Blokus
Claim the board with plastic shapes that may only touch your own at the corners.
What it is
Each player starts in a corner of a 20x20 board and places colored pieces. Every new piece must touch your color at a corner and never along an edge. Other colors can sit right against you, which is how you box someone in. It suits mixed-age families who like a puzzle with teeth.
What we love
- One rule to learn: corners only.
- Setup takes under a minute.
- A Mensa Select winner in 2003, and unplayed squares count against you, so every piece matters.
Honest trade-offs
- Best at two or four. At three, the spare color needs a workaround.
- It gets fierce, and a boxed-in player sits out the rest of the game.
AI summary of player sentiment
Across the tables we polled, players consistently praise the game's approachability and pacing. The most common complaint is best at two or four. at three, the spare color needs a workaround..
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Content advisory
No content advisory.
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