Eagles and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! The past few months, my game table has been dominated by short, solo games. Pandemic: Hot Zone - North America and Hit Z Road come to mind, and NMBR9 is one of my all-time favorites. My Little Scythe fits this category. It allows for up to 6 players, … Continue reading Colorblind Review and Mod: My Little Scythe
Colorblind Review: Vamp on the Batwalk
...and I do my little turn on the catwalk "I'm interested to see your take on Vamp. I know it's not the most colorblind accessible."Cody Thompson, Jellyfish Game Studios, being dead wrong Vamp on the Batwalk, designed by Jon Simantov and published by Jellyfish Game Studios. is a light-yet-strategic card game for 2 to 6 … Continue reading Colorblind Review: Vamp on the Batwalk
Colorblind Review: Mariposas
There and back again Mariposas (designed by Elizabeth Hargrave, art by Indi Maverick and Matt Paquette, and published by AEG) combines movement and set collection to tell the story of monarch butterflies flying north from Mexico to the U.S. and Canada, reproducing, and offspring returning for the winter. It plays 2-5 in about an hour. … Continue reading Colorblind Review: Mariposas
First Impressions: 2021 Button Shy Reprint Campaign
The 2021 Button Shy Reprint Kickstarter Campaign is offering a boatload of options this week - a choice of up to 12 games (some with expansions). The campaign page is fantastic, but I got a little overwhelmed by all the pledge options. After researching, I thought my notes might help you decide what you want … Continue reading First Impressions: 2021 Button Shy Reprint Campaign
Colorblind Mod – Century: Spice Road
Bring me your finest meats and cheeses! And saffron and cinnamon! I can finally play Century: Spice Road! Modern board gaming, as an industry, continues to struggle with accessibility. Fortunately, gamers are finding workarounds to deal with these limitations. Last year, Sarah Reed shared her efforts to modify Qwirkle and Incan Gold to make them … Continue reading Colorblind Mod – Century: Spice Road
Colorblind Review and Mod: BRIKKS
Image Source: Stronghold Games In the late 1980s, Nintendo released the Game Boy, the world's first portable video game system, and along with it introduced Tetris to millions of players. Game Boy Tetris was my constant companion for years, in no small part due to its inherent colorblind-friendly interface. As a greyscale game system, I … Continue reading Colorblind Review and Mod: BRIKKS
Colorblind Preview: Agropolis
Life on the farm. We received a complementary prototype copy of Agropolis from Buttonshy Games for this preview. Some game elements may change in the final version. Final color correction is not complete, so all comments related to color refer exclusively to the pre-published prototype. During the day I work as a traffic engineer and … Continue reading Colorblind Preview: Agropolis
Colorblind Preview: Cascadia
Eternal Blue. Forever Green. In Cascadia, players place habitat tiles and wildlife tokens to create their own corner of the Pacific Northwest. Each ecosystem is scored based on each animal's spatial preferences and the size of contiguous habitats. Cascadia is a quick-to-learn, quick-to-play tile layer that elicits the question, "One more game"? Board games with … Continue reading Colorblind Preview: Cascadia
Colorblind Games Profile: Eric Slauson
Over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure to learn how colorblind designers, developers, artists, and publishers have both overcome and leveraged their color vision deficiency to make great games. I was excited to connect with Eric Slauson -- designer of Tattoo Stories, Nerd Words: Science, and the upcoming MonsDRAWsity -- about his experience. … Continue reading Colorblind Games Profile: Eric Slauson
Colorblind Review – Star Wars: Destiny
"I am your density." -George McFly Summer 1987: Most of my paper route earnings disappeared 33 cents at a time for packs of Topps baseball cards, which was my entry into the dopamine hit of card packs. Would I score a Mark McGwire? Bo Jackson? Or another Pat Tabler. Winter 2001: Now all grown up, … Continue reading Colorblind Review – Star Wars: Destiny
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