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"Small blocking goods" Let me explain the reasons why I said that "It's not always the right move to put the biggest Blokus piece remaining in your tray", in my previous Blokus strategy's post . Blokus board game is like building the tallest walls to prevent people from playing inside your backyard. So, if putting a larger block on the grid will exposed your self to a possible enemy intrusion inside your protected territory, than it's not a good idea to lay down the big Blokus block.You always need to keep in mind that your primary goal should be to trap your opponents inside a small portion of the board, leaving some free space to put a mximum of pieces on it. To do so,you need to apply some of my previous Blokus strategies and keep in mind that you should prefer to block other Blokus player, even with smaller pieces, than let them in. Look at the picture on the right and you will understand what I mean. The red player is about to play and could possib...

My first strategy at Blokus is the "Get rid of the bigger pieces at the begining" strategy , but that, I already mentioned it in my previous Blokus blog post about Blokus strategy . This approach is probably your safest way to get rid of a maximum of Blokus squares but you also need to know where to lay them down on the Blokus board. So, my second strategy at the game of Blokus would be " Race for Blokus board center " wich consist of moving towards the center and my opponent has fast as possible. Why is that? Well, you want to be in a situation where you will have plenty of room to place you pieces later on. Let me illustrate what I'm writing about. In this picture, you can see the Blokus board with two opponents. The red one decided to go straight south while the blue Blokus opponent went straight to the center of the grid. It's early in the game but still, I can see a clear advantage for the blue player. The green curve shows where I would lay down my...

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 t...