Hi Jim, Well, I'm not a kid myself, but I do play a lot of board games. I've several board games that simply are not available from the blind rehab centers and I think would be enjoyable if they were made accessible.
For example, I've got this one game made in the 80's or 90's called Hotels. Its similar to Monopoly where you go around the board buying up properties and then building luxury hotels. You'd have the Grand Hotel from Vegas, the Fuji Hotel from Japan, and several others like that. You'd begin with buying the property, building the main buildings, adding a swimming pool, and the more complete your hotel is the more expensive it is to rent. Your goal is to drive all the other hotel owners out of business. :D Another game I like is Risk. The board is divided up into six continents and 42 territories. You can play up to six players and each player commands an army. If playing mission risk each player gets a mission card and if they complete their mission before anyone else they win. If playing domination risk the goal is simply to beat the opposing armies or make alliances so that the player is in control of all 42 territories. In either case it is a strategy game were you plan battles and figure out how to outsmart your opponents. I have another game called Dark World. It is basically an adventure game with a big plastic castle, cardboard walls and doors, several monsters, and four hero tokens. Basically, the player picks a hero token and attempts to get through the castle killing mummies, orcs, ogres, skeletons, and goblins.Along the way he or she will find magic items like enchanted swords, healing potions, magic shoes that will give them an extra turn, etc. Eventually, they will make it to the thrown room where they must challenge the snake king. That is probably one of my favorite games, but I've had to do a lot to make that game accessible. Fact of the matter is I probably could go on and on about the games I own or have played. There is a lot of them that I've enjoyed over the years and of course aren't made accessible. Either the game didn't last long such as the Hotels game which I don't believe is sold any more, or its a promotional game like Star Wars Monopoly, Star Wars Risk, Pirates of the Caribbean Life, and so on that is available for a year or so and is discontinued. Other games such as Mad Gab is a fun party game, I see no reason why it couldn't be made accessible if the cards were brailled, but nobody seems to have taken an interest in producing a braille and large print version. In any case my over all point was there is a lot more card and board games out there on the market that rehab centers simply do not carry in accessible form. You can go to any Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, or K-Mart, and there is at least 30 different board and card games on the shelf at any given time. You open a catalog for the blind and there is five or six selections. Maybe 10 if you are lucky. Cheers! On 6/8/12, Jim Kitchen <j...@kitchensinc.net> wrote: > Mahjong > Hi Thomas, > > It's been so long since I was a kid that I don't even know what games you > would like to see made accessible. The only game that I have that I put > Braille on is Up Words. I like it better than Scrabble even though it is > similar. I of course have decks of cards and have seen dominos, checkers, > chess and monopoly. And there was this block of wood with I think 16 pins. > It was like 3d connect 4. Can't think of any others right now. > > BFN > > Jim > > As Leuis Braille said: stay in touch. > > j...@kitchensinc.net > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > 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.