[Blindtlk] games

[Julie J]

Thanks!  Braille dice are easy to come by.  We should easily be able to play 
Yahtzee.  Word Yahtzee sounds interesting.  I've never heard of that one.

Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cari Kness" <carisuekness at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] games


> Hi Julie,
> I just thought of one more really easy and fun game. Yahtzee. The Yahtzee 
> dice have holes in them so anyone can feel or see them. The score sheets 
> are all the same and players can keep their own score using what ever 
> method works. I use my braille note but in the past I've used a slate and 
> stylus. I have the scoring memorized so I don't even bother with the 
> shaker cup or the print stuff. I lost my original dice so I just  picked 
> up 5 more over Christmas.  Word Yahtzzee is fun too but the letters and 
> numbers are not raised and would be hard to label on the dice. Bummer!
> Peace,
> Cari
> my At 02:39 PM 2/1/2010, you wrote:
>>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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