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by 1bez Hi there!I'm looking for boardgames that can be played by visual impaired (almost blind) persons together with gamers that can see normally.I was thinking to games that use the other four...
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by fizolof The game you've mentioned is Dschamál.You can also try the all variety of Black Stories, but it's rather activity than strictly a game.Another idea that might work (although lots of...
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by 1bez Thank you Jarek for your prompt response!I was thinking that Black Stories is a story telling game driven by cards. If you can't read the card you will probably loose the authonomy in playing...
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by Teloric Actually, I've heard that UNO is one of the best games for blind people to play with others. The cards can be braille marked. Other than that, there are a number of push-your-luck games out...
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by 1bez Hi there!I'm looking for boardgames that can be played by visual impaired (almost blind) persons together with gamers that can see normally.I was thinking to games that use the other four...
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by Xeenu I tried gaming with blind persons. These were able to read braille language so the games were brailled. We did successfully braille and transform a bit Zooloretto and Cash and Guns. Also...
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by kittenhoarder Don't know much about this category, so YMMV, but some hidden information "traitor" games like Werewolf might work. There are also the purely verbal party games. A simple one I have...
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by Burnham How about some RPGs? If someone is willing to help the person track their stats
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by 1bez Thank you Matthew!It's a good idea but RPGs are a bit far from what we were looking for... they require also all the crew is inclined to play them (beside having a DM, having time, a higher...
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by Xeenu I brailled them. OK I had help. Thats easy. Buy braille sheets (self adhesive sheets) and get a braille typewriter and one that can use it. Then type on the sheets, cut them into appropriate...
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by texasgeoker 1bez wrote:I was looking for games involving other senses...Although I haven't played it, the first game that came to mind was Dr. Shark. Maybe someone that has played it can provide...
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by Xeenu Here is what I wrote in my ventures into gaming with blind persons. http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/536882/gaming-with-handicapp...For the moment the project is on hold, as the gaming group...
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by silverleaf79Xeenu wrote:I brailled them. OK I had help. Thats easy. Buy braille sheets (self adhesive sheets) and get a braille typewriter and one that can use it. Then type on the sheets, cut them...
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by Vladimir17 Once I saw a chess set for blind people. It had figures in rough, boxy shapes - a cube, squared log, etc. One colour was "normal", the other one had angled edges and the desk fields were...
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by 1bez Thank you guys!You made a lot of good suggestions! It seems to me that game inventors and publishers should invest a bit more on this "market niche". Maybe not for directly correlated economic...
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by Xeenu Well there are a lot of possibilities and there are games for the blind and/or the visually impaired. You have choices if You look and do some do-it-yourself adjustments.Its a bit easier with...
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by aroncraig One quick side note on all this: My wife is blind and we've been working on getting a few games playable for her. By *far* the best solution we've found for cards is sleeves. If you have...
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by virre It have been asked before(and I have a visually impaired coworker that plays online poker... But thats another story)I do recommend this geeklist
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by lacreighton I'm looking into the use of Android smart phones for this purpose. The way this works is that somebody reads a description of 'what is on the card' and stores this in a helper-app that...
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