Dungeons and Dragons While Vision Impaired.
Most people would think D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) while having a visual impairment would be an impossible task or a gruelling one. That isn’t the case, and I would say that being VI (vision impaired) gives you an advantage over most sighted players in terms of theatre of the mind. Theatre of the mind is one of the most important parts of D&D it’s all about the visualisation of a scene in your mind that being described by the DM (Dungeon Master). I’ve been playing D&D since 2014 about once a week and in all that time I’ve found that my ability to imagine a scene in my head has been a lot better than my sighted peers. I can perfectly imagine the scene which are described to me by the DM while many of my sighted peers struggle and rely on visual aids to do this. I’ve always put this ability down to my VI since not being able to see everything all the time has led me to using my visual memory a lot more.
In my years of D&D I’ve developed some tactics to help me play. The most important one is using PDF character sheets that have been enlarged. There are a lot of resources online to help find enlarged sheets. I’ve even gone as far as to make my own sheets for some games where I can’t find an enlarged sheet. You can also get most of the player handbooks in PDF form now as well. The next big tactic I’ve developed is using digital dice. There are a lot of free apps now with dice rolling features for nearly every game you can think of. Most DM will accept this if you explain it to them. You can also get large dice if you want that physical experiences or even braille dice. Last main thing I do to help me is to ask the DM to be descriptive as possible. Nearly every DM will squeal in delight at this since they all love to write.
With Covid19 pandemic a lot of D&D games have moved online to websites such as Roll20, which has made the hobby even more accessible. The D&D community are also some of the most accepting and welcoming people ever. They’d be more then happy to sit down and talk to you about making adjustments. If you ever find yourself in a D&D game just ask the DM and they’ll help.