Blokus Classics Game (B001P06GX4)

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Blokus Classics Game

Binding: Toy
Published: 2009-01-05

$18.45

Features:

Blokus great strategy game for the whole family!
Promotes healthy brain activity
Includes 400 - piece game board with raised edges
Winner of over 20 prestigious awards

Blokus Classics Game

Editorial Review:

Blokus develops logic and spatial perception while kids learn to be tactical. Players take turns placing pieces on their board, each starting from their corner. Each new piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners. The goal is to get rid of all your pieces. The game ends when all players are blocked from laying down any more of their pieces. Includes one game board with 400 squares, 84 game pieces in four bright translucent colors, and an instruction guide.
Fun for both kids and adults, Blokus is a strategy board game that challenges spatial thinking. Bright colors and simple rules make it ideal for ages five and up, but adults will certainly be engrossed by this unique and challenging game.
Not Your Average Board Game
Blokus encourages creative thinking and has received a Mensa award for promoting healthy brain activity. The goal of this game is for players to fit all of their pieces onto the board. When placing a piece it may not lie adjacent to the player's other pieces, but must be placed touching at least one corner of their pieces already on the board. The player who gets rid of all of their tiles first is the winner and strategic thinking helps as you block moves from your opponent. Blokus sometimes comes to an end because there are no more possible moves.
Four players make this abstract game especially fast and exciting; however, it can be just as fun for two or three players. Blokus has come up with a number of different ways to play the game to make it more thrilling when playing with less than four players. Draft Blokus allows a player to use more than one color and Reverse Blokus reverses the entire game so that the person who places the least amount of tiles on the board is the winner. It can even be played in a solitaire version when one player attempts to place all of their pieces in a single sitting. A game of Blokus typically lasts a 30 minutes. As a practical feature, raised edges on the board help keep the tiles in place and allow convenient clean-up. This game includes 84 pieces in four vibrant colors, an instruction guide, and one gameboard with 400 squares.
Blokus is simple to understand, but the game's complexity is revealed shortly after everyone begins to play. It can be addictive, even for those not normally into abstract games. Blokus is a catalyst for spatial thinking, as players form images in their mind before placing the pieces on the board. Children and adults can play together for hours of competitive family fun. As Europe's 2003 Game of the Year, Blokus is adored by many and even played in professional tournaments.
What's in the Box
84 pieces in four colors, gameboard with 400 squares, and an instruction guide.

Once a piece has been placed on the board it can't be moved, so plan your moves carefully.
Adding to the game's challenges, each new piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

My girls and I loved playing this game:

I purchased this game to play on Christmas Day, my girls and I had great fun playing it. One daughter said it was her favorite game to play.

Blokus:

I purchased four of these for Christmas presents. They were a welcome and fun gift to share. It seems so simple, yet becomes more demanding than expected. I think that surprise is part of the fun. It's a good game at a good price.

Great mentally stimulating game for all ages!:

This will be short and sweet- this game is really wonderful. Up to four people can play at a time and it can be played with all levels of thought. I love this for the fact that it has created a "strategic thinker" out of my 8 1/2 year old! She can sometimes (though not often) beat me! The game usually takes about 10-20 minutes to play (depending on the level of strategy involved). Great, easy to learn game that the whole family can play together.

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