Blokus Strategy

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A Blokus strategy post!
Two years ago, I discoveredd this very fun board game. The main reason why I liked Blokus so much, is that the random factor is completly out of it. It's all up to the player to build a good strategy and to adapt to your opponent's move. For those who didn't play Blokus board game yet, let me do a short introduction to it...

I bought the four player version of the game (a two player Blokus also exist, the board is smaller) and played it with one, two and three other persons. You play Blokus on a board that consist of a 20 x 20 grid (400 squares).

Each player have a set of 21 different pieces that will need to be placed strategicly on the grid eventually.



The goal of the game is to place has many Blokus pieces on the grid. Each player will try to empty is collection of Blokus pieces on the grid by placing one when it's turn arrive. Some pieces will cover five, four, three, two and one square on the grid. You will understand that it's easier to place a "one" square piece on the grid than a "five" square. So, the more basic Blokus strategy, is to get rid of the biggest Blokus pieces at the beginning!

Before I start giving away my favorite Blokus strategy, let's keep explaining how this board game is played to better understand the Blokus tricks I will explain later. You can't place the pieces of blokus in a way that one side will completly touch another piece's side. They need to touch each other only by a corner. Check out this picture to better understand. When you start the game, you need to place your first piece in the corner of the Blokus grid assigned to you (the NO YES picture is a good example). So, from here you are good to go to play the game. It's time to build a good strategy now, so keep looking for my next post!




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June 25, 2015 at 5:42 PM
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