Clank! (2016) – Accessibility Teardown
by Michael Heron on 12/05/2018 in Accessibility Teardown, Board Game Accessibility
Table of Contents
- Version Reviewed
- Introduction
- Colour Blindness
- Visual Accessibility
- Cognitive Accessibility
- Emotional Accessibility
- Physical Accessibility
- Socioeconomic Accessibility
- Communication
- Intersectional Accessibility
- Conclusion
Game Details
Name
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure (2016)
Review
Meeple Like Us
Complexity
Medium Light [2.21]
BGG Rank
69 [7.82]
Player Count
2-4
Designer(s)
Paul Dennen
Buy it!
Amazon Link
Version Reviewed
English first edition
Introduction
Clank is intensely group dependent. If your group doesn’t mind ignoring systems that seek to actively disincentivise your fun you’ll find its somewhat chilly indifference to your enjoyment will warm up considerably. We gave it four stars in our review, but those stars are for when it’s played in the right company. If you’re playing with incompatible people you’ll find this an uninspiring experience at best. Good game or not, it’s now time to throw its little coloured cubes into our teardown bag and pull them out one by one until it escapes our clutches or dies in the attempt. We’ll try to keep the noise down.
Colour Blindness
Most of the components in the game don’t exhibit problems for people with colour blindness. The cards always provide additional supporting context, and colour [...]