The Quest for El Dorado (2017) – Accessibility Teardown
by Michael Heron on 07/12/2019 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
The Quest for El Dorado (2017)
Review
Meeple Like Us
Complexity
Medium Light [1.92]
BGG Rank
156 [7.62]
Player Count
2-4
Designer(s)
Reiner Knizia
Buy it!
Amazon Link
Version reviewed
English edition
Introduction
The Quest for El Dorado is a light-hearted, light-weight romp through an unforgiving terrain. It’s also probably the best way I’ve seen to teach deck-building as a game mechanism to a novice audience. It’s a good game too – three and a half stars of good. Really it’s the perfect thing if you want to build the confidence of your friends so they’re happier to tackle things like Clank, Dominion or other deeper, more complex deck-builders. What better way to encourage people to try other games than showing them a simple, safe reason that they might enjoy them?
Still, that’s only going to be an option if people can actually play and that’s what we’re gathered here today to discuss. Is Quest for El Dorado accessible in every [...]