wars, Habbo Hotel, Puzzle Pirates, Magic: The Gathering Online, World of Warcraft, Texas Hold-em Poker, Uno, Restaurant City, Treasure Isle) showing the details, how and why the designs are generating profit.  You won't just see examples, you will understand them.  Interviews with industry professionals who have been at the forefront of social game design, and making profit. Web site offers blog style community site for game designers to share their ideas - with the "Discussion Points" section. Get advice directly from your community. Discussion points are perfect jumping off points to creativity. Other features: "design review" style posts, "how to do it yourself" style post tutorials; spreadsheet downloads with pre-set calculations. Originality and inspiration: designers want to design (not duplicate).  They want to create new game elements rather than copy other success stories. Marques' analytical eye and unique discussion point system enable designers to do exactly that, design.