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Xbox X|SWe've documented 22 accessibility features for Yarrr Har Hunt, including Playable Without Hearing, No Pressured Communication, Easily Verbalised Game State, No Excessive Card Shuffling and Limited Hand Management. Its accessibility is strongest in Difficulty and Reading but it also has features in Physical, Getting Started, Audio and Visual to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Sabrina Culyba, first checked Yarrr Har Hunt accessibility 23 months ago.
Game Details
Release Date: 01/01/2020
Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds
Players: 2-5
Genres: Collecting, Traversal and Race
Accessibility: 22 features
Components: Bag, Board, Cards and Tokens
Developer: Peaceable K (@Peaceable_K)
Costs: Purchase cost
Difficulty
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Difficulty in Yarrr Har Hunt which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play.
Difficulty Options
No Memorisation Advantage: You don’t need to memorise and recall the state of the game, cards played, sequences and resources to play the game well. Players who are able to do this more easily are not at an advantage.
No Deceit Advantage: No game mechanic where players need to deceive each other to progress. This includes bluffing and lying.
No Colour Advantage: Game can be played without colour-blindness being a barrier to performance.
No Mathematics Advantage: Game can be played effectively without doing more than simple counting. It doesn't require calculations or working with large numbers.
No Weighing Decisions: Game can be played effectively without weighing probability or choosing between competing consequences.
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Yarrr Har Hunt which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game.
Assistance Getting Started
These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.
Clear Manual: Game provides a manual that breaks play into number sections, groups information sensibly and uses illustrative pictures.
Assistance Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of managing your pieces and progression.
Reaction-Time Not Critical: Individual game actions don’t need quick reactions. This means you don't need to quickly respond to events in the game or other players.
Low Pressure: Decisions aren’t time-limited so you can take your time with each action.
Low Impact: Decisions are low impact. If you get something wrong, you can still make up for it and/or progress another way.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Yarrr Har Hunt, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- ShipShape (8 Getting Started Features)
- Colt Express (6 Getting Started Features)
- Last Defense! (5 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Reading in Yarrr Har Hunt which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides accessible text.
Reading Level
How much reading is required to play the game and how complex the language is.
No Reading: No reading is required, other than simple titles or numbers. The game either has no text or can communicate textual content with icons or other visuals.
Necessary Text Visibility
How clear are the required text or numbers to play the game.
Large Clear Text on Board (Or no text required): Text or numbers are large and clear font at least 8mm tall (22pt) on the board and any other elements that are at a distance to the player.
Large Clear Text on Cards (Or no text required): Text or numbers are large and clear 5mm tall (14pt) on the pieces that you can hold close to read.
High Contrast Text (Or no text required): Text or number colours contrasts to the background. The text in instructions and other information is presented in high contrast ideally with a solid background.
Primary and Secondary Text Distinguishable (Or no text required): Game separates non-essential flavour text from essential gameplay text, to ease comprehension. Includes games that don't have flavour text.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Yarrr Har Hunt, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Reading accessibility:
- Colt Express (8 Reading Features)
Physical
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Physical in Yarrr Har Hunt which deal with how you interact with the game components and how accommodating these are of different requirements.
Pieces
How the game components accommodate interactions through touch, shape, texture and colour.
No Non-Standard Dice (Or No Dice): The game uses standard numerical dice, doesn’t need dice to play or ensures dice are readable by touch.
No Paper Money: The game doesn’t use paper money.
No Sprawl: You can play the game on a small surface (train table or hospital bed table) of approximately 1/2 meter square. Or you can manage this in a small space easily.
Cards
How the game assists interaction, manipulation and management of game cards.
Limited Hand Management: You don’t need to hold more than 8 cards in your hand. This includes games with larger hands that require minimal in-hand card management.
No Excessive Card Shuffling: You don’t need to shuffle the deck of cards more than twice per total play of the game. This wouldn’t include games like Poker.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Physical
If you want to play Yarrr Har Hunt, but it doesn't offer the Physical accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Physical accessibility:
- Last Defense! (9 Physical Features)
- Colt Express (9 Physical Features)
- ShipShape (7 Physical Features)
Visual
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Visual in Yarrr Har Hunt which deals with how well the game offers visual clarity and adjustments to accommodate visual needs.
Component Identifiability
How easy it is to see and identify the components you need to work with to play the game.
Easily Verbalised Game State: Other players can describe the state of both their playing area and shared areas for players unable to see them. The verbalised game state is not too complexed to memorise.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Yarrr Har Hunt, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- ShipShape (5 Visual Features)
- Colt Express (5 Visual Features)
- Last Defense! (4 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Yarrr Har Hunt which deal with how the game supports player communication to meet a range of requirements.
Communication
How the game accommodates different styles of communication, particularly non-verbal.
No Pressured Communication: Game doesn’t require you to speak over (or louder or faster than) other players. The game includes gaps where only a single player is permitted to communicate and make their point.
Playable Without Hearing: You can play the game without the need to hear other players or sound made by game elements. Where other communication channels can be used if you have a supportive set of players, this is only included if communication can be low pressure.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Yarrr Har Hunt, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Colt Express (4 Audio Features)
- ShipShape (3 Audio Features)
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Sabrina Culyba
