Hey, there! Some of you may have heard of this, some not. Some friends of mine just launched their first Kickstarter, which is aimed at making board games accessible to the blind...enabling both the blind and sighted to play together.
It is pretty damn awesome.
The company is run by a teacher for the blind, and a guy who designs board games. They're a pretty cool pair.
I'm really excited for them; they've worked long and hard to get here.
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Being blind myself, I highly approve! I'll check it out!
Being blind myself, I highly approve! I'll check it out!
As a heads-up, they met their goal and are still going. It looks as though one of the stretch goals will be Braille gamerdice.
I am totally stoked about this. I'm sighted, but I totally want a set of Braille gamerdice.
This is great! Having spent long hours pasting braille-stickers to cards for the use of my two friends with Lieber Congenital Aumarosis, this being successful would save a lot of time and agony. We've found ways to play together even when we don't have time/materials to braillify cards, such as reading cards and such to them, but that means a lot of time we have to limit ourselves to cooperative games (not that cooperative games are bad) because they can't keep their decks secret. Having people pre-produce brailled sleeves is amazing. I've passed word of the Kickstarter onto my friends.
Very cool to see that list of publishers that support them--my one concern indeed would be making sure they don't technically violate IP with this--and I think I will be more inclined to buy games from those publishers from here on. I really hope more sign on (PAIZO I AM TALKING TO YOU -- accessible Rise of the Runelords card came would be AMAZING).
This is great! Having spent long hours pasting braille-stickers to cards for the use of my two friends with Lieber Congenital Aumarosis, this being successful would save a lot of time and agony. We've found ways to play together even when we don't have time/materials to braillify cards, such as reading cards and such to them, but that means a lot of time we have to limit ourselves to cooperative games (not that cooperative games are bad) because they can't keep their decks secret. Having people pre-produce brailled sleeves is amazing. I've passed word of the Kickstarter onto my friends.
Very cool to see that list of publishers that support them--my one concern indeed would be making sure they don't technically violate IP with this--and I think I will be more inclined to buy games from those publishers from here on. I really hope more sign on (PAIZO I AM TALKING TO YOU -- accessible Rise of the Runelords card came would be AMAZING).
They are being very careful. Their products would require the user to purchase the original product (you have to have the card before applying a sleeve or sticker, and so on), and they would cease production of an item if a publisher made an accessible version of that item.
One of the owners has worked at the national level with several blind organizations, and is very active in the community. It is very cool. :3
Please pass it on! I have my fingers crossed for them, and hope your friends enjoy it.