Product Review: Blokus

I LOVE THIS GAME!

My good friends Hank and Nadine introduced me to Blokus last weekend. My wife and I brought our two children over to their house for a dinner/play date. After playing with the boys and chowing down on some Giordano's Deep Dish and Goose Island 312, it was Game On!

Blokus is the love-child of Scrabble and Tetris. At first glance, the game looks confusing and lame. After you play a match or two, however, the board looks more like a battlefield. Blokus requires the strategy of chess and the cunning of Texas Hold Em'.

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.

Hank's wife Nadine and I thoroughly enjoyed ganging up on Hank and swarming his feeble blue tiles and strangling any hopes for successful expansion.

WARNING: Much like Tetris, Blokus is addictive. We ran through three hours in no time. We got so absorbed in the game, we completely ignored our children! Thank goodness for Baby Einstein!!

Turn on your Brain,

Mike Ockrim
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Blokus Awards:
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