If I were to play a game of solitaire, I would still use a deck of brailled
cards.
I, too, am currently living alone, except for a dog guide who would probably
be a good player. (grin) In that case, if there is nobody else to play
against, I use computerized versions of the game. The same goes for
computerized chess, although I do use a tactual chess set so that I can
review the board without the tedious task of arrowing all over the board to
locate chessmen. I am lousy at visualizing the board, and must have a
physical board to play on.
We agree that when alone, computer games are the way to go, and when playing
with others, the physical games are the best.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] the cost of documentation - Re: Some
practicalquestionsreguarding the Monopoly game
Hello Charles:
I think we are coming at this from two completely different angles.
For one thing you seem to be talking about playing with other people
when I am talking about playing by myself.
If I were playing with friends, family, etc I would agree with you
that having braille cards, a brailed board game, etc is obviously
ideal. However, just to sit down and play a game by myself having the
physical cards or board means nothing to me.
In short, we are coming at this because we are in two completely
different situations. Although, I was married for slightly over ten
years I was often left at home and didn't have anyone to play card or
board games with. So naturally, I was not going to open my closet and
get out a physical deck of cards or a board game just to play
Solitaire or some other game when I could fire up one of Jim Kitchen's
games and get the same entertainment value. Even times when someone
was around it didn't mean I could sit down and play a game with them
at that time. My son might have been playing with friends, my wife was
watching TV, or something like that and again something like Jim
Kitchen's games were more appropriate than pulling out a brailed game
of cards etc.
The bottom line is if I was with friends or family I certainly would
use braille cards and a physical game board. However, as I am now
going through a divorce, currently live alone, I have no one else to
play games with currently. It is for that reason I don't feel having a
physical deck of cards is all that important, because Jim Kitchen's
versions of the card games suits my needs as a single person.
I said all of that to pose this question. Since most of your logic is
based on playing with other people what would you do if those people
weren't there? If you were living alone had no one to play cards and
other games with? Would you still feel that playing with a braille
deck of cards was just as important, more important, or less important
when it is just you to play those games?
Cheers!
On 12/12/13, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote:
Card games without using cards lose the feel and atmosphere of the game.
I
do play Jim Kitchen's Monopoly game, but it still doesn't have the feel
and
atmosphere of a game of Monopoly with friends, because there isn't the
exchange of money between players.
It's the same with any physical board game as opposed to the same game
played on a computer. The physical aspect is removed, thus taking away
from
game play and enjoyment.
A game of cards without cards in your hand just isn't the same. Brailled
cards can quickly and easily be read. For a game of solitaire, you could
build a box with dividers out of cardboard and glue or staples to hold
card
stacks. Card shuffling is a matter of dexterity. I have no problem
shuffling a deck of 80 Pinochle cards during a game of double deck
Pinochle.
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