I love that game. Where are people playing? I would love to get in on that.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <[email protected]> To: <skypeenglish at emissives.com>; <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 2:14 PM Subject: [Skypeenglish] Uno on Skype,one cool low-tech idea for an accessible online game! > Maybe this amuses and impresses me more than it will others, but I > think it's worth mention... > > I have discovered that a number of blind Skype users have taken to > playing Uno in Skype conferences. The method is very simple: Each > player uses his or her own Braille deck of Uno cards. The "table," > virtual though it is, is organized alphabetically by first name of > player, so it will be clear who follows whom. Playing always starts > in alphabetical order, so a reverse makes it go in reverse alphabetical > order. When it's your turn, you play from your deck onto your > discard pile and announce the card. The next player plays a legal > card to follow yours onto his or her own discard pile, etc. The > game works just as usual in all other respects, it's just like > having one huge Uno deck divided into several separate draw piles. > Of course, there's absolutely no reason not to play with a mixture > of blind and sighted players either, and the cost is nil plus the > price of a deck of cards. I'm sure there are other games that could > be made to work like this as well. > > We're used to things costing a mint and being a challenge, so this > one just struck me as one of the simplest ways to make an accessible, > international, and totally sight-independent game online. > > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "It's not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few > accomplish > it after the age of six." --John W. Gardner and Francesca Gardner Reese > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11810 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11810 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/
