Hi Dark, Well, you are absolutely right it all depends on the group in question and the game at hand. I have never had the fortune of meeting anyone in my area would sit down with me and play a game of Jim Kitchen's Life or Monopoly, but I have been able to find some people who will sit down and play the standard board games with me. It seems to me a brailed board game with print and braille is the best and most universal way for us as blind and low vision gamers to play along with our sighted friends and family as equals rather than just tagging along.
I know some gamers here and on Audiogames.net have become masters at fighting games for XBox and Play Station, can hold their own against sighted opponents, but that someone is not me. So while I suppose I could invite people over to play Play Station or XBox I am not that good at it to really get much pleasure out of it the way some people do. Moreover it takes a lot of practice and work for a blind gamer to compete in such games. A board game I can pick up and begin playing in minutes as long as it is properly accessible and I know the rules where video games require weeks of practice to become decent at let alone a master at. So as you said anyone can pick up a board game and play it out of the box making it a more universal thing. Cheers! On 12/5/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi tom. > > while I agree that card and board games do have value as games to play with > > others, at the same time computer games can have a similar feeling provided > > you have a group of like minded individuals together and provided the game > is one that several people can have fun with rather than say a flight sim or > > complex stratogy game that requires massive attention. > > I remember the occasion when i still lived in colidge where a couple of > friends of mine visited me, but managed to turn up an hour early so I was in > > the shower. In defference of what to do, I literally yelled instructions > through the bathroom door (I was living in one room in colidge with a single > > attached bathroom), for them to start up Jim Kitchin's game of life, and we > > played that while I finished my shower. > > that was hilarious and good fun as well. > > As well as playing Talisman and King of Tokio, my brother also regularly > plays the marrio party games with his friends as well, which are intended as > > exactly what they say, ie party games, like computerised board games on the > > Wii. He also has recently bought the new Pokemon game and a 3ds, and when > not playing a ccg with his friends they also challenge each other to Pokemon > > battles. Of course, since my brother is a major CCG player, he knows plenty > > of people who do that sort of thing, and indeed if the games (of either > computerised or not), were accessible odds are I'd do the same more often > with my rp friends. > > It all seems to depend upon the games involved and the group of people and > what they choose to do, though I will say where as computer games, even > casual ones like marrio party or Jim Kitchin's are something of their own > interest, anyone can pick up a good amount of board games and play them out > > of the box, making them a far more universal thing. > > That is another reason I'd love to see more accessible interesting games. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > 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/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
