Re: [Audyssey] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
Hi Charles, Not for DND. The standard DND dice have numbers on them instead of holes or dots which makes them difficult to feel. Plus the 10 sided and 20 sided dice makes them hard to properly label given the unique shape of the die. So I don't think using standard RPG die in this case would work given they are not your standard 6 sided die with holes that can be easily felt. Cheers! On 5/28/14, Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com wrote: Actually, any standard set of dice will work. They have holes rather than spots on them, which can easily be felt. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! --- 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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
Not really - think the two most commonly used dice types/sizes in certain types of role playing games are 10-sided, or 20-sided - so, unless they're way bigger than standard, you won't be able to feel the numbers inscribed into the sides of the dice, since they're printed/engraved a little bit too small to feel all that easily...smile I generally use a dice app on my laptop, or else, there's also a RPG dive roller bit of software for the android phone operating system that's usable/accessible enough, but anyway. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet... - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, 28 May, 2014 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Dungeons Dragons for the blind Actually, any standard set of dice will work. They have holes rather than spots on them, which can easily be felt. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Tyler programmer...@comcast.net; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Dungeons Dragons for the blind Hello Tyler, Your question is a bit confusing. All tabletop Dungeons and Dragons games are by their very nature accessible for a blind person. All you need is an electronic copy of the rule books and player's guides, some braille dice, and a group of friends to play with. Other than obtaining accessible documentation itself the game is fully accessible for a blind player, and so I'd need to know what you don't think is accessible about DND in order to answer your question. Are you talking about computer games ore tabletop DND? Cheers! On 5/27/14, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: Hello! Tell me all the blind-accessible Dungeons Dragons games you know of. I know of the live one they talk about on pcsgames.net. But pretend I don't know a thing about blind dd. Tyler Z --- 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://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://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://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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
Hi Charles, I've never seen a D20 with holes. Only D6s. Everything else, D4, D8, D10, D12 and D20, aren't accessible. Where do you find these dice with holes? -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:35 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Dungeons Dragons for the blind Actually, any standard set of dice will work. They have holes rather than spots on them, which can easily be felt. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Tyler programmer...@comcast.net; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Dungeons Dragons for the blind Hello Tyler, Your question is a bit confusing. All tabletop Dungeons and Dragons games are by their very nature accessible for a blind person. All you need is an electronic copy of the rule books and player's guides, some braille dice, and a group of friends to play with. Other than obtaining accessible documentation itself the game is fully accessible for a blind player, and so I'd need to know what you don't think is accessible about DND in order to answer your question. Are you talking about computer games ore tabletop DND? Cheers! On 5/27/14, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: Hello! Tell me all the blind-accessible Dungeons Dragons games you know of. I know of the live one they talk about on pcsgames.net. But pretend I don't know a thing about blind dd. Tyler Z --- 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://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://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://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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
If you mean tabletop role-playing games, I find just about all of them accessible. You buy a set of rules, almost always in a PDF file. You create a character, and then sit at a table with your friends and play. An accessible dice roller like GMA Dice lets you make your dice rolls, and a laptop or Braille notetaker lets you have access to your character sheet and the rules. These different RPGs can create play in genres ranging from high fantasy to cyberpunk, and all sorts of things in between. If you're talking about DD style computer games, I don't know many of these that talk. Entombed is vaguely DD like, and it was fun to play, but I believe the developer hasn't done anything with that game in years. I could be wrong about that, though. -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 3:10 AM To: Tyler; Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Dungeons Dragons for the blind I play the real table top version of a flavour called rune quest with some sighted friends, and I just use a text file, open in notepad, and a bit of software on my laptop rolling dice to handle my side of character sheet, etc., but anyway. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet... - Original Message - From: Tyler programmer...@comcast.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, 28 May, 2014 5:02 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Dungeons Dragons for the blind Hello! Tell me all the blind-accessible Dungeons Dragons games you know of. I know of the live one they talk about on pcsgames.net. But pretend I don't know a thing about blind dd. Tyler Z --- 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://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://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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
Hi Nancy, Neither have I. I suspect Charles made an assumption based on the d6 die he has used and assumed that all dice were that way, but as we both know that's not the case. The d10, d12, d20, etc have numbers on them not holes and are not very tactile and are inaccessible. Cheers! On 5/28/14, Nancy Feldman nancy.feld...@centurylink.net wrote: Hi Charles, I've never seen a D20 with holes. Only D6s. Everything else, D4, D8, D10, D12 and D20, aren't accessible. Where do you find these dice with holes? --- 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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
I don't know exactly what you mean about blind accessible dungeons and dragons, sinse Dungeons and dragons is perfectly accessible to play with sighted people provided you have either a copy of the manual (or can get one read), and some dice to roll. The manuals can be bought in electronic format from places like http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/ After that all you need to do is find a group playing and join them. I played DD with a group at my university for a while some years ago, and I meet with some friends to play mutants and masterminds (sort of the superhero version of DD, each weeek. have heard of people who play on forums or through mailing lists, but to be honest nothing can beat sitting down with a real human Game master and some players. You might get something of the same experience through voice chat sinse then at least all your actions are live, I'm not sure 've never done that, though to be honeest sinse DD and other tabletop rp games are something a blind person can do just as well as anyone else, you might as well find a local group and try it out. 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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
Hello Tyler, Your question is a bit confusing. All tabletop Dungeons and Dragons games are by their very nature accessible for a blind person. All you need is an electronic copy of the rule books and player's guides, some braille dice, and a group of friends to play with. Other than obtaining accessible documentation itself the game is fully accessible for a blind player, and so I'd need to know what you don't think is accessible about DND in order to answer your question. Are you talking about computer games ore tabletop DND? Cheers! On 5/27/14, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: Hello! Tell me all the blind-accessible Dungeons Dragons games you know of. I know of the live one they talk about on pcsgames.net. But pretend I don't know a thing about blind dd. Tyler Z --- 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://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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
I play the real table top version of a flavour called rune quest with some sighted friends, and I just use a text file, open in notepad, and a bit of software on my laptop rolling dice to handle my side of character sheet, etc., but anyway. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet... - Original Message - From: Tyler programmer...@comcast.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, 28 May, 2014 5:02 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Dungeons Dragons for the blind Hello! Tell me all the blind-accessible Dungeons Dragons games you know of. I know of the live one they talk about on pcsgames.net. But pretend I don't know a thing about blind dd. Tyler Z --- 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://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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
Well the only dnd games I have seen are on dos. I still have those games for all the use they will probably be for you. if you have a vm of xp or dosemu in linux or a 32 bit os yes a 32 bit os would be the easiest option though now I have a package of stuff loaded on a base system under arch well talking arch that is maybe I will be able to support linux. At 03:02 p.m. 28/05/2014, you wrote: Hello! Tell me all the blind-accessible Dungeons Dragons games you know of. I know of the live one they talk about on pcsgames.net. But pretend I don't know a thing about blind dd. Tyler Z --- 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://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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
Actually, any standard set of dice will work. They have holes rather than spots on them, which can easily be felt. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Tyler programmer...@comcast.net; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Dungeons Dragons for the blind Hello Tyler, Your question is a bit confusing. All tabletop Dungeons and Dragons games are by their very nature accessible for a blind person. All you need is an electronic copy of the rule books and player's guides, some braille dice, and a group of friends to play with. Other than obtaining accessible documentation itself the game is fully accessible for a blind player, and so I'd need to know what you don't think is accessible about DND in order to answer your question. Are you talking about computer games ore tabletop DND? Cheers! On 5/27/14, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: Hello! Tell me all the blind-accessible Dungeons Dragons games you know of. I know of the live one they talk about on pcsgames.net. But pretend I don't know a thing about blind dd. Tyler Z --- 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://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://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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
Hi Charlse. Most rp dice I've seen don't have spots like the usual D6's you might get with a game of monopoly or whatever. They have actual printed numbers which aren't tactile, which makes sense given your dealing with dice with up to 20 sides so you'd have to be putting lots of spots in a small space. I did find it was possible to get braille lables to fit the larger sized dice, however the D20 had faces which were just too small, one reason why the Gma dice program or similar is a better alternative for access. If you've seen any rp dice with tactile faces I'd be very interested to hear about it. I did recently hear of a company called 64 ounce games who were looking into making D20's along with braille sleeves for some popular none traditional card games but I'm not sure where that is or whether they do all the various other types of dice needed for DD. 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://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] Dungeons Dragons for the blind
Tyler, are you looking for true DD, or just an RPG with swords, magic, dragons, and other DD related things? There's a lot of online servers for such things, just not many that are true DD rules. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:04 AM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: Hi Charlse. Most rp dice I've seen don't have spots like the usual D6's you might get with a game of monopoly or whatever. They have actual printed numbers which aren't tactile, which makes sense given your dealing with dice with up to 20 sides so you'd have to be putting lots of spots in a small space. I did find it was possible to get braille lables to fit the larger sized dice, however the D20 had faces which were just too small, one reason why the Gma dice program or similar is a better alternative for access. If you've seen any rp dice with tactile faces I'd be very interested to hear about it. I did recently hear of a company called 64 ounce games who were looking into making D20's along with braille sleeves for some popular none traditional card games but I'm not sure where that is or whether they do all the various other types of dice needed for DD. 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://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://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.
