Eclipse: A New Dawn for the Galaxy (2011) – Accessibility Teardown
by Michael Heron on 21/12/2019 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
Eclipse (2011)
Review
Meeple Like Us
Complexity
Medium Heavy [3.70]
BGG Rank
53 [7.89]
Player Count
2-6
Designer(s)
Touko Tahkokallio
Buy it!
Amazon Link
Version Reviewed
English third edition
Introduction
Eclipse is an excellent game. In the olden days, a gaming mag would undoubtedly have called it a ‘stonking corker of a game’, and everyone would have known exactly how good it was. I concur. Eclipse is a stonking corker of a game. We gave it four and a half stars, noting that some elements of its design were masterful strokes of genius. The amount of mileage it gets out of the influence system is a thing of real beauty.
Still, we’re not in the position of being able to be too enthusiastic about whether you should make an effort to try it out. There are hazards still left to be dealt with. Asteroid fields. Temporal anomalies. An accessibility teardown. Let’s see how Eclipse does now that its journey [...]