Welcome to 52 Duels, where 1-2 players use a 52-card deck to launch attacks, block damage, use items, and level up their hero’s unique skills. The deck also serves as each player's life, so depleting all the opponent's cards is the path to victory. Designed by Matthew Dunstan and Rory Muldoon, and published by Postmark … Continue reading Colorblind Games Preview | 52 Duels
Colorblind Games Preview | Cascadia: Alpine Lakes
Like a beautiful child, growing up free and wild... Cascadia: Alpine Lakes is a standalone follow-up to the 2022 Spiel des Jahres winner Cascadia. Designed by Randy Flynn and illustrated by Beth Sobel, Cascadia: Alpine Lakes continues the journey to create a diverse environment of habitats and wildlife in the Pacific Northwest. Gameplay Players of … Continue reading Colorblind Games Preview | Cascadia: Alpine Lakes
Accessibility Tip: Bring Your Own Meeples
For colorblind board gamers, the most significant challenge is usually identifying player pieces. Even in games that are otherwise colorblind-friendly, most games continue to distinguish multiple players' components by color alone. I've developed customized solutions to solve the problem, including custom markings on my own games: dots on the purple to distinguish them from blue, … Continue reading Accessibility Tip: Bring Your Own Meeples
Colorblind Games Review: Propolis
In Propolis—designed by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, and Shawn Stankewich—players deploy worker bees to collect pollen, fortify their positions, and construct hives to appease their queen. It combines worker placement, resource management, area control, and tableau building in a small box. Propolis plays 1-4 in about 20-30 minutes. Gameplay Games with a combination of many … Continue reading Colorblind Games Review: Propolis
Visual Accessibility | Great Western Trail 2nd Edition
Great Western Trail: Second Edition is designed by Alexander Pfister, with art by Chris Quilliams and published by eggertspiele, among others. Players take on the role of ranchers herding cattle from Texas to Kansas City, then sending them off by train to earn money and victory points. Buildings, cowboys, builders, and engineers provide support along … Continue reading Visual Accessibility | Great Western Trail 2nd Edition
Accessibility Review Roundup: 2024
To wrap up 2024, I'm writing a series of mini-reviews for board games new to me this year. You'll see a variety of accessibility barriers and some excellent mitigations to help make these games playable for colorblind and low-vision players. The Isle of Cats Explore & Draw I purchased The Isle of Cats: Explore and … Continue reading Accessibility Review Roundup: 2024
Colorblind Games Review | 20 Strong
Chip Theory Games introduces 20 Strong, a compact gaming system that delivers engaging solo experiences across multiple universes. Designed by Josh J. Carlson, it offers an interesting approach to solo gaming with limited components. For this article, I reviewed three games from the series: Solar Sentinels, Too Many Bones, and Hoplomachus Victorum. Gameplay 20 Strong … Continue reading Colorblind Games Review | 20 Strong
Colorblind Games Preview | Knitting Circle
Knitting Circle, designed by Emily Vincent and illustrated by Beth Sobel, is the newest in the long-running series of tile-laying puzzle games from Flatout Games. Players compete as knitters creating the coziest, most beautiful assortment of garments. Knitting Circle lives in the Calico (Colorblind Games review) universe, bringing the same charming art, graphic design, and … Continue reading Colorblind Games Preview | Knitting Circle
Colorblind Games Review and Mod | Quirky Circuits
Quirky Circuits: Penny & Gizmo's Snow Day! was designed by Nikki Valens with art by Danalyn Reyes, and published by Plaid Hat Games in 2022. It is a budget-friendly implementation of the original Quirky Circuits (2019) by the same team, replacing the four robots from the original with two characters in this version. Note: the … Continue reading Colorblind Games Review and Mod | Quirky Circuits
Colorblind Games Review and Mods | Hadrian’s Wall
Roll/Flip/Verb-and-Write games have become some of my favorite tabletop experiences, from some of the simplest like Criss Cross and QWIXX, to my current favorite: Cartographers (Colorblind Games review). Hadrian's Wall takes the complexity to the next level for a flip-and-write game. Designed by Bobby Hill, with art by Sam Phillips, and published by Garphill Games … Continue reading Colorblind Games Review and Mods | Hadrian’s Wall
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