Come plunder the high seas with Scottish Pirate Captain Horatio MacScurvy (Allen) and his First Mate Sassafras (Bridget), creators of the MacDudley Dragon Games! This unique, Renaissance-themed experience combines fun, physical challenges with a powerful message of disability awareness.
Challenges: Vision through other senses
Disabilities: Blindness, Visual impairment
The object of the game is to pick 6 ducks while blindfolded and then place them down where First Mate Sassafras is tapping. If ye match more than two of the numbers printed on the bottom of the ducks, ye win a prize!
Challenges: Balance
Disabilities: Cerebral Palsy (CP)
From the plank end, a player must throw bean bags through one of the skull holes. For each successful throw, ye step back onto the plank. The further back ye are, the bigger the prize!
Challenges: Hand-eye coordination
Disabilities: Cerebral Palsy, Optic Disorders
This ship is captained by none other than Captain Horatio MacScurvey, the dyslexic sea serpent, and his wacky crew. With an air cannon, knock the crew from the ship. The more men overboard, the more ye will win! Captain Horatio MacScurvey is fond of sayin. "Down is up, Up is down, Right is left and Left is right."
Challenges: Memory
Disabilities: ADHD, Autism
Test ye skill against the captain. Match as many wooden tiles as ye can in three minutes. Cap'n Horatio MacScurvy has never won a game, don't break his record now!
Challenges: Depth perception, hand-eye coordination
Disabilities: Ocular disorders
Siege the castle: whack away at the guards with a tripod mounted sling-shot, bring down the draw bridge and defeat the Laird of the castle. You're the new Laird until another challenger has seized the castle.
Inspired by his father who successfully operated a hundred-acre farm despite having both a prosthetic arm and leg, Allen brings personal understanding of overcoming physical challenges to every game design. His father's determination and success demonstrated that disabilities don't have to limit one's potential.
As a visually impaired woman, Bridget draws from her everyday experiences to create authentic and meaningful disability awareness activities. Her firsthand knowledge helps ensure that our games accurately represent the challenges and triumphs of living with disabilities.
We're working on bringing the original MacDudley Dragon Games to new locations and events. Stay tuned for announcements about where you can experience these foundational games that started our mission.
While we prepare to bring back the original Dragon Games, you can experience the evolution of our disability awareness mission through our current events and activities.