cards to play the thing. Our good friends over at EuchreLinks.com tipped us off to this site from the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired. For a mere $10 you get play euchre with the blind and their friends. I wonder if they have a lot of kibitzing. It’s really great because you even get ice cream and cash prizes. Unfortunately, it was conducted last weekend and I was unable to attend due to a conflict with my marathon joggling attempts in Toronto. But next year, I’m putting this one on my calendar. I hope you don't need a blind friend, I don't know any.
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Please forgive me, but I can't figure out how they do it.
If the cards had braille impressions on them, you'd be able to feel where the cards were while you shuffled them. I've met cheaters who used peggers to get that same effect (http://euchrelinks.com/darkside.html).
If they have a guy standing over the table, telling them what cards they have, the other players will hear them.
Perhaps somebody else shuffles and deals braille cards, then announces whos turn it is and what card is up, and what has been played (?).
I just don't see how euchre can be played by the blind. I think it's great that they do, but it has me perplexed.
I can't figure it out either. Let's see. I don't think they use the option of telling people what their cards are because that would be tough to remember. The braille thing could lead to cheating but maybe they just trust people. The third option sounds the most promising.
I wonder about the "and friends". This must mean that at least some of the players are not blind. I wonder if they have to play in blind folds.
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