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By Ertay Shashko
The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.
In this episode, Ertay talks to Michael Heron from Meeple Like Us, the first and largest blog about accessibility in the board gaming industry. They talk about the current state and future of the site, accessibility in board games, how Michael started the site and much more.
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In the second A Touch Of Gaming bonus episode, Ryan Peach and Brian counter are joined by Richard Gibbs from 64 Ounce Games to talk about adapting modern board games for the blind and visually impaired.
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This is a bonus episode from an older podcast hosted by Ryan Peach and Brian Counter. In this episode they discuss about the challenges of teaching and learning board games as blind and partially sighted board gamers.
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41:42: Brian and Ryan conclude with game recommendations for learning and teaching.
34:40: Galaxy Trucker
In this episode, Ertay talks to Jim and Eric from Knights of the Braille. Knights of the Braille is a small community for blind and visually impaired Dungeons & Dragons players. They talk about the accessibility challenges of D&D, how they are introducing new players to the game, using theater of the mind, dealing with tactics in combat scenarios and much more.
You can get in touch with Jim via [email protected] or Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailleknights. You can also find Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itsclavast.
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If you have any questions or feedback you can send an email to [email protected] or find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/sightlessfun.
In this episode Ertay and Chris Lehman have a chat about the challenges of learning and teaching board games as blind individuals. Chris shares some interesting details about how he learns to play a game and after that he shares his process of teaching games to others. They also talk about the recent games they have played and Chris also shares some of his favorite board games.
You can get in touch with Chris Lehman via [email protected].
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In this episode, Ertay is joined by Jay Sears from Pixy Games and they talk about color blindness in the hobby. Jay talks about the misconceptions of being colorblind and also provides some tips to game designers and publishers on how they can avoid the most common pitfalls when it comes to designing colorblind accessible board games.
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Pixy Games - http://pixygames.co.uk
You can get in touch via [email protected] or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sightlessfun
In the second part of the gateway games for the blind special, Ertay, Nancy, and Ryan talk about their Top 3 favorite, gateway board games. If you are looking for an accessible game in the hobby, the games that are discussed in this episode are a good place to start.
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You can get in touch with Nancy Feldman via [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/loravara.
You can get in touch with Ryan Peach via [email protected] or find him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/redmeepleryan.
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In this episode, Ertay, Nancy, and Ryan talk about their favorite gateway board games that are suitable for blind or visually impaired people looking to get in the board gaming hobby.
In part one, they first talk about what constitutes a gateway game and also discuss how gateway games for sighted people compare to those that are playable by the blind and visually impaired. Next, they talk about the bottom two games in their top 5 gateway games lists in detail and why those games can be a good choice to introduce blind people to board games.
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You can get in touch with Nancy Feldman via [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/loravara.
You can get in touch with Ryan Peach via [email protected] or find him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/redmeepleryan.
The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.