Hi Dark, What is also ironic is that mahjong is not an ancient game. This misconception isn't spread just by APH, though; we see it in much of the literature of mahjong. It actually came into being in the 1850's in China, and was brought to the U.S. in about 1910.
There's actually a good book from Bookshare on the game. It's written by Tom Sloper, and is called The Red Dragon and the West Wind, I believe. -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 9:10 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong Hi. You mentioned a game called Mahjong solitare. Being a matching game for a single player, I bet toodle tiles is based on the rules of that, rather than the rules of actual mahjong, though it's a little bad that aph claime! it to be based on "the ancient chinese game" in their documentation. The real problem I think, is none of the programmers who have made really good computer adaptations of other card, board, or puzzle games have experience with Mahjong, it being a much less popular game in the west, so couldn't write an adaptation for the computer, ---- indeed I seem to remember in the faq for the spoonbill games Ian humphries saying that he didn't have enough knolidge of Mahjong to make a Bg version. there are of course plenty of inaccessible ones, indeed I was quite stunned when i viewed the full! list of snes games including Japanese only releases, and found just how many mahjong games were released for the console, but that doesn't really help any visually impared players who want to either play, or learn the game. This is a shame. I learned Euchre and spades from the blind adrenaline versions, and really enjoy eucher, and I learnt backgammon from the pontes backgammon game and have just bought a tactile board to play with friends, so a computerized accessible Mahjong would also be a nice way to introduce the game to people like myself who hadn't played it before but might well enjoy it. Beware the grue! Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
