Blokus (2000)

Blokus (pronounced "Block us") is an abstract strategy game with transparent, Tetris-shaped, colored pieces that players are trying to play onto the board. The only caveat to placing a piece is that it may not lie adjacent to your other pieces, but instead must be placed touching at least one corner of your pieces already on the board.

There is a solitaire variation where one player tries to get rid of all the pieces in a single sitting.

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.

Other Flavors:

• Blokus Trigon
• Blokus Duo (2-player version)

Online Play

• Blokus (real-time)

Awards

• 2005 Årets Familiespill (Norway), Nominee, Family Game of the Year
• 2004 Årets Spel (Sweden), Winner, Best Family Game
• 2003 Australian Games Association Game and Puzzle of the Year Winner
• 2003 Vuoden Perhepeli (Finland) Winner, Game of the Year
• 2003 Mensa Select
• 2002 Japan Boardgame Prize Winner, The Best Advanced Game
• 2002 Spiel des Jahres (Germany) Recommendation, Game of the Year
• 2001 Golden Ace (France), Winner, Game of the Year
• 2000 Grand Prix du Jouet Winner

Versions:

• Blokus Giant, oversized version of the original.
• Blokus Duo, travel version for 2 players.
• Blokus Trigon, hexagonal board and triangular pieces.
• Blokus 3D, a 3-dimensional block-building game designed separately and originally released under the title "Rumis" before being acquired and rebranded in 2008.

Online Play

• Blokus Online
• Board Game Arena (real-time)

Microbadges

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Components:

• Game Board (400 Squares)
• 84 Game Pieces (21 x 4 Colors)
• Instruction Guide