Codenames Pictures (2016) – Accessibility Teardown
by Michael Heron on 31/12/2016 in Accessibility Teardown, Board Game Accessibility
Table of Contents
- Version Reviewed
- Introduction
- Colour Blindness
- Visual Accessibility
- Cognitive Accessibility
- Emotional Accessibility
- Physical Accessibility
- Communication
- Socioeconomic Accessibility
- Intersectional Accessibility
- Conclusion
Game Details
Name
Codenames: Pictures (2016)
Review
Meeple Like Us
Complexity
Light [1.26]
BGG Rank
326 [7.25]
Player Count (recommended)
2-8 (4-8+)
Designer(s)
Vlaada Chvátil
Buy it!
Amazon Link
Version Reviewed
English First Edition
Introduction
One of the things I often say during these teardowns is ‘there isn’t a game that I’ve looked at where I can say it’s just like another game’. That’s no longer true because as we discussed in the review Codenames Pictures is just like Codenames, but with pictures. To be fair, my general maxim remains in effect – we’re not really looking at a different game. Not really. It’s the difference between playing Texas Hold ‘Em and Five Card Draw. It’s still, in the end, playing poker.
That means that large chunks of this teardown are going to be identical to those of the Codenames teardown. However, that added element of pictorial representation changes the results in number of the categories. To find out which ones we’ll need to grab our truth [...]