#undextrousness

[hollowslantern]

eating this with chopsticks. undextrous andy

[doctors-star]

i do a fair amount of detail work with my hands due to my various hobbies but nothing makes me feel like i have chunky undextrous fingers like peeling boiled eggs. unfortunately i spent much of yesterday talking to a chap about the historical cottage industry of pinmaking by hand in this country, and so my first response to this issue was to obtain several small children to do it for me in a sort of production line, and apprentice them on when they get too old. which, though a solution, is perhaps a little excessive for my egg needs.

[tigergendermoved2tigergender]

I think about how awesome my fursona must have it in Fursona World and then I think about how much I hate having hair touch my neck or grow very long and how undextrous I am with Normal Human Hands already and how unbalanced I am on normal human legs. Puts it in perspective

[caprice-nisei-enjoyer]

I'm ambi-undextrous

[apothecaryassistant]

While at GenCon I made specific note of the ergonomic design at Portal Dragon Games, namely Planetoid.

Double-layer boards are old hat by now, and many games feature them. The recessed slots securely hold tokens or cards, preventing them from getting lost or confused during gameplay, and just kinda feel good to slot things into, in some primordial way.

Here however, the slots have been taken to the next level. On the playerboard, the slots are smaller than the tokens that go into them - the result being that the tokens stand up at an angle, making them easy to grab. And on the planetoid itsself, the lower board also has holes punched in it, so that the tokens are sitting on a narrow bridge of cardboard - press on one side, and the other comes up, making it easy to grab.

Really simple changes, but the result is quite effective, allowing for better ease of use for the undextrous without increasing the layout in any way whatsoever. I’ll be looking forward to see if any other nifty design nuggets come from Portal Dragon in the future.

[joleo-saccharum]

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You watch craftspeople do their thing on YouTube because you were also a craftsperson in a past life but this current cycle has given you useless undextrous hands