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Blokus - the Great BrainBuster Board Game |
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 There are numerous best-selling puzzle games on the market, but the cream of the crop includes the ones that win Mensa awards for the promotion of healthy brain activity. Enter Blokus. Blokus encourages intricate, critical thinking while setting high, yet reachable, challenging goals. The M.O. here is for each player to fit all of their pieces onto the playing surface. The placement of pieces cannot be adjacent to other players' pieces, yet have to contact another "friendly" piece that is already in place on the board. The rounds continue for up to four players until one player is able to get rid of all his/her tiles before the opposition. Sounds easy enough, right? Think again.
 
Detailed Description:
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 game board with 400 squares, 84 game pieces
in four bright translucent colors, and an instruction guide.
- MENSA Select winner
- ASTRA 2003 Good Toy Award
- Dr. Toy 2003 100 Best
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2004 Platinum Award
- 2004 Teacher's Choice Award
- 2003 Parent's Choice Gold Award
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.
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