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This is the fifth, and for now final, post in Deborah Southwell’s series on Game Design with Disability in Mind and it covers intellectual disabilities. Previous posts have also covered hearing impairment, colour vision deficiency, and visual impairment and what we can do to make our games more inclusive. Game Design with Intellectual Disability in […]
This is the fourth post in Deborah Southwell’s series on Game Design with Disability in Mind and it covers visual impairment and what we can do as game designers to improve inclusion in our games. Game Design with Visual Impairment in Mind Visual Impairment Blindness is the substantial loss of vision in both a person’s […]
This is the third post in Deborah Southwell’s series on Game Design with Disability in Mind and it covers colour vision deficiency, previously referred to as colour blindness. Game Design with Colour Vision Deficiency in Mind What is Colour Vision Deficiency? Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD) refers to the inability to tell the difference between […]
This second post in a series that Deborah Southwell has written on Game Design with Disability in Mind covers hearing impairment, and what we can do as game designers to make that less of an issue. Hearing Impairment Having been deaf in my right ear since birth, I have lived experience of hearing impairment. Hearing […]
For the CLWG Game Design Weekend 1-2 October, 2022, I led a discussion on Game Design with Disability in Mind. We covered consideration for people with hearing impairment, Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD) (the more appropriate term for what is often referred to as ‘Colour Blindness’), visual impairment, and intellectual disability. In this post, […]
This is an onside report on the Washington Conference Centennial megagame by Dave Boundy. Washington Conference Centennial Megagame I always find reports on my own game are difficult. The trouble is that I am so intent, during the day, on answering questions, sorting out problems, watching the clock for turn announcements, checking that people are […]
Game Aim I want to use a card game to assist my teaching Unit 32: Networked Systems Security to a Year 13 class (18 – 20 year olds). Educational aims a) familiarise the students with the 7 step model of a cyber attack b) engage the students with relevant cyber terms, concepts and keywords Teams […]
Emu Wars is a landscape (map) -based game derived from real life events. In 1932, over 20,000 emus, large flightless birds indigenous to Australia, broke through the rabbit-proof fence on their annual migration to the coast. The emus saw the recently established croplands as a ‘tucker basket’, and the farmers saw the emus as dangerous […]
A pre game report The German Army has ripped a huge hole on the road to Moscow. What is next, they decide to rip out another hole on the northern flank of the Moscow road. My inspiration was the very good book “The Defence of Moscow 1941: The northern Flank.” I presented a classic big […]
Game Overview I wanted to run a committee game about the decisions taken by the Yorkist faction after they had won the Battle of Towton, 1461. This battle is regarded as one of the most decisive victories – and a bit of a surprise – of the Wars of the Roses. It is also regarded […]