Re: [DL] Guten Rutsch!/vision

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 01:08  PM, nytbloomer wrote:
> Btw, as I am severely visually impaired, and can't tell one mini from
> another, I have come up with another solution (besides robust and spicy
> flavor text) for giving my Posse a good idea of what a room is like and
> where they are in it.  I'm making big (about 4x4ft) Lego dioramas of 
> the
> main rooms in each adventure (the ones with features that is, ie 
> saloons and
> so on and so forth) and lettin' my Posse bring in action figures to
> represent their characters. (:

If it works, you might want to look at the ridiculius range of lego 
figures available... The standard minifig can be tweaked as needed, and 
there's even a thriving community of customizers available. Since they 
are a bit more 'iconic' they may be better than miniatures for visual 
recognition, and it'll keep the scale a bit more reasonable.

> That and I plan to start passing out maps if we ever get into the Maze 
> or
> canyon country so as my Posse (who I trust NOT to Meta game) can get a
> better visual sense of direction.  Thoughts?  Any other visually 
> impaired
> Marshalls out there?

I'm considered OK with contacts, but I actively work to not strain my 
eyes... I took up painting miniatures, in part, because it was a hobby 
that didn't involve starring at a TV or monitor... I generally don't 
use maps beyond handouts for things I don't want to deal with. (I 
maintain a town map of my Weird West posse's nominal home town of 
Little Dog, Kansas that I update as it grows, shrinks, or is stomped on 
by giant radioactive lizards. However, when running adventures I now 
just deal with the specific scenes and try not to bog down on anyting 
resembling a dungeon crawl... Start mentioning 10' by 10' rooms and a 
lot of roleplayers will o into dungeoncrawl mode.

> Jes' thought I'd ask.  Happy New Year, drive safely and party hearty, 
> fellow
> Deadlanders!

Happy New Years to all... I gotta copy the reference sheets for 
Deadlands Frag to take to an all-nighter gaming session tonight!