Planet (2018) – Accessibility Teardown
by Michael Heron on 05/10/2019 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
Planet (2018)
Review
Meeple Like Us
Complexity
Medium Light [1.62]
BGG Rank
1340 [6.76]
Player Count
2-4
Designer(s)
Urtis Šulinskas
Buy it!
Amazon Link
Version Reviewed
Multilingual Edition
Introduction
Planet is a visually striking game that is perhaps an ideal starter for newbies to the modern hobby. It’s pleasingly tactile, straightforward to play, and has such a distinctive hook that it’s hard to not want to play. We gave it three and a half stars in our review, noting that it suffers a little because of how difficult it can be to work out the scoring. Not mechanistically, but in terms of following the flow of land across a dodecahedron you rotate in all axes.
You better believe that’s going to have implications for the accessibility of the game, so let’s not dally any longer. Let’s check to see if this is a habitable planet for people with accessibility needs.
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And then we’ll check out the Planet board game.
Colour Blindness
Colour blindness is somewhat of a problem, [...]