From: Educational Insights Average Rating: Binding: Toy Label: Educational Insights Manufacturer Minimum Age: 5 years Manufacturer Maximum Age: 9 years Model: 2995 Number of Items: 1 Release Date: May 01, 2007 Size: Standard: 13.8 x 13.7 x 2.2 inches
Grades K and up. Europe's 2003 game of the year! Develops logic and spacial 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 gameboard with 400 squares, 84 game pieces in four bright translucent colors, and an instruction guide.
Amazon.com Product Description: 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.
Great game for stimulating the brain cells This game is great because it is easy to learn and the strategy development you gain from playing helps develop the brain cells. I would recommend this game for anyone, but especially children or seniors who need to keep sharp.
Good Spacial Skill builder Played this with my family and we enjoyed it. Very easy to learn\teach, but tricky to build strategy with. Made the young ones think. Very engaging game.
While far from fragile, I thought the pieces could be snapped in the wrong hands. However, I don't know if this is something that can be remedied at manufacture. My advice? Keep it away from the toddlers.
Very fun game My husband and I truly enjoy this game. It is not as addicting as Tetris but similar in nature, competing with quick sharp spatial skills. The only thing I think that would make this game better is adding a hourglass to it as you get some people who take WAY too long on their turn. Otherwise I highly recommend
Fun, challenging, for all ages My husband and 2 kids, aged 11 and 4 are 'addicted' to Blokus. Our 4 year-old helps out by playing the fourth color and we score as if it was the 3-player variation. He enjoys himself and makes shapes with his pieces while the others think how to block and prepare 'escape routes'. Loads of fun and brain training.
Blokus This is a great family game. My husband and I play Blokus with our 6 year-old twins. It is a fun strategic game that we can all enjoy playing together. My parents got hooked on it after playing it with our children. I ordered Blokus for them and other relatives. I would highly recommend the game to adults or families with children, because it is a good thinking-game.
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