Board Games: Now Blind Accessible
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Card sleeves with braille text enable blind gamers to enjoy the same games as their sighted friends.
Backers: 731
Average Pledge Per Backer: $28
Funded: $20,318 of $7,500
Dates: Mar 25th -> Apr 24th (30 days)
Project By: 64 Oz. Games
Backers: 731
Average Pledge Per Backer: $28
Funded: $20,318 of $7,500
Dates: Mar 25th -> Apr 24th (30 days)
Project By: 64 Oz. Games
$20,318
current pledge level
Last Updated: April 24 @ 16:31 -0400 GMT
270%
of goal
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Latest News
Last few hours and answers to some questions 
April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
When I'm writing this we are looming on the stretch goal that lets us give a RPG die to all of our $25 backers and above. If even ten people at the $10 level right now upgrade to the $25 level that means everyone gets a die so that's pretty cool.... (Read More)
Now that's how we roll. Will we suck? 1 day remains!
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
For some reason Emily says she doesn't like my update titles. I can't imagine why. I'm merely referring to the vacuform machine which I'll talk about in a second. We hit our dice goal last night and we're thrilled. I've started work on the 3D model... (Read More)
Moving right along!
April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We just smashed through our 15,000 level. That brings us officially to double our original goal and lets us unlock 7 Wonders and Lost Cities as choices for our KS Rewards. We're chasing down those accessible dice and it's still possible that we will... (Read More)
Final 10 Days
April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
This past week has been both great and tiring for myself and my wife. We've been talking to a lot of different radio shows and podcasts. It's been a lot of fun. I was looking at our rewards we were offering and realized that I need to really pick up... (Read More)
The results are in. The two additional choices are...
April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Large Games:Munchkin and Dominion Small Games:Guillotine and Hanabi But looking at the poll two games just barely didn't make it. So close that I just felt bad for them really. Both Lost Cities and Seven Wonders were just barely squeezed out of being... (Read More)
Within shooting distance of those dice games.
April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Today we've hit another stretch goal and I'll have to get to work on those color blind stickers. Thank you so much. We are so excited about everything that is going on and how many people want to talk to us. I appreciate everyone who pitched in on... (Read More)
International Tabletop Day this weekend
April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Today we hit 11,000 and we're approaching our second stretch goal. This goal will allow us to release print and play color blind sleeves for lots of different games. I've already have a list of titles that I am working on and hopefully this gesture... (Read More)
Vote Early! Vote Often! What games should be offered as reward choices?
March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Of Dice and Men - Or how I learned to add icons and love RftG
March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We've posted our stretch goals in our last update and we're pretty excited about them. In fact we've revealed one new one at the end of the post. We hit our first one, adding two new games for each tier which is pretty cool. We’re going to have a... (Read More)
Over 9000! Soon we can start arguing!
March 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We just hit 9000$ which is awesome. We're zooming in on us adding 2 more game choices to both levels. I'm surprised we don't already have people yelling in the comment section about how I should do X game. We'll have an accessible poll to make that... (Read More)
Kickstarter set up to help blind play board games
March 27th - via: gamingtrend.com
A lot of us take our sight for granted. I never realized how much so until I met someone in college who was completely blind and played trombone using Braille. It’s nearly impossible for the blind to enjoy video games due to the nature of the medium. However, some board games could be accessible with a few tweaks. A new Kickstarter has gone up to help create accessories for popular board games with this in mind. (Read More)
We funded! It's all thanks to you!
March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We've reached our funding goal! This will get us started making accessibility kits for many different games but we have many more hopes. As we go higher we will be able to unlock many stretch goals to improve our products and make more games... (Read More)
Incredible! 75% of the way!
March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Since the start of typing this post we have had to rename it. We are on our way! We absolutely didn't expect all the support we have received, so thank you! We have even more publishers supporting us today and would love to hear from more. If you... (Read More)
7 hours into day 1- 100 backers!
March 25th - via: kickstarter.com
It's been a wild first day here. We've been amazed by the amount of support we've gotten from the community and it is all because of you. My wife is frantically trying to type out thank you messages during a conference call while I'm fiddling on... (Read More)
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