Isle of Skye (2015) – Accessibility Teardown
by Michael Heron on 08/10/2016 in Accessibility Teardown, Board Game Accessibility
Table of Contents
- Changelog
- Version Reviewed
- Introduction
- Colour Blindness
- Visual Accessibility
- Cognitive Accessibility
- Emotiveness
- Physical Accessibility
- Socioeconomic Accessibility
- Communication
- Intersectional Accessibility
- Conclusion
Game Details
Name
Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King (2015)
Review
Meeple Like Us
Complexity
Medium Light [2.25]
BGG Rank
201 [7.43]
Player Count
2-5
Designer(s)
Andreas Pelikan and Alexander Pfister
Buy it!
Amazon Link
Changelog
24/9/2018 – Added in a section about the use of the screen in the physical accessibility section. Grade changes to B- as a result.
Version Reviewed
English First Edition
Introduction
As a Kennerspiel des Jahres winner, Isle of Skye is a title that has an unusual degree of importance attached to its accessibility. The Spiel des Jahres winners end up in supermarkets where anyone can pick them up, and the implicit endorsement there is that anyone should pick them up. They’re accessible in terms of the ease with which people can buy and play. Are they accessible in the ways that matter to us? We’re going to find out, because that’s what we do here. Just in case you didn’t notice. We gave Isle of Skye four stars in [...]