Braille dice, accessible Lego instructions, accessibility kits for board games

[kestrell]

Kes: Most of these items require some sighted assistance, but assembly or sorting could be done ahead of time and then included in time for gift-giving. For example, with the Lego kits, Legos could be sorted into separate bags and the instructions could be downloaded onto a thumb drive and included with the kit. Also note that Bard/NLS has a number of D&D books available as downloadable digital audiobooks.

64 Oz Games
https://64ozgames.com/
makes accessibility kits to make board games accessible, along with braille puzzles, braille dice, tactile tactic grids, and more. They also sell a braille Rider Tarot Accessibility kit (not sure if these are adhesive-backed or if they are sleeves that fit over the cards).

Legos for the Blind
Downloadable text-based instructions for 30 Lego sets, still requires sighted person to sort the Legos
http://legofortheblind.com/instructions/

Comments

[ambyr]

I have the 64-oz games Hanabi kit, which uses adhesive labels. I stuck the labels onto card sleeves instead of directly on the cards, but I don't actually remember if the sleeves were included in the kit or just sleeves I had sitting around the house.

[kestrell]

I have a Marseilles tarot deck but have never gotten around to labeling it because braille labelers last about a month for me, but I decided I could wing the different re not being the Rider-Waite deck. Also, my tarot deck is larger than the standard card size, so even if sleeves are included, they probably aren't going to be the right size. I'm ignoring all these not-quite-rights, and am really just in it for the prepared braille labels.

Have I mentioned how much I hate making braille labels? First, the braille character rarely quiiiite lines up if you're going by touch, so you usually goof at least one character, and then most of the tapes used flake off after a few days/hours/minutes, and you don't notice until you realize you've been walking around with braille labels stuck to your socks, which I guess is better than having a braille label stuck to your butt. Still. Not the look I'm going for.

[ambyr]

I am now picturing you wearing socks labeled "sock" in braille. Which, if they said "left sock" and "right sock," I guess might actually be useful--I do have one pair of toe socks with a large L and R woven into the fabric of the appropriate sock.

If you do decide you want sleeves in a different size, they're pretty easy to source in basically any dimension you want. I get most of my sleeves from Mayday, but there are other brands with other size ranges if necessary.

[kestrell]

Cool! These are very pretty cards, so sleeves would be a better option.One of my housemates is a games geek, and he's friends with a man who owns a game store, so I suppose I am only two peeps aways from being able to order anything, as long as I have an idea of what to ask for. I didn't even know card sleeves were a thing. Last Christmas a blind guy I know received a braille set of Cards Against Humanity from his girlfriend, who had them made from one of the braille stores.