[Audyssey] Exploring in Kodp

2014-06-29 Thread dark
Exploring in King of dragon pass is a major part of the game. It can gain distinct bennifits for your clan, as well as show you some of the more unique regions of your strange new land. Unfortunately, exploring is also a little tricky if your not able to see the map, sinse though labels for

Re: [Audyssey] Exploring in Kodp

2014-06-29 Thread Zachary Kline
Dark, Thanks for this. I was interested in writing up something for KoDP, but always got distracted by other things. This was quite informative, and explained the map very well. It’s worth noting that there are features which remain unnamed until you happen to explore their hexes. You’ll be

Re: [Audyssey] chess and the blind

2014-06-29 Thread Harmony Neil
In terms of the physical boards, I have a peg type one, with the points on the black pieces. Mine is pretty big so keep it set up, but I have heard there are travel sets for the blind as well. I’ve never been any good at the computer version fo chess games, since I’m used to looking at the

Re: [Audyssey] chess and the blind

2014-06-29 Thread Charles Rivard
You say: I’ve never been any good at the computer version fo chess games, since I’m used to looking at the board to find where the pieces are. I ask: So, why not use your board and men, making the moves spoken by the computer program? Then you can scope out your own board to determine your

Re: [Audyssey] Exploring in Kodp

2014-06-29 Thread dark
Hi Zack. What prompted me to do this specifically was that I noticed when listening to vo say what page I was on sometimes features would be there and sometimes not, so i looked at the map with my remaining vision and attempted to get what was going on (I can't see the names of the hexes or

Re: [Audyssey] chess and the blind

2014-06-29 Thread hayden presley
Interestingly, I've gotten to the point where I almost do better on the computer than on the board. I think so much in coordinates that that seems to work better for me. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard

Re: [Audyssey] chess and the blind

2014-06-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Keith, The best way to learn Chess as a blind gamer is to sign up for the Chess course from Hadley School for the Blind. The course is fully accessible and you even get an accessible Chess set as a student. Cheers! On 6/27/14, Keith S ks.steinbac...@gmail.com wrote: can anyone suggest