State of the Art and case of study

State of the Art

Catan (for blind)

"I found a student project at a science event in Germany to rebuild Catan from scratch. Included are a non-slip 3D printed game board, tactile and game pieces, playing cards with additional information in Braille font, as well as instructions It was awesome to try it blindfolded, I hope it's a project someone wants to take up in the board game community to implement more widely"

Found in: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/7b56xx/3d_printed_catan_for_the_blind/ on 13/06/2022

Sea Blind Fight

There are not so many board games where blind children can play with psychics on equal terms. Our game helps to solve this problem. Our sea fighting game is created this way, so two players don't know how another player placed their ships on the board. It gives the possibility to play blind and sighted on equal terms. This game develops strategic thinking and small hands skills.

Found in: https://www.globalgiving.org/microprojects/design-board-game-for-1000-blind-children/ on 13/06/2022

Dragons’ journey

Players assume the roles of dragons – personifications of the four elements – and journey to a mandarin's pagoda. The designer created a family game suitable for visually impaired people and people with fine motor skills disorders. The board is a six-level pyramid with a square base containing holes that facilitate the fixing of the pins and the orientation through the touch. The stability of pedestrians is guaranteed thanks to the magnets. The characteristic sound informs the player if the chips are placed on a correct field. The pieces – dragon tails – differ in color, shape and texture, so they can be easily distinguished regardless of the player's disability. The figures were printed in 3D. The game was tested on a target group of the Polish Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired in Szczecin.

Founf in: https://www.behance.net/gallery/73624065/Board-game-for-blind-and-visually-impaired-people on 13/06/2022

Case of study

Lego Braille Bricks

According to the president of Acapo, each Lego piece already has “the dots corresponding to each Braille letter”, in addition to having the corresponding letter of the alphabet painted, and “all that the child can compose with these pieces are the different words in braille”.

“Everyone can play on equal terms”, because the fact that the pieces also have the letters printed allows both blind and non-blind children to play and learn.

“Any person or any child who has in his hand a piece with a letter that he recognizes also has the dots with the corresponding Braille symbol and thus can learn in an easy and didactic way”, he pointed out.

Found in: https://bomdia.eu/lego-que-ensinam-braille-chegam-a-portugal/ on 13/06/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hh9ih2WVQs

The sets are by the Lego Foundation and each one includes 340 pieces with the Portuguese alphabet, the numbers 0 to 9, mathematical signs, punctuation marks and three bases where the pieces fit – “as if they were sheets of paper” – that will soon will begin to be distributed by reference schools or any school where there are students with visual impairments.