Blokus (Classic)

Product Information

The game is played on a square board divided into 20 rows and 20 columns, for a total of 400 squares. There are a total of 84 game tiles, organized into 21 shapes in each of four colors: blue, yellow, red, and green. The 21 shapes are based on free polyominoes of one to five squares (one monomino, one domino, two trominoes/triominoes, five tetrominoes, and 12 pentominoes). These shapes are the first in the A000105 sequence. [3] Although I don’t personally use this strategy, I think it is important for you to know it and to identify when a player is deploying its pieces like this. This will give you the advantage to go for that player since you will reach the center faster than he does. 2. VWZ Opening A player earns +15 points if all his/her pieces have been placed on the board plus 5 additional bonus points if the last piece placed on the board was the smallest piece (one square).

Saltzman, Marc (2007-12-14). "Blokus World Tour Review". Gamezebo.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-29 . Retrieved 2007-12-22. There are unauthorized versions of the game published under various names, including The Strategy Game, Tetris, Blokád (unofficial Hungarian version with cardboard pieces) and The Family Chess Game. Blokus ( / ˈ b l ɒ k ə s/ BLOK-əs) [1] is an abstract strategy board game for two to four players, where players try to score points by occupying most of the board with pieces of their colour. The board is a square regular grid and the pieces are polyominoes. It was designed by French mathematician Bernard Tavitian [2] and first released in 2000 by Sekkoïa, a French company. It has won several awards, including the Mensa Select award and the 2004 Teacher's Choice Award. In 2009, the game was sold to Mattel.

Game Components

Blokus Trigon uses pieces made up of triangles rather than squares ( polyiamonds), and is played on a hexagonal board. This particular variant is optimized for three players, but can be played with 2 to 4 players. The same rules apply, meaning that pieces of the same color are still not allowed to touch each other's edges; however, as it is isometric, a corner touching an edge is allowed.

For example, if you have 2 tiles that have 4 squares and 1 tile that has 5 squares at the end of the game, you have -13 points. You may already know Blokus, an abstract strategy board game where you compete against other players to score the most points after placing as many Tetris-shaped pieces on the board as possible. Always remember to keep focusing on spreading, it is the more natural way to maintain your options open. Play tiles so they touch a corner of one of your pieces. Once it’s your turn again, choose any tile you have in front of you and place it on the game board. Set the piece onto the board so one of its corners touches a corner on the first tile you placed. Make sure the tile doesn’t touch sides with any piece that’s the same color, or else it’s an illegal move. [1] X Research source

Object of the game

It would be not possible to score said points in a region controlled only by you, because it would represent no more than ¼ or ⅓ of the entire board, assuming you succeeded in keeping your opponents out of this area. 5. Focus on spreading