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
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
Colorblind Games Review | Hickory Dickory
Dear Mice and Meeces of Tockton Clock - Wax your whiskers and straighten your tails, for you are hereby invited to the Royal Scavenger Hunt! In Hickory Dickory - designed by Sawyer West, art by Sonja Müller, and published by Plaid Hat Games - players act as a team of mice searching for items on … Continue reading Colorblind Games Review | Hickory Dickory
Colorblind Games Review | Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn
Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn is an expandable card game designed by Isaac Vega; art by Fernanda Suarez, David Richards, and Thander Lin; and published by Plaid Hat Games. It is most commonly a two-player competitive card game, with player count variants up to four, and a separate solo/coop expansion series that pits players … Continue reading Colorblind Games Review | Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn
Colorblind Games Preview | Cascadia: Rolling
The bluest skies you've ever seen... and the hills the greenest green... Cascadia is one of my all-time favorite games—a breezy tile-layer I find delightful. For the upcoming Cascadia: Rolling Rivers and Cascadia: Rolling Hills, Flatout Games and AEG brought back the original team (designer Randy Flynn, illustrator Beth Sobel) and added Fertessa Alysse (development … Continue reading Colorblind Games Preview | Cascadia: Rolling
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