Anyone play Blokus?

SiRTeTRiS · July 13, 2009, 02:32:44 PM

The board game reminds me somewhat of Tetris, obviously because it has the Tetris pieces as well as others...but I like it. Figured I'd see if anyone else has checked it out.

#1 on Amazon so I guess it's more popular than I thought.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/toys-...hrsr_t_1_3_last

Blink · July 13, 2009, 02:44:53 PM

never heard of it until you mentioned it now, but apparently there is a PC version of the game also, here is a video if its gameplay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqetMQ1W3d8

SiRTeTRiS · July 13, 2009, 02:54:19 PM

Yeah I have it, it's pretty fun...I like the board game though and in person better at least thus far. I just got the World Tour recently.

caffeine · July 13, 2009, 02:56:58 PM

You can play online. I played a little about a year ago. It's okay.

Rosti_LFC · July 13, 2009, 03:16:23 PM

I'm waiting for Lardarse/Pineapple to find this thread.

Pineapple · July 14, 2009, 12:42:45 AM

How did I know you would say that, honey?

I have Blokus Duo, which is a two player version that's played on a smaller board (14x14, start spaces are 5 in from opposite corners; if you have the big version you can use a 3rd colour to close off the remaining space), which, having played both it and the original version, I think I prefer. There's more immediate confrontation, because you start so close to each other. I haven't tried Blokus Trigon, although I hear it's the best one to play if you have 3 players.

I played against Rosti when I met him back in January, and he said he found it hard to think in terms of touching diagonals because it was a very "un-Tetris" way of thinking. He still beat me, though...

caffeine · July 14, 2009, 05:44:52 AM

Quote from: Pineapple
I haven't tried Blokus Trigon, although I hear it's the best one to play if you have 3 players.

Kitaru · July 14, 2009, 03:42:55 PM

My Blokus board finds a home in the Computer Science Club room when I'm on campus.

Also, Blokus Duo is broken if I recall correctly. The second player can force a tie by mirroring their opponent's placements, haha. As long as you agree not to copy each other, it works out alright.

My friends made a Blokus Duo clone you can play on Facebook. The nice thing about it is that it can support real-time play if both players are on the page at the same time, but you don't have to finish in one sitting; If the other player isn't present, it'll send a notification so they can come and make their move when they return.