#9 - Sighted Assistance For Blind Board Gamers With Dale and Laura Rowe

Sightless Fun

English - April 04, 2019 07:01 - 40 minutes - 37 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Previous Episode: #8 - Brailling Board Games With Nancy Feldman

Next Episode: #10 - Being a Blind Dungeon Master With Temple Smith

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].

Time stamps

Laura's background, 1:12
Dale's background, 2:09
How often they play games, 4:29
Current favorite board games, 5:17
Learning and teaching board games, 11:54
Accessibility challenges and hidden information, 14:25
Patience and sighted assistance, 18:50
Playing Power Grid with sighted assistance, 21:50
Inaccessible dexterity games, 25:50
Meeting Rahdo at UK Games Expo, 28:22
Stories from game conventions, 29:30
Positives of playing board games with blind players,33:07
Advice to improve sighted assistance, 35:31
Cardboard Jukebox, Dale and Laura's podcast, 36:50
Final thoughts, 38:06

Links

Laura's band, The Shining Levels - https://outredisque.com/the-shining-levels
Cardboard Jukebox link will be posted when the podcast is published

Let us know how you liked this episode by sending an email to [email protected] or tweeting to @SightlessFun on Twitter.