Re: [Audyssey] looking for playtesters or feedback for pen paper RPG
oh, so we would be able to play this game then? how does it work? you mean you actually have to write things down for it? so how would that work if we're blind? regards, damien - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for playtesters or feedback for pen paper RPG Hi Brian, This list is open to any game that is accessible or can be made accessible to blind and low vision gamers weather it is board games, pen and paper games, video games, audio games etc... Since you mentioned you are willing to offer ascii text copies of your pen and paper game that would fall in the category of reasonable accessibility for blind computer users who use screen reading software. As for the game itself it sounds interesting, and I am sure those of us on the list who are in to pen and paper RPG games would be interested in helping out. So ask away. smile ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
Re: [Audyssey] looking for playtesters or feedback for pen paper RPG
Indeed, though on the occasions I've played with sited gm's, they tend to prefer all the character related info to be in a format which they can read, -- such as a text or word file, which is why I use a laptop for AdD (and I'm now a far better typist than braillest anyway). Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for playtesters or feedback for pen paper RPG Hi Damien, Yes, traditional pen and paper RPG games are very accessible to a blind gamer provided the blind player has an accessible copy of the game rules, notes, story, etc in a format he or she can access like braille, notepad text file, Word format, etc... You can get an accessible dice rolling program like GMA dice to do the rolls, or you can have a fellow game player roll the dice for you. As for writing things down you are going to want to keep some sort of accessible log for your character with important information such as: amount of money you are carrying, current health, experience points, skill levels reached, and so on. In some pen and paper games there can be quite allot of info generated. The ideal solution is to just keep a log in a notepad text file, but you can use a braille writer, braille N Speak,whatever you wish to keep track of your character stats. damien c. sadler - head of x-sight interactive wrote: oh, so we would be able to play this game then? how does it work? you mean you actually have to write things down for it? so how would that work if we're blind? regards, damien ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
Re: [Audyssey] looking for playtesters or feedback for pen paper RPG
Depending on how the game is done you could do this in notepad. I have to do this with messages in sod so I remember sequences. paus and alt tab. If its physically writing is it pen write or command entering as in an text adventure. oh, so we would be able to play this game then? how does it work? you mean you actually have to write things down for it? so how would that work if we're blind? regards, damien - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for playtesters or feedback for pen paper RPG Hi Brian, This list is open to any game that is accessible or can be made accessible to blind and low vision gamers weather it is board games, pen and paper games, video games, audio games etc... Since you mentioned you are willing to offer ascii text copies of your pen and paper game that would fall in the category of reasonable accessibility for blind computer users who use screen reading software. As for the game itself it sounds interesting, and I am sure those of us on the list who are in to pen and paper RPG games would be interested in helping out. So ask away. smile ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
Re: [Audyssey] looking for playtesters or feedback for pen paper RPG
Pen and paper gaming is a misnomer. Originally, role-playing games were released exclusively as paper books. When you designed a character for the game, you wrote down all your choices on a piece of paper on what's called a character sheet. When I began playing such games 25 years ago, I simply made my choices and had a friend write them down for me. Nowadays, many game companies are releasing their rules in electronic formats that we can use. As for character sheets, you can now complete them in Word or Notepad or some other similar application, and print them out if your gamemaster wants a hard copy. There are also Web sites for specific game systems where you can fill out an HTML form and then print out the nicely formatted character sheet that will make your GM happy. Thus, pen and paper might also be referred to as keyboard and disk, or something similar. Role-playing games are one type of game where we really aren't at a disadvantage at all when we play. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shaun everiss Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 8:27 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for playtesters or feedback for pen paper RPG Depending on how the game is done you could do this in notepad. I have to do this with messages in sod so I remember sequences. paus and alt tab. If its physically writing is it pen write or command entering as in an text adventure. oh, so we would be able to play this game then? how does it work? you mean you actually have to write things down for it? so how would that work if we're blind? regards, damien - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for playtesters or feedback for pen paper RPG Hi Brian, This list is open to any game that is accessible or can be made accessible to blind and low vision gamers weather it is board games, pen and paper games, video games, audio games etc... Since you mentioned you are willing to offer ascii text copies of your pen and paper game that would fall in the category of reasonable accessibility for blind computer users who use screen reading software. As for the game itself it sounds interesting, and I am sure those of us on the list who are in to pen and paper RPG games would be interested in helping out. So ask away. smile ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.