Games and gaming

Computer games

We would love to hear from you if you're enjoying specific gaming hardware or games – please email [email protected] with your tips!

Gaming for RNIB

If you stream while you game you can help raise funds for RNIB and raise awareness of barriers that can face by gamers with sight loss. Join us and turn your gaming community’s passion into fundraising for RNIB.

Traditional games

Various games are available from RNIB for both young people and adults for those of you who are a bit more traditional. We sell tactile board games such as Super Big Boggle, draughts and backgammon.

There is always a game to be had with a pack of cards and RNIB sells a range of playing cards, including giant, jumbo or Braille packs.

Visit the boards games and dice and puzzles section of the RNIB online shop for bingo, Uno, dominoes, tactile dice, and puzzles or call the RNIB Helpline on 0303 123 9999 and ask about our games and toys.

Braille Chess Association (BCA)

If you are interested in learning or playing chess, the Braille Chess Association (BCA) aims to encourage and support the playing of chess at all levels by blind and partially sighted people. Membership is open to blind and partially sighted people while sighted friends and family may join as associate members. Although the word Braille is in the title, you do not have to use Braille to be part of this association as they use a variety of means of communication.

BCA offer tuition and coaching from beginner to advanced level as well as adapted chess sets and chess clocks and advice on the use of chess software by people with sight loss. BCA run three chess tournaments each year, weekend events each spring and autumn, and a week-long event in the summer. They also run correspondence events in which members send moves to each other in Braille, on tape or by email.

If you are blind or partially sighted, under 25 and a UK resident you can receive free membership plus free entry and free accommodation in BCA events.