Suggestion - Color Blind Option Site Wide

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Tamloo
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Suggestion - Color Blind Option Site Wide

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I am trying to play more board games with my dad. However, he is color blind and cannot see the difference between red and green. This type of color vision deficiency is called Deuteranomaly and is the most common vision deficiency in the world (8% males and 0.5% females). Unfortunately, the first two colors in EVERY game to be picked by the computer are ALWAYS red and green. The only game I have played that allows a color blind option is Ticket to Ride: Europe, but all it does it just put symbols on the trains, it does not stop red and green from being chosen. In that case, he can see there is a difference between a red and green train, but he can't see who they belong to.

Yes, he could pay for premium. No, it won't help. If at least two players are not premium in the game, it is guaranteed that they will be red and green. Can there be a color blind option for at the very least, to stop certain colors from being played? Or at least for the person who chooses this option to see different colors? I know there are a lot of games, but we have a really hard time finding new games to play because of this. He simply cannot see who is who and what is what.
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Re: Suggestion - Color Blind Option Site Wide

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I think that agricola has full colourblind support.

Otherwise, it's sometimes hard to implement those kind of spécificities, and taking into account that most of the games are on a volunteer development system, I could hardly imagine that it would be integrated more widely...
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Tamloo
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Re: Suggestion - Color Blind Option Site Wide

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While Board Game Arena itself does not feature a color blind mode, I've discovered that various operating systems, including Windows, offer a color blind filter. This feature can help players with color vision deficiency to differentiate between colors more effectively. If you're using Board Game Arena and are color blind, consider enabling this setting on your device to enhance your gaming experience. It has allowed my dad to play a lot more games on the site.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... c15ef0e5ce
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