Hi Dark, Good questions. The tiles stand on their ends facing you. It isn't at all precarious because the tiles are fairly thick, and so are steady and won't topple over. A sighted person just scans their tiles and organizes them how they wish. Most of the time your hand is concealed, so no one else can see the tiles because they're facing you. You receive more points when you go out if all of your tiles have remained concealed.
But if I call for someone's discard, then I must display the tiles in my hand that match the tile I just called for. Now I turn the tiles that I had to reveal so that everyone can see them, but I don't have to reveal the rest of my hand. This is one reason that many players don't call for discarded tiles; they must reveal that portion of the hand that would use them, and they get fewer points if they match all of their tiles because a portion of their hand is now displayed. By the way, I am currently playing mahjong with cards. Most sighted people don't use the cards unless they're traveling, and cannot conveniently carry a mahjong set. The mahjong set I just bought weighs about 18 pounds and might fit in a backpack. My intent is to use Dymo tape to Braille the top of the tiles so that I can just draw my finger across the top of the tiles. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 9:31 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong Hi Nancy. Unfortunately bookshare isn't available in the Uk, so I can't read that book, it is however interesting that the conception of the game as ancient isn't entirely wrong. Just one question, ---- if you are making a pattern, which presumably you actually lay out in front of you, couldn't people see what you are doing, and so not disgard something? and if you can only take a disgard when it will be helpful, and not for instance on the basis that you have one of another type and want a paire, isn't it quite obvious what your looking for? Beware the Grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loravara" <[email protected]> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong > Hi Dark, > > What is also ironic is that mahjong is not an ancient game. This > misconception isn't spread just by APH, though; we see it in much of the > literature of mahjong. It actually came into being in the 1850's in > China, > and was brought to the U.S. in about 1910. > > There's actually a good book from Bookshare on the game. It's written by > Tom Sloper, and is called The Red Dragon and the West Wind, I believe. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of dark > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 9:10 AM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong > > Hi. > > You mentioned a game called Mahjong solitare. Being a matching game for a > single player, I bet toodle tiles is based on the rules of that, rather > than > the rules of actual mahjong, though it's a little bad that aph claime! it > to > be based on "the ancient chinese game" in their documentation. > > The real problem I think, is none of the programmers who have made really > good computer adaptations of other card, board, or puzzle games have > experience with Mahjong, it being a much less popular game in the west, so > couldn't write an adaptation for the computer, ---- indeed I seem to > remember in the faq for the spoonbill games Ian humphries saying that he > didn't have enough knolidge of Mahjong to make a Bg version. > > there are of course plenty of inaccessible ones, indeed I was quite > stunned > when i viewed the full! list of snes games including Japanese only > releases, > and found just how many mahjong games were released for the console, but > that doesn't really help any visually impared players who want to either > play, or learn the game. > > This is a shame. I learned Euchre and spades from the blind adrenaline > versions, and really enjoy eucher, and I learnt backgammon from the pontes > backgammon game and have just bought a tactile board to play with friends, > so a computerized accessible Mahjong would also be a nice way to introduce > the game to people like myself who hadn't played it before but might well > enjoy it. > > 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://mail.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://mail.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]. 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