Hello, I'm Michiel,
I'm an aspiring boardgame designer from the Netherlands. At the moment I'm working on three major ideas: "El Dorado - the road to the city of gold" which is, obviously, about finding a path through the jungle to the legendary El Dorado, but with a corrupt twist, "Salem" a hidden identity game in which all players stay in the game until the end (a very quick game) giving information about themselves every turn, and "Bal Masqué" in which the players are master thieves in 1899 - Paris.
Now I got a new idea. Near my house is a library for blind people with Braille books and cd's etc. etc. That's how I got the idea for a boardgame that could be played by blind people. Not a tuning of an existing game but a real, new game that allows blind people to play with or against.
Have you guys got some ideas? Mine are listed below:
- Braille as well as texts on the cards
- Game rules on cd and printed on paper
- Texts on the cards on cd's, giving the players headsets.
Well, wanna know what you think about it.
You know that sounds like a very good idea.
education is fun through any genre to young and old.
What are the ages of the handicapped?
Also are there mixed gender?
Here is another great idea which i do most of my time while trying to come up with a new idea. What i do is and of course your is right with what i do is look for new ideas and suggestions to help people learn or to look to on having fun. Go back to the library some day and just casually ask what they would like to learn or what kind of games they would like to play? I wouldn't know of any games out so far but there could be new ways of teaching the handicap.
Ask them what they like to listen to, or read in the braille books? This can spark many new and fresh ways of getting these ideas to start planning. Okay what i was trying to say is that I go to local game stores, or game rooms (arcades) and watch the kids or adults what they lke in a certain game or what their favorite game is. With this information I take notes or keep them in my head until I get home.
I would also also these folks on what they would like to see or havent seen in the games they play now that would be new or original or something they havent see yet or would like to see in the future of games that will make them happy or would enjoy playing.
If you need any help with ideas or suggestions feel free to pm me here until next week due to me being here at my machine tool operator class or if you would like to P.o. box me that would be cool to. let me know. if not then this forum can help you on anything.
Nice meeting you from the Netherlands
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I hope you recieve my pm. some times the pms don't work around here but they have been fine for the moment. See you next time. I am from California, USA
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