In this episode, Ertay talks to Temple Smith, a blind Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master. Temple has been playing DnD since the 1980s and talks about the visual accessibility of the game and how role-playing games can provide countless hours of entertainment with friends. He also explains how he deals with character sheets, dice, maps, and more.

You can get in touch with Temple on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blindtemple

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Ertay talks to Laura, a blind board gamer, and her partner, Dale, a board game developer at Mythic Games, about the importance of sighted assistance when playing modern board games with blind players.

If you want to get in touch with Laura and Dale Rowe, you can send an email to [email protected].

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Ertay and his third guest on the show, Nancy Feldman, talk about Braille in modern board games. Nancy is a blind board gamer that has a collection of over 200 games. She covers her process of brailling board game components, the common problems she has to deal with, and shares tips for blind gamers interested in brailling their games, Nancy also explains the limitations of Braille for board games and goes into some interesting workarounds to solve those accessibility issues.

You can contact Nancy Feldman via [email protected] and find her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/loravara

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Ertay talks to Ryan Peach, a blind board game enthusiast, about his journey in the hobby. Ryan shares how he was introduced to the hobby, what his favorite games are, games he can't play anymore due to sight loss, and gives advice to both publishers and players on how they can improve the visual accessibility of modern board games.

You can contact Ryan Peach via [email protected] and find him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/redmeepleryan

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In this episode, Ertay talks to his first guest, Richard Canning, about teaching modern board games to the elderly. Richard is a veteran in the hobby who is very passionate about the teaching process and he shares the most common challenges he needs to deal with, as well as advice on how others can become better at introducing board games to the older generations.

If you want to get in touch with Richard Canning, you can email him via [email protected]. He can also be found on BoardGameGeek under the Bremic username: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/Bremic

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In episode 5, Ertay talks about two simple, yet highly entertaining games, Love Letter and Skull. The topic of this episode is about Print and Play games and the pros and cons of DIY board games for blind players.

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Ertay talks about how he plays Pandemic without vision. The topic that is covered in this episode is commonly talked about, especially by those who dislike cooperative games. Ertay tries to show that by introducing mechanics to mitigate quarterbacking, board games become less accessible to the blind and visually impaired.

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In this episode, Ertay and Jed talk about the visual accessibility of two monster battle dice games, King of Tokyo and King of New York. The discussion topic is aimed at sighted players and provides tips and suggestions for improving the gaming experience of blind players in their group.

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Ertay and Jed take a look at the visual accessibility of Sagrada, a dice drafting puzzle game, and then talk about attending board game meetups and how a blind or visually impaired person can improve their experience at such game nights.

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In the first episode of the Sightless Fun podcast, Ertay and Jed talk about Secret Hitler and how smartphone apps can help make board games more accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired.

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