Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Thomas, Cool, thanks. Any time that you feel like it go ahead and send the information about the Candy Land game. I will definitely keep it until I get started on making the game. I would need all of the information like the names of the squares, the information for all of the cards, the rules etc. I remember that the squares had pictures of what they were, but other than that, it has been like fifty years since I have played the game. Thanks again. BFN Jim Vote! 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi tom. ? wel describing them similar to lolly pops or jaw breakers makes a bit more sense to me, sinse we do have those, though a couple of others things you mention like life savers we don't. ? the soft candy as you mentioned gummies etc are generally called jellies over here, particularly in the form of jelly babies that are shaped like sort of people and come in fruite flavours relative to their colour. The 4th doctor actually used to carry around jelly babies in his pocket, and scenes of him walking up to threatening aliens and saying in the unique tone that only tom baker could would you like a jelly baby! was hilarious! ? I also remember a wonderfull occasion in colidge when I was trying to write an essay on carl marks in just one night, frantically trying to find a copy of capital on the internet in English, and because colidge in their infinite wisdom had stopped serving food and because I didn't have time for the half hour walk down into town, that meant all I could get to sustain myself was what I could find at the vending machine, this being a very large bag of jelly babies and a bottle of red bull! ? weerdly enough the essay did rather well! :D. ? there are also lots of other things, jelly snakes, jelly worms, jelly coler bottles, rings, fried eggs etc, though confusingly enough jelly beans doesn't quite refer to the same stuff sinse jelly beans also have a hard coating and tend to come in different flavours, indeed when berty bots' every flavour beans were markited they were basically jelly beans in different types. ? There are also some sweets that are made of soft, chewy more pure sugar that is not jelly, and usually come in quite bright colours, and one very popular sweet for young children is dolly mixtures, which tend to be a mix of these brightly coloured sugar sweets in different sorts and the more chewable jellies. ? there is then of course if we're talking about chewy sweets, lickerish, particularly lickerish alsorts which are a collection of different chewable sweets often with the solid sugar stuff I mentioned but involving lickerish, which has a rather unique flavour that some people like and others don't. ? I've myself always been more of a fan of biscuites, toffee, or chocolate (and with as muchcoco as possible), as opposed to the more pure sugar type of sweets, though my brother is a fan of jellies particularly harribo, and there was an old man who was a friend of my parents (sort of a surrogate granddad), who used to always buy my brother and I lickerish alsorts especially at christmas, so once in a while I get some to remind me of him specifically. ? Generally though for me chocolate, biscuits and caramel take pride of place, indeed I have to go shopping later today and I just might treat myself to some stem ginger biscuits, the sort that have actual chunks of fairly chewy ginger route in them. ? 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Thom, I'll just say this to try and correct you now First, we do have candy canes, although they are really associated with Christmas. And second of all, isn't that slightly prejudiced against the u.k? so everyone else uses the u.s. version and the u.k. uses a different one? I'm not sure whether that's fair. And i'll be honest, the reason why we think the Christian views of the u.s, are so nuts, is that they are so up front with their views, seemingly meant to be converting and forced on others. Although, this is certainly not true, it just comes across that way both in fiction and in reality, in certain cases. But if I have offended any on this list by saying what I think - my opinions, I will be happy to make apologies. Ben. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: 07 September 2012 17:35 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Dark, Interesting. I just finished reading the web page you linked to below and besides a very informative read I now understand why when Scholastic reprinted the Harry Potter books for the U.S. market they performed extensive rewriting of the actual text. While the British and Americans might both speak English the fact of the matter is there is far more differences between Britain and America than just language. There are plenty of social and cultural issues to consider here. While most Americans probably wouldn't have a problem of using post instead of mail there are British terms that would be slightly offensive to Americans. Off the top of my head I'll take the issue of using the toilet. Where I live we tend to indirectly say what we mean by saying we have to go to the bathroom, we want to use the restroom, or as my Grandma would say the lady's room. If someone were more direct and saying they have to use the toilet many would find that a bit crude and uncouth. My grandma would no sooner have said use the toilet than she would have said she needed to take a crap or pee because it would have been too direct and uncouth. Of course, this is changing as younger Americans feel more comfortable of saying what they mean. That said, I found it interesting that the article you posted states that in Britain they don't have the fundamentalist Christian groups like we have in the U.S. The author went as far to say that most British people would feel more comfortable about talking about their sex life than their religion. I found it a bit funny he stated most British people find our brand of fundamentalist Christianity insincere or down right nuts. Here in the U.S. that's totally the opposite in places like the Bible Belt and running into someone with a fundamentalist point of view is pretty common. I should know since I'm married to one. :D Anyway, getting back to the topic at hand, I do see the problem here of Candy Land Vs. something else. To begin with a Gingerbread Cookie in the U.S. is a small crunchy cookie in the shape of a gingerbread man. What you chaps would call a biscuit. From what I've managed to read is that Candy Canes simply do not exist in Britain and seems to be an American sweet. A Sour Patch is a round gummy sweet that is very sweet and very sour at the same time. They tend to be very sticky when you lick them so I guess that's why landing on one causes you to lose a turn in the game. Bottom line, I think what we'd have to do if we created a Candy Land game is have a custom version for the U.K. From what I gather your concepts of sweets is fairly different from ours with sweets we don't have here, and sweets we have here aren't popular over there. Its no wonder certain things like Candy Cane Forests don't make sense to you because you don't have them. Then again, there are a lot of things about British lifestyle and American life style that are so different its like stepping into the Twilight Zone or something. I remember reading about British chocolate, how its made, and it sounds completely disgusting to me. Of course, I've never tried it so can't comment from experience, but its definitely different from what I'd be use to as an American. Same goes for the British concept of hot chocolate. The author who wrote that article you sent stated that most British people don't drink hot chocolate with marshmallows in it. To be honest I find that hard to believe because almost every American I know would kill you if you left the marshmallows out of their hot chocolate. Its as though we aren't living in too separate countries but on two different planets in cases like that. Lol! Cheers! On 9/6/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: Hi Tom. Well, I'm not sure if the exact game was ever markited over here under that name, though I do remember playing ones with similar rules as a child. For example, me being an avid Thomas the tank engine enthusiast, my mum bought, and indeed brailled a game called thomas the Tank engine all changed, which
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Desiree, I have wanted to make Candy Land. I just do not remember the board or exactly how the game goes like I did with Master Mind, Chutes and Ladders, Skunk, Yahtzee etc. I did have Life and Monopoly when I became totally blind. A couple read me the squares on the board, the cards etc so that I could write the games and I gave the games to them for their kids. Guess I should buy Candy Land and write the game. Working on another adult game right now though. BFN Jim Vote! 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Dark, Interesting. I just finished reading the web page you linked to below and besides a very informative read I now understand why when Scholastic reprinted the Harry Potter books for the U.S. market they performed extensive rewriting of the actual text. While the British and Americans might both speak English the fact of the matter is there is far more differences between Britain and America than just language. There are plenty of social and cultural issues to consider here. While most Americans probably wouldn't have a problem of using post instead of mail there are British terms that would be slightly offensive to Americans. Off the top of my head I'll take the issue of using the toilet. Where I live we tend to indirectly say what we mean by saying we have to go to the bathroom, we want to use the restroom, or as my Grandma would say the lady's room. If someone were more direct and saying they have to use the toilet many would find that a bit crude and uncouth. My grandma would no sooner have said use the toilet than she would have said she needed to take a crap or pee because it would have been too direct and uncouth. Of course, this is changing as younger Americans feel more comfortable of saying what they mean. That said, I found it interesting that the article you posted states that in Britain they don't have the fundamentalist Christian groups like we have in the U.S. The author went as far to say that most British people would feel more comfortable about talking about their sex life than their religion. I found it a bit funny he stated most British people find our brand of fundamentalist Christianity insincere or down right nuts. Here in the U.S. that's totally the opposite in places like the Bible Belt and running into someone with a fundamentalist point of view is pretty common. I should know since I'm married to one. :D Anyway, getting back to the topic at hand, I do see the problem here of Candy Land Vs. something else. To begin with a Gingerbread Cookie in the U.S. is a small crunchy cookie in the shape of a gingerbread man. What you chaps would call a biscuit. From what I've managed to read is that Candy Canes simply do not exist in Britain and seems to be an American sweet. A Sour Patch is a round gummy sweet that is very sweet and very sour at the same time. They tend to be very sticky when you lick them so I guess that's why landing on one causes you to lose a turn in the game. Bottom line, I think what we'd have to do if we created a Candy Land game is have a custom version for the U.K. From what I gather your concepts of sweets is fairly different from ours with sweets we don't have here, and sweets we have here aren't popular over there. Its no wonder certain things like Candy Cane Forests don't make sense to you because you don't have them. Then again, there are a lot of things about British lifestyle and American life style that are so different its like stepping into the Twilight Zone or something. I remember reading about British chocolate, how its made, and it sounds completely disgusting to me. Of course, I've never tried it so can't comment from experience, but its definitely different from what I'd be use to as an American. Same goes for the British concept of hot chocolate. The author who wrote that article you sent stated that most British people don't drink hot chocolate with marshmallows in it. To be honest I find that hard to believe because almost every American I know would kill you if you left the marshmallows out of their hot chocolate. Its as though we aren't living in too separate countries but on two different planets in cases like that. Lol! Cheers! On 9/6/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: Hi Tom. Well, I'm not sure if the exact game was ever markited over here under that name, though I do remember playing ones with similar rules as a child. For example, me being an avid Thomas the tank engine enthusiast, my mum bought, and indeed brailled a game called thomas the Tank engine all changed, which worked exactly the same way with drawing cards and advancing several spaces or going backwards, but with stations on the board instead of locations like the candy forest etc, and the game's objective was to reach the engine shed in the middle of the board. The unique rule however that I think was specific to that game was occasionally you'd pick up a card saying all change and get to pick a player to swap positions with on the board. As regards the hole candy thing, well it depends upon the type really. I have no idea for instance what sour patches are, unless they're what in England are called wine gums or jellies. Gingerbread is very common over here though and nearly all bakers sell it, but usually in the form of ginger bread men or just gingerbread biscuits, sinse over here biscuits refers mostly to anything like shortbread, gingerbread, rich tea, digestives etc, and the term cookies is only used of very soft, often large
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Jim, If you need any help let me know. My son has a copy of Candy Land although I it is slightly different from the one I had as a kid. Its a newer board, but the game play is the same. If there is anything you need to know I could help out without you having to buy the game. On 9/7/12, Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net wrote: Hi Desiree, I have wanted to make Candy Land. I just do not remember the board or exactly how the game goes like I did with Master Mind, Chutes and Ladders, Skunk, Yahtzee etc. I did have Life and Monopoly when I became totally blind. A couple read me the squares on the board, the cards etc so that I could write the games and I gave the games to them for their kids. Guess I should buy Candy Land and write the game. Working on another adult game right now though. BFN Jim --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Tom. interesting, I actually didn't know in America use the toilet would be considdered a vulgar expression. There are of course less polite ways of referring to the toilet, such as the bog, the crapper, the shithole, or in scotland the cludgy, but there is nothing at all wrong with toilet at all, and if you did! refer to it as say the lady's or the gents (short for gentlemen's sinse the term mens room never existed here either), most people would assume you were being overly dainty or trying to be specifically upper class. Interestingly enough though, even in the British editions of harry potter, Jk rowling still occasionally refers to the bathroom though she also uses loo or toilet as well. I'm not sure if this was either a picked up Americanism on her part, or because like a lot of large institutions she imagined hogwarts having combined toilet and bathroom facilities, though she never mentions there being a bath in moaning murtle's toilet or there being a toilet in the prefect's bathroom so on this I'm not sure. As to the hole subject of sweets, I've seen! candy canes in American programs, but what they taste like or are composed of I have no idea. I suspect we do have soemthing similar to the sour patches you mention, sinse we do have a lot of what we'd call jellies, such as wine gums, harribo etc, some of which can be pretty sour and chewy, though they wouldn't really be distinguished with a universal name like sour patches. Chocolate I can give you a hole discourse on sinse like coffee it's something I''m a little serious about. I have no idea what Us chocolate is like at all or what the differences are precisely, but I do know a lot of Uk chocolate has far too little coco, --- especially those manufactured mars, neslay, which is precisely why I myself only tend to buy chocolate that has a whacking great coco percentage and is usually german or swiss and bought from specialist shops. I do know a lot of things in the Us contain a lot more corn syrup, including things like bread and tomatoe ketchup, which thus makes them often taste quite sweet to people who are used to the British versions, indeed a friend of mine who frequently goes to the states for his job says this drives him absolutely up the wall, buying a savory sandwich and finding it tastes to him like it's been made with slices of cake rather than bread. As to religion, well over here fundamentalism is much more the exception than the rule and you would be thought of as rather nuts if you had such beliefs, and probably avoided. When I was attending church each week, the idea of the vicar shouting at the congrigation, going on a wrant about hell and demons or anything like that would be quite unthinkable, indeed outside of bible readings I only ever remember hell being mentioned as separation from god, or as a state of mind, and demons never mentioned at all. likewise, the idea of someone actually condemning! others in a religious service, though it might happen with some fundamentalist fringe groups would be very much frowned upon over here. i think the statement about people not talking about religion is slightly incorrect, or may be on the part of bias from the author, though then again as a philosophy student I tend to find I get into discussions with people about religion anyway. I will say though that it's far less likely in such discussions to run into someone who won't be to a degree accepting, though of course it does happen. Just as in many parts of the world the British are thought of as up tite, obsessed with tradition and incapable of showing emotion, over here a common sterriotype about americans is that Americans are loud, over emotional and do things to excess. of course, this is a sterriotype and so not true of any individual american, but just like some other sterriotypical beliefs about nations, for instance that germans are very good at organizing or that Japanese are very polite, there may be a grane of truth in such beliefs as they apply to the over all spirit of a culture, just as it is true that displays of emotion, or indeed affection are still slightly discouraged in Britain, indeed when I studdied sartre's theory of emotions which stated that inner states of emotions were entirely characterized and subordinated to the outward actions of the body, and of society's interactions with the body, the lecturer noted that Sartre was of course french, where emotions were much more physically expressed, and the idea of someone say feeling intensive joy or disgust but not reacting physically would not be one that would occur to Sartre. Before however this gets too far into a social and existential analysis I'd better stop as that deffinately! goes beyond the bounds of what should be on the list, indeed perhaps we should discuss this privately off list. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
if you let me know the titles of squares and their functions, I could have a go at suggesting British alternatives, --- for example being stuck in treacle toffie and missing a turn would make a little more sense in Britain., though of course Jim could just make the thing editable as he did monopoly. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Jim, If you need any help let me know. My son has a copy of Candy Land although I it is slightly different from the one I had as a kid. Its a newer board, but the game play is the same. If there is anything you need to know I could help out without you having to buy the game. On 9/7/12, Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net wrote: Hi Desiree, I have wanted to make Candy Land. I just do not remember the board or exactly how the game goes like I did with Master Mind, Chutes and Ladders, Skunk, Yahtzee etc. I did have Life and Monopoly when I became totally blind. A couple read me the squares on the board, the cards etc so that I could write the games and I gave the games to them for their kids. Guess I should buy Candy Land and write the game. Working on another adult game right now though. BFN Jim --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Well candy canes are a hard candy that you would suck on. As for flavors they tend to come in a variety. The most common is peppermint but I've also had chocolate. But thou must! -Original Message- From: dark Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 12:32 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Tom. interesting, I actually didn't know in America use the toilet would be considdered a vulgar expression. There are of course less polite ways of referring to the toilet, such as the bog, the crapper, the shithole, or in scotland the cludgy, but there is nothing at all wrong with toilet at all, and if you did! refer to it as say the lady's or the gents (short for gentlemen's sinse the term mens room never existed here either), most people would assume you were being overly dainty or trying to be specifically upper class. Interestingly enough though, even in the British editions of harry potter, Jk rowling still occasionally refers to the bathroom though she also uses loo or toilet as well. I'm not sure if this was either a picked up Americanism on her part, or because like a lot of large institutions she imagined hogwarts having combined toilet and bathroom facilities, though she never mentions there being a bath in moaning murtle's toilet or there being a toilet in the prefect's bathroom so on this I'm not sure. As to the hole subject of sweets, I've seen! candy canes in American programs, but what they taste like or are composed of I have no idea. I suspect we do have soemthing similar to the sour patches you mention, sinse we do have a lot of what we'd call jellies, such as wine gums, harribo etc, some of which can be pretty sour and chewy, though they wouldn't really be distinguished with a universal name like sour patches. Chocolate I can give you a hole discourse on sinse like coffee it's something I''m a little serious about. I have no idea what Us chocolate is like at all or what the differences are precisely, but I do know a lot of Uk chocolate has far too little coco, --- especially those manufactured mars, neslay, which is precisely why I myself only tend to buy chocolate that has a whacking great coco percentage and is usually german or swiss and bought from specialist shops. I do know a lot of things in the Us contain a lot more corn syrup, including things like bread and tomatoe ketchup, which thus makes them often taste quite sweet to people who are used to the British versions, indeed a friend of mine who frequently goes to the states for his job says this drives him absolutely up the wall, buying a savory sandwich and finding it tastes to him like it's been made with slices of cake rather than bread. As to religion, well over here fundamentalism is much more the exception than the rule and you would be thought of as rather nuts if you had such beliefs, and probably avoided. When I was attending church each week, the idea of the vicar shouting at the congrigation, going on a wrant about hell and demons or anything like that would be quite unthinkable, indeed outside of bible readings I only ever remember hell being mentioned as separation from god, or as a state of mind, and demons never mentioned at all. likewise, the idea of someone actually condemning! others in a religious service, though it might happen with some fundamentalist fringe groups would be very much frowned upon over here. i think the statement about people not talking about religion is slightly incorrect, or may be on the part of bias from the author, though then again as a philosophy student I tend to find I get into discussions with people about religion anyway. I will say though that it's far less likely in such discussions to run into someone who won't be to a degree accepting, though of course it does happen. Just as in many parts of the world the British are thought of as up tite, obsessed with tradition and incapable of showing emotion, over here a common sterriotype about americans is that Americans are loud, over emotional and do things to excess. of course, this is a sterriotype and so not true of any individual american, but just like some other sterriotypical beliefs about nations, for instance that germans are very good at organizing or that Japanese are very polite, there may be a grane of truth in such beliefs as they apply to the over all spirit of a culture, just as it is true that displays of emotion, or indeed affection are still slightly discouraged in Britain, indeed when I studdied sartre's theory of emotions which stated that inner states of emotions were entirely characterized and subordinated to the outward actions of the body, and of society's interactions with the body, the lecturer noted that Sartre was of course french, where emotions were much more physically expressed, and the idea of someone say feeling intensive joy or disgust but not reacting physically would not be one that would occur to Sartre. Before however this gets too far
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Dark, Well, as for Candy Canes they are basically long sticks of peppermint candy made into the shape of a walking cane or a capital J if you prefer. As I understand it the guy who originally created this sweet was a Christian and he wanted to make a Christmas Candy for children that reminded them of the meaning of Christmas. So he took peppermint candy molded it into the shape of a capital J and added white and red stripes. The white stood for purity and the red stripes stood for the blood of Jesus. Initially they didn't take off in America, but some candy company decided to buy the idea and renamed them Candy Canes. that's why every Christmas Santa Claus hands them out to children although the religious intent or meaning of the candy has long been lost on most Americans. They just associate Candy Canes with Santa. :D The lack of cocoa is exactly what I meant about British chocolate sounding awful. Most American chocolates have a high amount of cocoa in them. A lot of them are based more or less on Swiss chocolates and like pretty much everything else when people from Europe immigrated to the U.S. they brought their recipes and favorite foods with them. Certain groups such as the Amish actually still make cheese, chocolates, and other foods just like they did a hundred years ago which preserves the flavor and taste. Its for that reason I love to buy chocolates from the Amish because they tend to be richer and have a higher cocoa content then the name brand chocolates. Anyway, if you wish to discuss anything regarding social differences etc we definitely should take it off list. This is drifting way off topic, and as much as I'd love a public debate on this Auddyssey just isn't that kind of forum. Cheers! On 9/7/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: Hi Tom. interesting, I actually didn't know in America use the toilet would be considdered a vulgar expression. There are of course less polite ways of referring to the toilet, such as the bog, the crapper, the shithole, or in scotland the cludgy, but there is nothing at all wrong with toilet at all, and if you did! refer to it as say the lady's or the gents (short for gentlemen's sinse the term mens room never existed here either), most people would assume you were being overly dainty or trying to be specifically upper class. Interestingly enough though, even in the British editions of harry potter, Jk rowling still occasionally refers to the bathroom though she also uses loo or toilet as well. I'm not sure if this was either a picked up Americanism on her part, or because like a lot of large institutions she imagined hogwarts having combined toilet and bathroom facilities, though she never mentions there being a bath in moaning murtle's toilet or there being a toilet in the prefect's bathroom so on this I'm not sure. As to the hole subject of sweets, I've seen! candy canes in American programs, but what they taste like or are composed of I have no idea. I suspect we do have soemthing similar to the sour patches you mention, sinse we do have a lot of what we'd call jellies, such as wine gums, harribo etc, some of which can be pretty sour and chewy, though they wouldn't really be distinguished with a universal name like sour patches. Chocolate I can give you a hole discourse on sinse like coffee it's something I''m a little serious about. I have no idea what Us chocolate is like at all or what the differences are precisely, but I do know a lot of Uk chocolate has far too little coco, --- especially those manufactured mars, neslay, which is precisely why I myself only tend to buy chocolate that has a whacking great coco percentage and is usually german or swiss and bought from specialist shops. I do know a lot of things in the Us contain a lot more corn syrup, including things like bread and tomatoe ketchup, which thus makes them often taste quite sweet to people who are used to the British versions, indeed a friend of mine who frequently goes to the states for his job says this drives him absolutely up the wall, buying a savory sandwich and finding it tastes to him like it's been made with slices of cake rather than bread. As to religion, well over here fundamentalism is much more the exception than the rule and you would be thought of as rather nuts if you had such beliefs, and probably avoided. When I was attending church each week, the idea of the vicar shouting at the congrigation, going on a wrant about hell and demons or anything like that would be quite unthinkable, indeed outside of bible readings I only ever remember hell being mentioned as separation from god, or as a state of mind, and demons never mentioned at all. likewise, the idea of someone actually condemning! others in a religious service, though it might happen with some fundamentalist fringe groups would be very much frowned upon over here. i think the statement about people not talking about religion is
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
There are fruit fflavored candy canes, too. I've had cherry and blueberry ones. On 9/7/12, Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net wrote: Well candy canes are a hard candy that you would suck on. As for flavors they tend to come in a variety. The most common is peppermint but I've also had chocolate. But thou must! -Original Message- From: dark Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 12:32 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Tom. interesting, I actually didn't know in America use the toilet would be considdered a vulgar expression. There are of course less polite ways of referring to the toilet, such as the bog, the crapper, the shithole, or in scotland the cludgy, but there is nothing at all wrong with toilet at all, and if you did! refer to it as say the lady's or the gents (short for gentlemen's sinse the term mens room never existed here either), most people would assume you were being overly dainty or trying to be specifically upper class. Interestingly enough though, even in the British editions of harry potter, Jk rowling still occasionally refers to the bathroom though she also uses loo or toilet as well. I'm not sure if this was either a picked up Americanism on her part, or because like a lot of large institutions she imagined hogwarts having combined toilet and bathroom facilities, though she never mentions there being a bath in moaning murtle's toilet or there being a toilet in the prefect's bathroom so on this I'm not sure. As to the hole subject of sweets, I've seen! candy canes in American programs, but what they taste like or are composed of I have no idea. I suspect we do have soemthing similar to the sour patches you mention, sinse we do have a lot of what we'd call jellies, such as wine gums, harribo etc, some of which can be pretty sour and chewy, though they wouldn't really be distinguished with a universal name like sour patches. Chocolate I can give you a hole discourse on sinse like coffee it's something I''m a little serious about. I have no idea what Us chocolate is like at all or what the differences are precisely, but I do know a lot of Uk chocolate has far too little coco, --- especially those manufactured mars, neslay, which is precisely why I myself only tend to buy chocolate that has a whacking great coco percentage and is usually german or swiss and bought from specialist shops. I do know a lot of things in the Us contain a lot more corn syrup, including things like bread and tomatoe ketchup, which thus makes them often taste quite sweet to people who are used to the British versions, indeed a friend of mine who frequently goes to the states for his job says this drives him absolutely up the wall, buying a savory sandwich and finding it tastes to him like it's been made with slices of cake rather than bread. As to religion, well over here fundamentalism is much more the exception than the rule and you would be thought of as rather nuts if you had such beliefs, and probably avoided. When I was attending church each week, the idea of the vicar shouting at the congrigation, going on a wrant about hell and demons or anything like that would be quite unthinkable, indeed outside of bible readings I only ever remember hell being mentioned as separation from god, or as a state of mind, and demons never mentioned at all. likewise, the idea of someone actually condemning! others in a religious service, though it might happen with some fundamentalist fringe groups would be very much frowned upon over here. i think the statement about people not talking about religion is slightly incorrect, or may be on the part of bias from the author, though then again as a philosophy student I tend to find I get into discussions with people about religion anyway. I will say though that it's far less likely in such discussions to run into someone who won't be to a degree accepting, though of course it does happen. Just as in many parts of the world the British are thought of as up tite, obsessed with tradition and incapable of showing emotion, over here a common sterriotype about americans is that Americans are loud, over emotional and do things to excess. of course, this is a sterriotype and so not true of any individual american, but just like some other sterriotypical beliefs about nations, for instance that germans are very good at organizing or that Japanese are very polite, there may be a grane of truth in such beliefs as they apply to the over all spirit of a culture, just as it is true that displays of emotion, or indeed affection are still slightly discouraged in Britain, indeed when I studdied sartre's theory of emotions which stated that inner states of emotions were entirely characterized and subordinated to the outward actions of the body, and of society's interactions with the body, the lecturer noted that Sartre was of course french
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Dark, Well, in Candy Land there really aren't that many squares besides the Molasses Pits and/or Sticky Patches that have any real functionality in the game. The Candy Cane Forest, for example, is just a place in Candy Land that you can move forward or backward to when that card is drawn. Same for the Gingerbread House and the lollipops. They are more or less background scenery and have no real functionality as far as game mechanics goes. Of course, if you are one or two squares away from the Candy Castle, at the end of the board, and get a Gingerbread House card that can set you back clear to the beginning of the board where the Gingerbread House is. Grr. Cheers! On 9/7/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: if you let me know the titles of squares and their functions, I could have a go at suggesting British alternatives, --- for example being stuck in treacle toffie and missing a turn would make a little more sense in Britain., though of course Jim could just make the thing editable as he did monopoly. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
well its the loo here, and the bog. My parents don't care for such a rood word but all the youngies including me just use it, for one thing its shorter than toilet and well whatever. At 07:32 p.m. 7/09/2012 +0100, you wrote: Hi Tom. interesting, I actually didn't know in America use the toilet would be considdered a vulgar expression. There are of course less polite ways of referring to the toilet, such as the bog, the crapper, the shithole, or in scotland the cludgy, but there is nothing at all wrong with toilet at all, and if you did! refer to it as say the lady's or the gents (short for gentlemen's sinse the term mens room never existed here either), most people would assume you were being overly dainty or trying to be specifically upper class. Interestingly enough though, even in the British editions of harry potter, Jk rowling still occasionally refers to the bathroom though she also uses loo or toilet as well. I'm not sure if this was either a picked up Americanism on her part, or because like a lot of large institutions she imagined hogwarts having combined toilet and bathroom facilities, though she never mentions there being a bath in moaning murtle's toilet or there being a toilet in the prefect's bathroom so on this I'm not sure. As to the hole subject of sweets, I've seen! candy canes in American programs, but what they taste like or are composed of I have no idea. I suspect we do have soemthing similar to the sour patches you mention, sinse we do have a lot of what we'd call jellies, such as wine gums, harribo etc, some of which can be pretty sour and chewy, though they wouldn't really be distinguished with a universal name like sour patches. Chocolate I can give you a hole discourse on sinse like coffee it's something I''m a little serious about. I have no idea what Us chocolate is like at all or what the differences are precisely, but I do know a lot of Uk chocolate has far too little coco, --- especially those manufactured mars, neslay, which is precisely why I myself only tend to buy chocolate that has a whacking great coco percentage and is usually german or swiss and bought from specialist shops. I do know a lot of things in the Us contain a lot more corn syrup, including things like bread and tomatoe ketchup, which thus makes them often taste quite sweet to people who are used to the British versions, indeed a friend of mine who frequently goes to the states for his job says this drives him absolutely up the wall, buying a savory sandwich and finding it tastes to him like it's been made with slices of cake rather than bread. As to religion, well over here fundamentalism is much more the exception than the rule and you would be thought of as rather nuts if you had such beliefs, and probably avoided. When I was attending church each week, the idea of the vicar shouting at the congrigation, going on a wrant about hell and demons or anything like that would be quite unthinkable, indeed outside of bible readings I only ever remember hell being mentioned as separation from god, or as a state of mind, and demons never mentioned at all. likewise, the idea of someone actually condemning! others in a religious service, though it might happen with some fundamentalist fringe groups would be very much frowned upon over here. i think the statement about people not talking about religion is slightly incorrect, or may be on the part of bias from the author, though then again as a philosophy student I tend to find I get into discussions with people about religion anyway. I will say though that it's far less likely in such discussions to run into someone who won't be to a degree accepting, though of course it does happen. Just as in many parts of the world the British are thought of as up tite, obsessed with tradition and incapable of showing emotion, over here a common sterriotype about americans is that Americans are loud, over emotional and do things to excess. of course, this is a sterriotype and so not true of any individual american, but just like some other sterriotypical beliefs about nations, for instance that germans are very good at organizing or that Japanese are very polite, there may be a grane of truth in such beliefs as they apply to the over all spirit of a culture, just as it is true that displays of emotion, or indeed affection are still slightly discouraged in Britain, indeed when I studdied sartre's theory of emotions which stated that inner states of emotions were entirely characterized and subordinated to the outward actions of the body, and of society's interactions with the body, the lecturer noted that Sartre was of course french, where emotions were much more physically expressed, and the idea of someone say feeling intensive joy or disgust but not reacting physically would not be one that would occur to Sartre. Before however this gets too far into a social and existential
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hmmm, your statement a hard candy is one I'm a little confused by bryan, unless they're like sticks of rock that we have over here but even then, rock can sometimes be chewee as well. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Well candy canes are a hard candy that you would suck on. As for flavors they tend to come in a variety. The most common is peppermint but I've also had chocolate. But thou must! -Original Message- From: dark Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 12:32 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Tom. interesting, I actually didn't know in America use the toilet would be considdered a vulgar expression. There are of course less polite ways of referring to the toilet, such as the bog, the crapper, the shithole, or in scotland the cludgy, but there is nothing at all wrong with toilet at all, and if you did! refer to it as say the lady's or the gents (short for gentlemen's sinse the term mens room never existed here either), most people would assume you were being overly dainty or trying to be specifically upper class. Interestingly enough though, even in the British editions of harry potter, Jk rowling still occasionally refers to the bathroom though she also uses loo or toilet as well. I'm not sure if this was either a picked up Americanism on her part, or because like a lot of large institutions she imagined hogwarts having combined toilet and bathroom facilities, though she never mentions there being a bath in moaning murtle's toilet or there being a toilet in the prefect's bathroom so on this I'm not sure. As to the hole subject of sweets, I've seen! candy canes in American programs, but what they taste like or are composed of I have no idea. I suspect we do have soemthing similar to the sour patches you mention, sinse we do have a lot of what we'd call jellies, such as wine gums, harribo etc, some of which can be pretty sour and chewy, though they wouldn't really be distinguished with a universal name like sour patches. Chocolate I can give you a hole discourse on sinse like coffee it's something I''m a little serious about. I have no idea what Us chocolate is like at all or what the differences are precisely, but I do know a lot of Uk chocolate has far too little coco, --- especially those manufactured mars, neslay, which is precisely why I myself only tend to buy chocolate that has a whacking great coco percentage and is usually german or swiss and bought from specialist shops. I do know a lot of things in the Us contain a lot more corn syrup, including things like bread and tomatoe ketchup, which thus makes them often taste quite sweet to people who are used to the British versions, indeed a friend of mine who frequently goes to the states for his job says this drives him absolutely up the wall, buying a savory sandwich and finding it tastes to him like it's been made with slices of cake rather than bread. As to religion, well over here fundamentalism is much more the exception than the rule and you would be thought of as rather nuts if you had such beliefs, and probably avoided. When I was attending church each week, the idea of the vicar shouting at the congrigation, going on a wrant about hell and demons or anything like that would be quite unthinkable, indeed outside of bible readings I only ever remember hell being mentioned as separation from god, or as a state of mind, and demons never mentioned at all. likewise, the idea of someone actually condemning! others in a religious service, though it might happen with some fundamentalist fringe groups would be very much frowned upon over here. i think the statement about people not talking about religion is slightly incorrect, or may be on the part of bias from the author, though then again as a philosophy student I tend to find I get into discussions with people about religion anyway. I will say though that it's far less likely in such discussions to run into someone who won't be to a degree accepting, though of course it does happen. Just as in many parts of the world the British are thought of as up tite, obsessed with tradition and incapable of showing emotion, over here a common sterriotype about americans is that Americans are loud, over emotional and do things to excess. of course, this is a sterriotype and so not true of any individual american, but just like some other sterriotypical beliefs about nations, for instance that germans are very good at organizing or that Japanese are very polite, there may be a grane of truth in such beliefs as they apply to the over all spirit of a culture, just as it is true that displays of emotion, or indeed affection are still slightly discouraged in Britain, indeed when I studdied sartre's theory
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi tom. Fair enough. If the squares you mention are the only ones in the game, then only some would need changing sinse we have gingerbread and lolly pops over here too, --- -though here molasus is purely a cooking ingredient and not really something that would be considdered as generally a sweet for children, though some sweets may contain it, like honey. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Dark, Well, in Candy Land there really aren't that many squares besides the Molasses Pits and/or Sticky Patches that have any real functionality in the game. The Candy Cane Forest, for example, is just a place in Candy Land that you can move forward or backward to when that card is drawn. Same for the Gingerbread House and the lollipops. They are more or less background scenery and have no real functionality as far as game mechanics goes. Of course, if you are one or two squares away from the Candy Castle, at the end of the board, and get a Gingerbread House card that can set you back clear to the beginning of the board where the Gingerbread House is. Grr. Cheers! On 9/7/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: if you let me know the titles of squares and their functions, I could have a go at suggesting British alternatives, --- for example being stuck in treacle toffie and missing a turn would make a little more sense in Britain., though of course Jim could just make the thing editable as he did monopoly. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Dark, Right. All of that is pretty flexible as far as I am concerned. If I wanted to make an exact copy of the game I certainly can but I see no problem with making custom boards to suit other nationalities given there are so many different candies or sweets out there. That said, the game is so basic I could create any number of simple board games using the same mechanics and game play. For example, imagine taking the classic Candy Land and giving it a Halloween type theme. Instead of the Candy Cane Forest you might have the Haunted Forest. Instead of a Gingerbread House we could have the Zombie Graveyard. Instead of a Sticky Patch we could have a Pumkin Patch. Instead of the Candy Castle we have Dracula's Castle. Basically, instead of Candy Land we get something like Monster Land. Lol! Cheers! On 9/7/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: Hi tom. Fair enough. If the squares you mention are the only ones in the game, then only some would need changing sinse we have gingerbread and lolly pops over here too, --- -though here molasus is purely a cooking ingredient and not really something that would be considdered as generally a sweet for children, though some sweets may contain it, like honey. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Dark, Well, in this case hard candy is just that. Things like Jolly Ranchers, Jaw Breakers, some lollipops, and so on are a very hard candy that could break a tooth if you bite them. You suck them until they are soft and then eat them or just suck them until they completely melt in your mouth. So by hard candy they really mean hard candy. :D Soft candy are things like gummy worms, gummy bears, sour patches, and star burst which are very soft and chewy. Interesting enough though there are some candies like Lifesavers that come in a hard candy form or as soft candy. The soft Lifesavers are called Gummy Savers and, I personally think they taste better than the original hard candy Lifesavers. Just thinking of Lifesavers makes me want to go out an buy a couple of packs of mixed berry or wild berry savers. Lol! On 9/7/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: Hmmm, your statement a hard candy is one I'm a little confused by bryan, unless they're like sticks of rock that we have over here but even then, rock can sometimes be chewee as well. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Tom. that is an interesting idea, indeed while the game candy land as I said doesn't exist over here as far as I know, there are plenty of similar ones. I mentioned the thomas the tank engine themed game I used to have when i was little. I've also seen and played a game based on Charley and the chocolate factory (the book, rather than the tim berton film). This used dice rather than cards, but had the same basic snakes and ladders type of theme, ie, get to the end as soon as possible. what was fun that instead of ladders you got things like helped out Mr. wonker or you drink fizzy lifting drinks and puff up to a new stage and instead of snakes you got you tried to drink from the chocolate river and were sucked down a pipe just like augustus gloop in the book or film. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Ok, Back off this guy. I agree with you that the Pac Mate is outdated, and I personally was not impressed with the fact that he chose to develop for that unstable system first before Windows, but come on. You said it yourself, the Klango version of Whack-a-mole has to be paid for. This doesn't. Don't turn a new developer away with negativity before seeing what he has up his sleeve. On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all no one seems to have responded to this so I will do so. Travis, firstly welcome to the list. I think new development should be encouraged. Thats the good stuff. There is a bit of a problem though. 1. no pc Sure you support packmate and packmate only but there is more out there than packmate. Secondly either you have a dim view of what the blind play or are quite new to the scene. There! are! to! many! board! games! There are at least 3 versions of monopoly for windows based systems I know of all free. kitchensinc rsgames and I think quentin c do those. all in play and kitchensinc do poker. Blindsoftware has a memmory and kitchensinc has simon which is simular to a memmory game. I have seen a version of whack a mole in klango and I think braillesoft has one which is free you need to buy the klango version. Whack a mole can stay but the rest. There are more than pack mates, iphones, android devices, pcs mainly windows xp and 7 mostly these days. We don't need a new load of board games and sertainly not for something like the pack mate sertainly its not a major platform, braillesoft is already doing packmate and a few other braille devices. true their games are in windows but I have never found them all that entertaining. Saying that I'd like to test anything which is windows compatible. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
The website is hadley.edu. Most of their courses can be done online, but you also have the option to have them sent through the mail in either audio, Braille or large print formats. On 9/3/12, Roger devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com wrote: Now, that's awesome! What is their website? Do they do this ellectronically or through the mail or something? - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Roger, Yes, the Hadley courses are all free. On 9/2/12, Roger devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm, I've heard a lot about this Hadley thing, is it free? --- 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. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Ah, I remember Trouble. We never had any of the ones with different themes that you guys are talking about, I just had the original. I agree, it would be a lot more fun as a computer game, because it would be more accessible. I think it would be kind of cool to have a Candy Land game for the computer too, for the kids and kids at heart, :d. I'm actually surprised that no one has done that yet. The other game that would be really neat if made accessible, though I'm honestly not sure if it could be done, is Catch Phrase. For those who don't know, Catch Phrase is an electronic game that displays clues to a word on a screen, and someone has to try to describe what the word or phrase is without actually using those words. You have something like 30 seconds to pass the game back and forth between however many teams are playing and give clues. Whoever is left holding the game when time runs out gets a point, and, of course, that's not a good thing, like hot potato or something. You don't want to be the one holding it. As I said, I highly doubt something like that could be done, since the computer would have to simulate fairly intelligent thought to give unique clues, but that's a game that I've played a lot with people and have often wished I could be the one giving the clues instead of having to have someone else on my team speak for me. On 9/2/12, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shaun, HmmmA couple of board games that are quite popular here in the U.S.A. but aren't accessible are Trouble and Sorry. Trouble is basically a game where you pop the bubble in the center of the board and move according to the dice roll. Sorry is a game where you draw a card that allows you to move x number of spaces, and if you get a Sorry Card you can bump somebody off the board back to Home. Both would be very very simple to program. On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi, Yeah, I am a bit surprised no one has created an accessible version of Candy Land myself. It is a fairly simple game to create and play, and given how popular it is in the U.S. it seems like a logical choice for new and aspiring programmers. Perhaps I will write one in Python and stick it up on my developers site as a demonstration game. :D On 9/3/12, Desiree Oudinot turtlepowe...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, I remember Trouble. We never had any of the ones with different themes that you guys are talking about, I just had the original. I agree, it would be a lot more fun as a computer game, because it would be more accessible. I think it would be kind of cool to have a Candy Land game for the computer too, for the kids and kids at heart, :d. I'm actually surprised that no one has done that yet. The other game that would be really neat if made accessible, though I'm honestly not sure if it could be done, is Catch Phrase. For those who don't know, Catch Phrase is an electronic game that displays clues to a word on a screen, and someone has to try to describe what the word or phrase is without actually using those words. You have something like 30 seconds to pass the game back and forth between however many teams are playing and give clues. Whoever is left holding the game when time runs out gets a point, and, of course, that's not a good thing, like hot potato or something. You don't want to be the one holding it. As I said, I highly doubt something like that could be done, since the computer would have to simulate fairly intelligent thought to give unique clues, but that's a game that I've played a lot with people and have often wished I could be the one giving the clues instead of having to have someone else on my team speak for me. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
If you don't mind me asking, what is candy land? Like the trouble game you mention, I suspect that is one we don't have over here, indeed sinse in Britain the word candy isn't half as widely used and usually only refers to very specific types of sweets, a game named candy land would probably need a name change to be understood anyway which is also likely why I haven't heard of 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Dark, Candy Land is a popular American board game for children. The board is essentially several colored squares such as blue, red, yellow, and green with some special places such as the Candy Cane Forest, sticky patches, Gingerbread Man, and so on. Each player can pick out a token of a boy or girl, and the object of the game is to be the first to get your token to the Candy Castle on the other side of the board. The game is played by drawing a color card from the deck and moving the number of spaces shown on the card. If you pick up a card with two yellow squares on it you move two yellow squares on the board. If you pick up one of the special cards like the Candy Cane Forest you either need to move forward to or back to the Candy Cane Forest on the board. If you land on a sticky patch you lose a turn. Make sense? Regarding the name I suppose someone could in theory rename it Sugar Land, Sweet Land, or something like that but having grown up with the game since childhood I'd find such names bazaar to say the least. Then again, do you even have candy canes gingerbread cookies, sour patches, and things like that in the first place? Cheers! On 9/6/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: If you don't mind me asking, what is candy land? Like the trouble game you mention, I suspect that is one we don't have over here, indeed sinse in Britain the word candy isn't half as widely used and usually only refers to very specific types of sweets, a game named candy land would probably need a name change to be understood anyway which is also likely why I haven't heard of 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hey tom. I had that game when I waws little. If we're talking about board games? Don't forget snoopy come home as well. GRIN. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 12:44 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi, Yeah, I am a bit surprised no one has created an accessible version of Candy Land myself. It is a fairly simple game to create and play, and given how popular it is in the U.S. it seems like a logical choice for new and aspiring programmers. Perhaps I will write one in Python and stick it up on my developers site as a demonstration game. :D On 9/3/12, Desiree Oudinot turtlepowe...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, I remember Trouble. We never had any of the ones with different themes that you guys are talking about, I just had the original. I agree, it would be a lot more fun as a computer game, because it would be more accessible. I think it would be kind of cool to have a Candy Land game for the computer too, for the kids and kids at heart, :d. I'm actually surprised that no one has done that yet. The other game that would be really neat if made accessible, though I'm honestly not sure if it could be done, is Catch Phrase. For those who don't know, Catch Phrase is an electronic game that displays clues to a word on a screen, and someone has to try to describe what the word or phrase is without actually using those words. You have something like 30 seconds to pass the game back and forth between however many teams are playing and give clues. Whoever is left holding the game when time runs out gets a point, and, of course, that's not a good thing, like hot potato or something. You don't want to be the one holding it. As I said, I highly doubt something like that could be done, since the computer would have to simulate fairly intelligent thought to give unique clues, but that's a game that I've played a lot with people and have often wished I could be the one giving the clues instead of having to have someone else on my team speak for me. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Ron, Snoopy Come Home? I'm sorry but I've never heard of that game. Could you explain it to me. Sounds like something I would have liked when I was younger. Cheers! On 9/6/12, Ron Kolesar kolesar16...@roadrunner.com wrote: Hey tom. I had that game when I waws little. If we're talking about board games? Don't forget snoopy come home as well. GRIN. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Tom. Well, I'm not sure if the exact game was ever markited over here under that name, though I do remember playing ones with similar rules as a child. For example, me being an avid Thomas the tank engine enthusiast, my mum bought, and indeed brailled a game called thomas the Tank engine all changed, which worked exactly the same way with drawing cards and advancing several spaces or going backwards, but with stations on the board instead of locations like the candy forest etc, and the game's objective was to reach the engine shed in the middle of the board. The unique rule however that I think was specific to that game was occasionally you'd pick up a card saying all change and get to pick a player to swap positions with on the board. As regards the hole candy thing, well it depends upon the type really. I have no idea for instance what sour patches are, unless they're what in England are called wine gums or jellies. Gingerbread is very common over here though and nearly all bakers sell it, but usually in the form of ginger bread men or just gingerbread biscuits, sinse over here biscuits refers mostly to anything like shortbread, gingerbread, rich tea, digestives etc, and the term cookies is only used of very soft, often large sized chewie affairs that I believe are supposedly a more American style of recipe, or at least thought to be. I think if candy land were! produced over here it would probably go under the name sweety land, sinse overe here sweets serves as something of a catch all term the way candy does in the states, with sweeties as a more childish version. Btw, sinse the question of English language and to an extent cultural differences from the states has come up before, I recently heard about this extremely good artical intended to help Americans who might want to write accurately about Britain (especially as regards harry potter). http://members.madasafish.com/~cj_whitehound/Fanfic/Britpicks.htm While I think it is perhaps in some places a little more specific to scotland, for instance it mentions beef being expensive and thus less commonly eaten in Britain (yet I eat roast beef extremely often), and the term carry out being often used where as myself I've never heard of that expression and takeaway is the usual, it's still a very good artical and should provide an interesting read on precisely issues such as candy vs sweets etc which have come up on list before. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
It was baced on the peanuts film snoopy come home. You simply had to get snoopy home by the roll of the dice. Just like all board games. It had it's colorable squares and it's pitfalls. It was cool when we wre young many many mooons agao. GRIN. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 3:22 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Ron, Snoopy Come Home? I'm sorry but I've never heard of that game. Could you explain it to me. Sounds like something I would have liked when I was younger. Cheers! On 9/6/12, Ron Kolesar kolesar16...@roadrunner.com wrote: Hey tom. I had that game when I waws little. If we're talking about board games? Don't forget snoopy come home as well. GRIN. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Again Ron, not a game we have over here, though this time I can absolutely see why sinse the charley brown characters and commics never caught on over here (I have only heard of them through a very short lived hana barbara cartoon that I watched when i was little but which pretty much vanished after one brief series). 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Dark, I'm sorry, but I am not into the dungeons and dragons type of game. However within a few weeks I will be releasing a public beta of Dungeon Master. Dungeon Master is an adult sexual adventure game. Warning* Dungeon Master includes acts of Sado-Masochism and sex. If such things offend you, do not play this game. And Dungeon Master is not a text parser input game, it is instead a menu driven adventure game. The reason that I am calling it a beta is because even though it will have several locations, I have not even gotten down to the dungeon locations yet. BFN Jim Born to be spanked. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Thomas, Yep when I was young we played Sorry, Trouble, Headache and Parcheesi. My only problem with creating say Parcheesi is coming up with a good way to review the board so that you can make and educated move. BFN Jim Nobody knows the trouble I have been. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Roger, Yes Sir the Hadly courses are all free. Wish that Charles was here, he would have all of the information for you. Especially since he has a chat about chess and the Hadly course. BFN Jim Once a king always a king but once a knights enough 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Fair enough on the dungeons and dragons business I know different people have different preferences. Indeed, just as an example, I am extremely! uncomfortable with s/xual content (though i wouldn't exactly call this a preference), so I will not be playing your dungeon master game, though I hope other people 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Roger, Yes, the Hadley courses are all free. On 9/2/12, Roger devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm, I've heard a lot about this Hadley thing, is it free? --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Now, that's awesome! What is their website? Do they do this ellectronically or through the mail or something? - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Roger, Yes, the Hadley courses are all free. On 9/2/12, Roger devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm, I've heard a lot about this Hadley thing, is it free? --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Shaun, Might I make a suggestion here. I think you are being overly critical of Travis. While it is true there are plenty of card and board games available for VI players there is always room for a new developer to put his or her own spin on an old game. For one thing card and board games are easy to develop, especially for a first time game developer, and it gives him/her good practice for bigger and better things. For another each developer may add features not available in a prior version that would make it a more appealing version of that game. So let's not cut a new developer short before he or she gets started. I'll use myself as an example. There are plenty of card and board games for Windows, but the same can't be said about Mac OS or Linux currently. As a result once I'm done with MOTA, Raceway, etc I plan to spend some time developing games like War, Uno, Blackjack, Monopoly, etc for non-Windows platforms such as Mac and Linux. Some might make the case that there are already too many card and board games, but that only really applies to Windows gamers. Those of us who choose not to use Windows don't have that much to choose from. So if I proceed with my plan to port said games to Mac and Linux I'd essentially be adding to an already large list of games in the same genre, but it would be for a completely different target group. It looks to me that Travis's current games mainly applies to notetakers which is a different target group and deserves just as much attention as the bigger well known platforms in my book. The one thing that gets me about your argument is this. You slam Travis for creating too many card and board games, and then complain that there are no PC versions of said games. If there are too many card and board games for you why are you worrying about a PC version of them? Cheers! On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all no one seems to have responded to this so I will do so. Travis, firstly welcome to the list. I think new development should be encouraged. Thats the good stuff. There is a bit of a problem though. 1. no pc Sure you support packmate and packmate only but there is more out there than packmate. Secondly either you have a dim view of what the blind play or are quite new to the scene. There! are! to! many! board! games! There are at least 3 versions of monopoly for windows based systems I know of all free. kitchensinc rsgames and I think quentin c do those. all in play and kitchensinc do poker. Blindsoftware has a memmory and kitchensinc has simon which is simular to a memmory game. I have seen a version of whack a mole in klango and I think braillesoft has one which is free you need to buy the klango version. Whack a mole can stay but the rest. There are more than pack mates, iphones, android devices, pcs mainly windows xp and 7 mostly these days. We don't need a new load of board games and sertainly not for something like the pack mate sertainly its not a major platform, braillesoft is already doing packmate and a few other braille devices. true their games are in windows but I have never found them all that entertaining. Saying that I'd like to test anything which is windows compatible. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hello, I would just like to add a little two cents into this. The games that I have created on my website thus far, are specifically for the PAC Mate and Windows Moble. They are infact the fruits of some of my first creations. The Wack-a-Mole on the Braillesoft site is my creation. I was affiliated with Braillesoft when I got started. After launching my own site, I went back and fixed some bugs in the program and re-released it on my own site. I am working on a few live action games that I believe will be found to be challenging . They are also copy written to me. They are not someone else's idea redone. Also as I said in an earlier post, I am hoping, by end of week, to have a section of my site up that will support Windows Desktop. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Shaun, Might I make a suggestion here. I think you are being overly critical of Travis. While it is true there are plenty of card and board games available for VI players there is always room for a new developer to put his or her own spin on an old game. For one thing card and board games are easy to develop, especially for a first time game developer, and it gives him/her good practice for bigger and better things. For another each developer may add features not available in a prior version that would make it a more appealing version of that game. So let's not cut a new developer short before he or she gets started. I'll use myself as an example. There are plenty of card and board games for Windows, but the same can't be said about Mac OS or Linux currently. As a result once I'm done with MOTA, Raceway, etc I plan to spend some time developing games like War, Uno, Blackjack, Monopoly, etc for non-Windows platforms such as Mac and Linux. Some might make the case that there are already too many card and board games, but that only really applies to Windows gamers. Those of us who choose not to use Windows don't have that much to choose from. So if I proceed with my plan to port said games to Mac and Linux I'd essentially be adding to an already large list of games in the same genre, but it would be for a completely different target group. It looks to me that Travis's current games mainly applies to notetakers which is a different target group and deserves just as much attention as the bigger well known platforms in my book. The one thing that gets me about your argument is this. You slam Travis for creating too many card and board games, and then complain that there are no PC versions of said games. If there are too many card and board games for you why are you worrying about a PC version of them? Cheers! On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all no one seems to have responded to this so I will do so. Travis, firstly welcome to the list. I think new development should be encouraged. Thats the good stuff. There is a bit of a problem though. 1. no pc Sure you support packmate and packmate only but there is more out there than packmate. Secondly either you have a dim view of what the blind play or are quite new to the scene. There! are! to! many! board! games! There are at least 3 versions of monopoly for windows based systems I know of all free. kitchensinc rsgames and I think quentin c do those. all in play and kitchensinc do poker. Blindsoftware has a memmory and kitchensinc has simon which is simular to a memmory game. I have seen a version of whack a mole in klango and I think braillesoft has one which is free you need to buy the klango version. Whack a mole can stay but the rest. There are more than pack mates, iphones, android devices, pcs mainly windows xp and 7 mostly these days. We don't need a new load of board games and sertainly not for something like the pack mate sertainly its not a major platform, braillesoft is already doing packmate and a few other braille devices. true their games are in windows but I have never found them all that entertaining. Saying that I'd like to test anything which is windows compatible. --- 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
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Boardgames are an art worth saving, whether it's redoing someone else's or making your own. Boardgames have a certain charm which takes a bit of patience and subtlety to appreciate. If I end up contributing anything to the community after my game dev course this semester, it'll probably at least start with boardgames. Even if I don't redo someone else's, I will probably do something with them. Don't knock it till you try it. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 9/2/12, Travis tra...@blindgameware.com wrote: Hello, I would just like to add a little two cents into this. The games that I have created on my website thus far, are specifically for the PAC Mate and Windows Moble. They are infact the fruits of some of my first creations. The Wack-a-Mole on the Braillesoft site is my creation. I was affiliated with Braillesoft when I got started. After launching my own site, I went back and fixed some bugs in the program and re-released it on my own site. I am working on a few live action games that I believe will be found to be challenging . They are also copy written to me. They are not someone else's idea redone. Also as I said in an earlier post, I am hoping, by end of week, to have a section of my site up that will support Windows Desktop. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Shaun, Might I make a suggestion here. I think you are being overly critical of Travis. While it is true there are plenty of card and board games available for VI players there is always room for a new developer to put his or her own spin on an old game. For one thing card and board games are easy to develop, especially for a first time game developer, and it gives him/her good practice for bigger and better things. For another each developer may add features not available in a prior version that would make it a more appealing version of that game. So let's not cut a new developer short before he or she gets started. I'll use myself as an example. There are plenty of card and board games for Windows, but the same can't be said about Mac OS or Linux currently. As a result once I'm done with MOTA, Raceway, etc I plan to spend some time developing games like War, Uno, Blackjack, Monopoly, etc for non-Windows platforms such as Mac and Linux. Some might make the case that there are already too many card and board games, but that only really applies to Windows gamers. Those of us who choose not to use Windows don't have that much to choose from. So if I proceed with my plan to port said games to Mac and Linux I'd essentially be adding to an already large list of games in the same genre, but it would be for a completely different target group. It looks to me that Travis's current games mainly applies to notetakers which is a different target group and deserves just as much attention as the bigger well known platforms in my book. The one thing that gets me about your argument is this. You slam Travis for creating too many card and board games, and then complain that there are no PC versions of said games. If there are too many card and board games for you why are you worrying about a PC version of them? Cheers! On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all no one seems to have responded to this so I will do so. Travis, firstly welcome to the list. I think new development should be encouraged. Thats the good stuff. There is a bit of a problem though. 1. no pc Sure you support packmate and packmate only but there is more out there than packmate. Secondly either you have a dim view of what the blind play or are quite new to the scene. There! are! to! many! board! games! There are at least 3 versions of monopoly for windows based systems I know of all free. kitchensinc rsgames and I think quentin c do those. all in play and kitchensinc do poker. Blindsoftware has a memmory and kitchensinc has simon which is simular to a memmory game. I have seen a version of whack a mole in klango and I think braillesoft has one which is free you need to buy the klango version. Whack a mole can stay but the rest. There are more than pack mates, iphones, android devices, pcs mainly windows xp and 7 mostly these days. We don't need a new load of board games and sertainly not for something like the pack mate sertainly its not a major platform, braillesoft is already doing packmate and a few other braille devices. true their games are in windows but I have never found them all that entertaining. Saying that I'd like to test anything which is windows compatible. --- 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
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Dakotah, Well said. Not only that but we've not even come close to exploring all the possibilities of card and board games. As a kid I can remember having several board games that have never been converted into PC games. Off the top of my head I can remember playing Hotels, Free Parking, Whirlpool, Big Deal, and a few other games that came out in the 80's that are no longer around. Plus there were a number of promotional games that came out based on some movie or television show such as Batman, Scooby Do, Star Wars, etc that were somewhat unique. Besides those there is nothing stopping someone from creating their own unique card or board game with its own unique story, game play, and playing cards. It just takes some imagination. So there is no need to say that there are too many card and board games because there is room to grow in that genre. Cheers! On 9/2/12, Dakotah Rickard dakotah.rick...@gmail.com wrote: Boardgames are an art worth saving, whether it's redoing someone else's or making your own. Boardgames have a certain charm which takes a bit of patience and subtlety to appreciate. If I end up contributing anything to the community after my game dev course this semester, it'll probably at least start with boardgames. Even if I don't redo someone else's, I will probably do something with them. Don't knock it till you try it. Signed: Dakotah Rickard --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Dark, True. I know of a few board games like that which have an RPG feel to them but aren't that complex. Off the top of my head Dark World would be such a game. In Dark World the game board is basically a large evil castle. The heroes such as a knight, ranger, dwarf, and so on start out with standard weapons. However, as they play they can get magic items such as healing potions to restore there stamina points, magic shoes that give them an extra turn, or magic weapons that increases their attack damage. All of the enemy creatures such as skeletons, ogres, goblins, mummies, whatever have hit points too and if the hero's attack roll is hire than the maximum hit points that creature is dead. In that way it is like an RPG game but the use of dice and cards makes it more of a board game with some RPG mechanics. Cheers! On 9/2/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi tom. Sounds just the sort of thing I mean, and in fact something I've always wanted to play. then of course there were the several atmosphere games, hich ran along with the video and also involved rpg mechanics as you were playing various characters like a zombi, a mummy, a warewolf and a ghost, though admittedly there part of the game was also the music and sfx provided by the video and the appearence of the gate keeper who would pop up randomly and give challenges, rewards or punishments, though thinking about it a little creative use of audio files could work there too, (I'd love to voice the gate keeper in a game, sinse he was so awsome). One of my favourite scenes was when the gate keeper appeared and whisperred to the player who's turn it was come closer, I've got something special to tell you then got the player to come closer and closer until you were literally sitting with your nose on the tv screen, at which point the gate keeper would scream don't come so! close to me again you scum sucking magart! :D. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Dark, Would you please contact me off list? I would like to discuss your idea further. You have peaked my interest, and I would be willing to undertake your suggestion. Please send me an eMail to tra...@blindgameware.com. Thanks - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Thomas, I am always looking for new ideas for games, and I am more than willing to listen to the wants and needs of my customers. To you and anyone else, if you have an idea for a game and would like to see it out there, please send an eMail to suggesti...@blindgameware.com Thanks - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Dakotah, Well said. Not only that but we've not even come close to exploring all the possibilities of card and board games. As a kid I can remember having several board games that have never been converted into PC games. Off the top of my head I can remember playing Hotels, Free Parking, Whirlpool, Big Deal, and a few other games that came out in the 80's that are no longer around. Plus there were a number of promotional games that came out based on some movie or television show such as Batman, Scooby Do, Star Wars, etc that were somewhat unique. Besides those there is nothing stopping someone from creating their own unique card or board game with its own unique story, game play, and playing cards. It just takes some imagination. So there is no need to say that there are too many card and board games because there is room to grow in that genre. Cheers! On 9/2/12, Dakotah Rickard dakotah.rick...@gmail.com wrote: Boardgames are an art worth saving, whether it's redoing someone else's or making your own. Boardgames have a certain charm which takes a bit of patience and subtlety to appreciate. If I end up contributing anything to the community after my game dev course this semester, it'll probably at least start with boardgames. Even if I don't redo someone else's, I will probably do something with them. Don't knock it till you try it. Signed: Dakotah Rickard --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
I already put together my minimalistic RPG game engine...? Game/map generator: http://www.blindza.co.za/uploads/mapData/mapDataLBC_dist/mapDataGenLBCSQLite_dist.zip Front-end for playing maps, etc.: http://www.blindza.co.za/uploads/mapData/mapDataLBC_dist/mapDataLBCSQLite_dist.zip Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Ok, so maybe I was a bit rough but understand that I really can't fully appreciate stuff if I can't play it on my platform choice not that I care about those things that much but I can't even try the games, I don't have nore wish to buy a packmate and the cost of that for just games. I guess I am just getting bored of board games which I guess is my own opinion. At 09:34 a.m. 2/09/2012 -0400, you wrote: Hi Shaun, Might I make a suggestion here. I think you are being overly critical of Travis. While it is true there are plenty of card and board games available for VI players there is always room for a new developer to put his or her own spin on an old game. For one thing card and board games are easy to develop, especially for a first time game developer, and it gives him/her good practice for bigger and better things. For another each developer may add features not available in a prior version that would make it a more appealing version of that game. So let's not cut a new developer short before he or she gets started. I'll use myself as an example. There are plenty of card and board games for Windows, but the same can't be said about Mac OS or Linux currently. As a result once I'm done with MOTA, Raceway, etc I plan to spend some time developing games like War, Uno, Blackjack, Monopoly, etc for non-Windows platforms such as Mac and Linux. Some might make the case that there are already too many card and board games, but that only really applies to Windows gamers. Those of us who choose not to use Windows don't have that much to choose from. So if I proceed with my plan to port said games to Mac and Linux I'd essentially be adding to an already large list of games in the same genre, but it would be for a completely different target group. It looks to me that Travis's current games mainly applies to notetakers which is a different target group and deserves just as much attention as the bigger well known platforms in my book. The one thing that gets me about your argument is this. You slam Travis for creating too many card and board games, and then complain that there are no PC versions of said games. If there are too many card and board games for you why are you worrying about a PC version of them? Cheers! On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all no one seems to have responded to this so I will do so. Travis, firstly welcome to the list. I think new development should be encouraged. Thats the good stuff. There is a bit of a problem though. 1. no pc Sure you support packmate and packmate only but there is more out there than packmate. Secondly either you have a dim view of what the blind play or are quite new to the scene. There! are! to! many! board! games! There are at least 3 versions of monopoly for windows based systems I know of all free. kitchensinc rsgames and I think quentin c do those. all in play and kitchensinc do poker. Blindsoftware has a memmory and kitchensinc has simon which is simular to a memmory game. I have seen a version of whack a mole in klango and I think braillesoft has one which is free you need to buy the klango version. Whack a mole can stay but the rest. There are more than pack mates, iphones, android devices, pcs mainly windows xp and 7 mostly these days. We don't need a new load of board games and sertainly not for something like the pack mate sertainly its not a major platform, braillesoft is already doing packmate and a few other braille devices. true their games are in windows but I have never found them all that entertaining. Saying that I'd like to test anything which is windows compatible. --- 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. --- 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
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Ok, sorry if I was a bit rough then, At 09:01 a.m. 2/09/2012 -0500, you wrote: Hello, I would just like to add a little two cents into this. The games that I have created on my website thus far, are specifically for the PAC Mate and Windows Moble. They are infact the fruits of some of my first creations. The Wack-a-Mole on the Braillesoft site is my creation. I was affiliated with Braillesoft when I got started. After launching my own site, I went back and fixed some bugs in the program and re-released it on my own site. I am working on a few live action games that I believe will be found to be challenging . They are also copy written to me. They are not someone else's idea redone. Also as I said in an earlier post, I am hoping, by end of week, to have a section of my site up that will support Windows Desktop. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Shaun, Might I make a suggestion here. I think you are being overly critical of Travis. While it is true there are plenty of card and board games available for VI players there is always room for a new developer to put his or her own spin on an old game. For one thing card and board games are easy to develop, especially for a first time game developer, and it gives him/her good practice for bigger and better things. For another each developer may add features not available in a prior version that would make it a more appealing version of that game. So let's not cut a new developer short before he or she gets started. I'll use myself as an example. There are plenty of card and board games for Windows, but the same can't be said about Mac OS or Linux currently. As a result once I'm done with MOTA, Raceway, etc I plan to spend some time developing games like War, Uno, Blackjack, Monopoly, etc for non-Windows platforms such as Mac and Linux. Some might make the case that there are already too many card and board games, but that only really applies to Windows gamers. Those of us who choose not to use Windows don't have that much to choose from. So if I proceed with my plan to port said games to Mac and Linux I'd essentially be adding to an already large list of games in the same genre, but it would be for a completely different target group. It looks to me that Travis's current games mainly applies to notetakers which is a different target group and deserves just as much attention as the bigger well known platforms in my book. The one thing that gets me about your argument is this. You slam Travis for creating too many card and board games, and then complain that there are no PC versions of said games. If there are too many card and board games for you why are you worrying about a PC version of them? Cheers! On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all no one seems to have responded to this so I will do so. Travis, firstly welcome to the list. I think new development should be encouraged. Thats the good stuff. There is a bit of a problem though. 1. no pc Sure you support packmate and packmate only but there is more out there than packmate. Secondly either you have a dim view of what the blind play or are quite new to the scene. There! are! to! many! board! games! There are at least 3 versions of monopoly for windows based systems I know of all free. kitchensinc rsgames and I think quentin c do those. all in play and kitchensinc do poker. Blindsoftware has a memmory and kitchensinc has simon which is simular to a memmory game. I have seen a version of whack a mole in klango and I think braillesoft has one which is free you need to buy the klango version. Whack a mole can stay but the rest. There are more than pack mates, iphones, android devices, pcs mainly windows xp and 7 mostly these days. We don't need a new load of board games and sertainly not for something like the pack mate sertainly its not a major platform, braillesoft is already doing packmate and a few other braille devices. true their games are in windows but I have never found them all that entertaining. Saying that I'd like to test anything which is windows compatible. --- 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
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. At 01:35 p.m. 2/09/2012 -0500, you wrote: Dark, Would you please contact me off list? I would like to discuss your idea further. You have peaked my interest, and I would be willing to undertake your suggestion. Please send me an eMail to tra...@blindgameware.com. Thanks - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
And while we're at board games, does anyone know a good resource for learning chess and other board games like it? - Original Message - From: shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com To: Travis tra...@blindgameware.com; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. At 01:35 p.m. 2/09/2012 -0500, you wrote: Dark, Would you please contact me off list? I would like to discuss your idea further. You have peaked my interest, and I would be willing to undertake your suggestion. Please send me an eMail to tra...@blindgameware.com. Thanks - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
I wouldn't mind sound chess or something like it. At 06:04 p.m. 2/09/2012 -0500, you wrote: And while we're at board games, does anyone know a good resource for learning chess and other board games like it? - Original Message - From: shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com To: Travis tra...@blindgameware.com; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. At 01:35 p.m. 2/09/2012 -0500, you wrote: Dark, Would you please contact me off list? I would like to discuss your idea further. You have peaked my interest, and I would be willing to undertake your suggestion. Please send me an eMail to tra...@blindgameware.com. Thanks - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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. --- 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. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Roger, I don't know of any resources for learning chess, but I am pretty good at the game and would be willing to give you some pointers if you like. You can write me off list at Travis@blindgameware .com so can anyone else who be interested in the topic. - Original Message - From: Roger devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware And while we're at board games, does anyone know a good resource for learning chess and other board games like it? - Original Message - From: shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com To: Travis tra...@blindgameware.com; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. At 01:35 p.m. 2/09/2012 -0500, you wrote: Dark, Would you please contact me off list? I would like to discuss your idea further. You have peaked my interest, and I would be willing to undertake your suggestion. Please send me an eMail to tra...@blindgameware.com. Thanks - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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. --- 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. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Shaun, HmmmA couple of board games that are quite popular here in the U.S.A. but aren't accessible are Trouble and Sorry. Trouble is basically a game where you pop the bubble in the center of the board and move according to the dice roll. Sorry is a game where you draw a card that allows you to move x number of spaces, and if you get a Sorry Card you can bump somebody off the board back to Home. Both would be very very simple to program. On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Jacob, Yes, but it isn't open source as far as I know, and it is minimalistic. I was thinking of a more advanced roll playing system with the ability to add sounds, music, etc that your map generator lacks so far. Although, if you'd be willing to go open source I could see us colaberating on upgrading it with this stuff. :D On 9/2/12, Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za wrote: I already put together my minimalistic RPG game engine...? Game/map generator: http://www.blindza.co.za/uploads/mapData/mapDataLBC_dist/mapDataGenLBCSQLite_dist.zip Front-end for playing maps, etc.: http://www.blindza.co.za/uploads/mapData/mapDataLBC_dist/mapDataLBCSQLite_dist.zip Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Man Tom. Do I remember trouble. GRIN. Now that sure is going back down memory lane when both my brother matt and I had vision. GRIN. Disney even had their own version of trouble. You had a puzzle of Mickey mouse. Each part of Mickey had a number attached to that puzzle piece. Just like the origianl trouble game, depending on what you got that's what puzzle piece you got. The winner of course was the one who had their entire Mickey mouse puzzle together. So thanks once again. This would be a cool game if we could make it blind friendly. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 9:39 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Shaun, HmmmA couple of board games that are quite popular here in the U.S.A. but aren't accessible are Trouble and Sorry. Trouble is basically a game where you pop the bubble in the center of the board and move according to the dice roll. Sorry is a game where you draw a card that allows you to move x number of spaces, and if you get a Sorry Card you can bump somebody off the board back to Home. Both would be very very simple to program. On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Ron, Well my son likes Trouble, but his Trouble game is based on the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoons. Each piece has the face of a galactic hero or villain on it. I think the blue pieces have Skywalker, Obi-won, C-3PO, and R2-D2 on them. The Red and Green pieces have villains like Count Duku, General Grevous, battle droids, and things like that on them.What makes this set especially cool is that the popper is actually a big R2-D2 and when you press his dome down to roll the dice he beeps and wistles just like the R2 in the movies and cartoons. How's that for cool? On 9/2/12, Ron Kolesar kolesar16...@roadrunner.com wrote: Man Tom. Do I remember trouble. GRIN. Now that sure is going back down memory lane when both my brother matt and I had vision. GRIN. Disney even had their own version of trouble. You had a puzzle of Mickey mouse. Each part of Mickey had a number attached to that puzzle piece. Just like the origianl trouble game, depending on what you got that's what puzzle piece you got. The winner of course was the one who had their entire Mickey mouse puzzle together. So thanks once again. This would be a cool game if we could make it blind friendly. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Now that's one we didn't hear about while growing up. GRIN. Our cousin has every star war figure and he also has the space ships store as well. He also has the transformers as well. So long live the 70's GRIN. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 9:59 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware Hi Ron, Well my son likes Trouble, but his Trouble game is based on the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoons. Each piece has the face of a galactic hero or villain on it. I think the blue pieces have Skywalker, Obi-won, C-3PO, and R2-D2 on them. The Red and Green pieces have villains like Count Duku, General Grevous, battle droids, and things like that on them.What makes this set especially cool is that the popper is actually a big R2-D2 and when you press his dome down to roll the dice he beeps and wistles just like the R2 in the movies and cartoons. How's that for cool? On 9/2/12, Ron Kolesar kolesar16...@roadrunner.com wrote: Man Tom. Do I remember trouble. GRIN. Now that sure is going back down memory lane when both my brother matt and I had vision. GRIN. Disney even had their own version of trouble. You had a puzzle of Mickey mouse. Each part of Mickey had a number attached to that puzzle piece. Just like the origianl trouble game, depending on what you got that's what puzzle piece you got. The winner of course was the one who had their entire Mickey mouse puzzle together. So thanks once again. This would be a cool game if we could make it blind friendly. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi Ron, Obviously. The Star Wars version of Trouble only came out a year or two ago back when the Star Wars Clone Wars cartoons started showing on the Cartoon Network. As far as Star Wars collections goes I have a pretty sizable collection myself. I have several Rubber Made containers full of figures, ships, and other Star Wars stuff I've been collecting for the last 30 years or so. :D On 9/2/12, Ron Kolesar kolesar16...@roadrunner.com wrote: Now that's one we didn't hear about while growing up. GRIN. Our cousin has every star war figure and he also has the space ships store as well. He also has the transformers as well. So long live the 70's GRIN. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
There's always the Hadley course for chess. On 02-Sep-2012 9:27 PM, Travis wrote: Roger, I don't know of any resources for learning chess, but I am pretty good at the game and would be willing to give you some pointers if you like. You can write me off list at Travis@blindgameware .com so can anyone else who be interested in the topic. - Original Message - From: Roger devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware And while we're at board games, does anyone know a good resource for learning chess and other board games like it? - Original Message - From: shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com To: Travis tra...@blindgameware.com; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. At 01:35 p.m. 2/09/2012 -0500, you wrote: Dark, Would you please contact me off list? I would like to discuss your idea further. You have peaked my interest, and I would be willing to undertake your suggestion. Please send me an eMail to tra...@blindgameware.com. Thanks - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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. --- 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. --- 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
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
aah. I never understood both those. At 09:39 p.m. 2/09/2012 -0400, you wrote: Hi Shaun, HmmmA couple of board games that are quite popular here in the U.S.A. but aren't accessible are Trouble and Sorry. Trouble is basically a game where you pop the bubble in the center of the board and move according to the dice roll. Sorry is a game where you draw a card that allows you to move x number of spaces, and if you get a Sorry Card you can bump somebody off the board back to Home. Both would be very very simple to program. On 9/2/12, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware
Hmm, I've heard a lot about this Hadley thing, is it free? - Original Message - From: Ron Schamerhorn blindwon...@cogeco.ca To: Travis tra...@blindgameware.com; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware There's always the Hadley course for chess. On 02-Sep-2012 9:27 PM, Travis wrote: Roger, I don't know of any resources for learning chess, but I am pretty good at the game and would be willing to give you some pointers if you like. You can write me off list at Travis@blindgameware .com so can anyone else who be interested in the topic. - Original Message - From: Roger devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware And while we're at board games, does anyone know a good resource for learning chess and other board games like it? - Original Message - From: shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com To: Travis tra...@blindgameware.com; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware well since we are into board games not accessable, I'd like ulsas but I forgot the instructions to that. I'd also would like popomatic but never figured it out. At 01:35 p.m. 2/09/2012 -0500, you wrote: Dark, Would you please contact me off list? I would like to discuss your idea further. You have peaked my interest, and I would be willing to undertake your suggestion. Please send me an eMail to tra...@blindgameware.com. Thanks - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] blindgameware There are actually several board games I'd love to play in accessible form, and of course right at the top of the list are the fantasy themed ones such as talisman, that played as simple rpgs, so any sort of accessible version of those, or indeed anything like it where you have basic character rules, different textual events with different squares and very simple dice combat mechanics would be wlecome indeed, in fact sometimes I've wondered if Jim kitchin could create a fantasy boardgame dungeon creator similar to talisman with basic character stats and the ability to write different text descriptions on squares, or write different random encounter monster or item cards, after all, as the entire gamebook movement shows, rpg mechanics don't have to be hyper complex to be fun. 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. --- 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. --- 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
[Audyssey] blindgameware
Hi all no one seems to have responded to this so I will do so. Travis, firstly welcome to the list. I think new development should be encouraged. Thats the good stuff. There is a bit of a problem though. 1. no pc Sure you support packmate and packmate only but there is more out there than packmate. Secondly either you have a dim view of what the blind play or are quite new to the scene. There! are! to! many! board! games! There are at least 3 versions of monopoly for windows based systems I know of all free. kitchensinc rsgames and I think quentin c do those. all in play and kitchensinc do poker. Blindsoftware has a memmory and kitchensinc has simon which is simular to a memmory game. I have seen a version of whack a mole in klango and I think braillesoft has one which is free you need to buy the klango version. Whack a mole can stay but the rest. There are more than pack mates, iphones, android devices, pcs mainly windows xp and 7 mostly these days. We don't need a new load of board games and sertainly not for something like the pack mate sertainly its not a major platform, braillesoft is already doing packmate and a few other braille devices. true their games are in windows but I have never found them all that entertaining. Saying that I'd like to test anything which is windows compatible. --- 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.
