Calm: big, clear and unhurried

What Calm changes

• Large cards, tiles, numbers and letters, and text of at least 22 pixels on the screen.
• Strong contrast: dark text on a light page, or light on dark if your device is set to dark mode.
• No clock and no move counts, scores, points, best times or streaks on screen.
• Buttons at least the size of a fingertip, with their names written out where there is room.
• Sounds start off (you can turn them back on), and cards and tiles move without animation.
• Undo and hints stay wherever the game has them. Sudoku starts on its gentlest level, word search on its easiest grid and jigsaws with fewer, bigger pieces.

Games with a Calm switch

Each button opens the game with Calm already on.

• Klondike solitaire

  Solitaire Club

  Big card faces, the clock and move count hidden, Undo always to hand.

  Play with Calm on

• FreeCell

  Solitaire Club

  Big card faces, every deal can be won, no clock.

  Play with Calm on

• Mahjong solitaire

  Mahjong Garden

  Large-symbol tiles, no clock, Undo and hints always free.

  Play with Calm on

• Sudoku

  Puzzle Desk

  Opens on the gentle level, big digits, no clock or streaks.

  Play with Calm on

• Word search

  Word Game Club

  Large letters, the word list in big type, no points.

  Play with Calm on

• Jigsaw puzzles

  Piece Party

  Fewer, bigger pieces to choose from, no clock.

  Play with Calm on

• Colour by number

  Colour Garden

  Big numbers and swatches, no clock or streaks.

  Play with Calm on

Setting up a tablet for someone else

A few minutes on their tablet, phone or computer, and the games are ready whenever they want them.

1. Open this page on their device (nofussgames.com/calm) and turn on Calm with the switch at the top.
2. Pick a game or two from the list above and tap Play with Calm on. Play a round together so it feels familiar.
3. Put the game on the home screen. On an iPad or iPhone, tap the Share button in Safari (a square with an arrow), then Add to Home Screen. On Android, open the Chrome menu (three dots), then Add to home screen or Install app.
4. Make text bigger if it helps. Calm already uses large text. For even more, look in the device’s settings under Display or Accessibility for Text size or Font size.
5. Check the sound. Sounds start off in Calm. If they would like the soft clicks and chimes, turn Sound on in the game’s settings.
6. Leave it be. Calm stays on until someone turns it off. There is no account to remember, nothing to buy and no adverts to tap by mistake, and games played once still open without a connection.

For activity organisers

Running a club, a care-home afternoon or a library session? These large-print sheets are free to print for your group.

Free to print for personal, classroom and library use. Please don’t sell or republish the sheets.

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