[blparent] Accessible Games?

[Veronica Smith]

Hi welcome to this group and if there is such a game out there one of us
will let you know about it.  My daughter 10 and I stay with board games.  I
am purchasing a Brailled scrabble game and we have playing cards with
Braille.  I also hear that Monopoly comes with Braille but I haven't checked
into that yet.   My daughter is also excelled in math and reading and we
play games without voices or raised lines and I can only hope she doesn't
cheat. (lol) Veronica

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Allison (NFBA)
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:43 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] Accessible Games?

Hi everyone,

I just joined this list today because Debby Stein recommended it and I have
some questions about accessible games.  

My boyfriend's little boy is turning 8 this month and I'm shopping for
birthday presents for him.  He's a sighted second-grader who *loves*
computer and video games.  I'm trying to find out if there are any fun
accessible games that I can play with him.  I'm looking for something for
either the computer or the Wii that I can play without sight but that will
also be graphically interesting to a sighted 8-year-old.  In short, which
computer or video games can a blind adult and sighted child both play
together?  The little guy loves World of Warcraft and Guild Wars, but as far
as I can tell I can't play either of those.  He's a smart kid who is a grade
ahead in math and grade level in reading.  I think educational games would
be appropriate, but I'd really like to find something more action-packed and
focused on fun.  I'm not an accessible computer game-player myself so I have
almost no experience in this area.  Any suggestions you guys can give would
be greatly appreciated!  

Thanks,
Allison



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