I am not sure how many others are out there, but I know there are a few, and definitely more as time goes on and we begin to inhabit gaming themed nursing homes. Over the past 40 years I defined myself as a gamer; over the past 15, I became a blind gamer. Not totally, completely blind, but rather no driving, walking into obstacles, talking to mannequins, cane using blind. I have about 4% of my vision remaining, and it ticks away steadily.

I can no longer see the tips of my brushes most of the time, except the really large, terrain painting ones, nor all the details on the amazing new figures, nor the fine points of the gaming table (where did I put that tape measure?).The transition has been slow, but inexorable, and I thought I would share a few changes in my own gaming that others in similar positions might find helpful:

The first centers on shifting perspective. If painting figures is as big a part of your hobby as playing, as it is with me, try to make the transition in your painting goals from realism to metaphor. I can no longer make figures look real (Some would say I never could), so I now am playing with tints, dry brushing, and shading, and learning to ignore the finer details I can barely discern. The figures hang together as units in terms of palette, and they are bright enough so I can spot them on the tabletop. They are slowly looking more like the game pieces others would say they really are, a perspective I am grudgingly accepting.