There may be more groups, but the one I know of now is a Christian group that sometimes plays on Saturdays. text me at dlee42 for more info and I'll connect you when I can. I'm out of town on contract though, so my availability is a bit scarcer than usual this week. :)
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 07:12:55PM -0500, Black Pearl wrote: > I love that game. Where are people playing? I would love to get in on > that. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org> > 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/ > > 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 -- Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "Sometimes I think my learning curve is a circle." -- David Andrews
