Tigris and Euphrates (1997) – Accessibility Teardown
by Michael Heron on 08/06/2019 in Accessibility Teardown
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
Tigris & Euphrates (1997)
Review
Meeple Like Us
Complexity
Medium Heavy [3.51]
BGG Rank
95 [7.69]
Player Count
2-4
Designer(s)
Reiner Knizia
Buy it!
Amazon Link
Version Reviewed
Fantasy Flight English edition 2015
Introduction
We gave Tigris and Euphrates four and a half stars in our review. It’s a stern and uncompromising game that happens to a masterclass in picking the right level of abstraction for the experience you expect to have. It’s absolutely not going to be for everyone, as empty a phrase as that is. No game is for everyone. This one though is not for a very particular group of people – those that want to feel like they are substantively in control of their own destiny. In Tigris and Euphrates you can be forced into a complex, debilitating and destructive war just because an opponent decides it’s time for you to fight someone. They don’t even need to take part! That makes it a difficult game to process for a lot [...]