[Blindtlk] games

[Julie J]

Deanna,

I found both of those games at Maxi Aids and both are available in Braille. 
I ordered them yesterday.  It's great to hear that they are fun!  I hope the 
kids will like them too.

Thanks!
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deanna Lewis" <deannakay618 at yahoo.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] games


Hi Julie,
I really like Phase 10, I doubt they sell it already in Braille, but it 
would be easy to put Braille labels on the cards. It's a card game where you 
have 10 different phases and every phase you do something different. Like, 
Phase 1 is: 2 sets of 3, Phase 2: set of 3 and a run of four (like 5,6,7,8). 
It's really fun and makes you concentrate. The added bonus, the card numbers 
are pretty big, so if someone has some usable vision they may be able to see 
the numbers.
Another card game I just started playing in Skip-bo. They sell this already 
Brailled on Ebay. I have seen it there before. Or you can do it yourself and 
save some money. Hope this helps. Happy playing.

Deanna

--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Julie J <julielj at windstream.net> wrote:

From: Julie J <julielj at windstream.net>
Subject: [Blindtlk] games
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 3:39 PM

Hello all!

I am looking for games to play with my family and a teen I mentor. I am 
specifically wanting something that can be played in 30 to 60 minutes, is 
easy to learn, is appropriate for people age 12 and over, costs less than 
$30 and is self contained...meaning a board or card game.

If it's already playable by blind people out of the box that would be most 
excellent! If not I can Braille or label as necessary within reasonable 
limits. For example I would have no problem Brailing a deck of cards, but 
Brailing an entire set of Trivial Pursuit cards is out. I just do not have 
that sort of time.

I have looked at some of the more common blindness product web sites. I have 
found all sorts of cards, checkers, chess, Bingo, dominoes and tic tac toe , 
as well as some classics like Monopoly and Scrabble. I am really interested 
in newer games or more uncommon games.

All ideas and suggestions are most welcome!
TIA
Julie
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