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| Brand: Educational Insights
Category: Toy
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $18.75
You Save: $11.24 (37%)
New (42) from $18.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  341 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 12 years
Size: Standard: 13.8 x 13.7 x 2.2 inches
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 13.8 x 13.7 x 2.2
MPN: 2995
Model: 2995
UPC: 674000900198
EAN: 0674000900198
ASIN: B00011F5DK
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Simply addictive!! February 17, 2006
A very simple yet infinitely variable game for all ages. Takes less than a minute to learn. We have gotten several other families into it as well.
PS - The review by 'A Barry' below was clearly written about another game. This one has no manual, takes no time to set up, and is very simple. Either that, or the author has an IQ of <5, or is being intentionally malicious.
Blokus is addictive! February 3, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I gave this game to my grown son and wife for Christmas. The day after, we played it for 8 hours straight. It is also good for kids (age 6 or so and up). It does not require reading skills, but is great for thinking skills, strategy skills and spatial relations skills. I have bought several more for gifts.
A great game for adults, children, or both January 12, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
My husband and I are avid gamers, especially the recent trend toward family games, or German games, like Settlers, Carcasonne, Lost Cities, Elfquest (and a good cut-throat game of Wiz War). We got together with our nephews over the holidays and completely fell in love with this game - we're going to buy it for ourselves as soon as we can, and will probably also get the travel version to play together on airplanes.
The game is a nice change from cards and dice. I really enjoyed the spatial nature of the game. Over time you'll learn that some of the shapes are better for offense and some for defense, and there are tricks to moving around the board and keeping yourself from getting trapped in a corner.
The rules are extremely simple and can be learned in under 5 minutes. My 8-year-old nephew and I were pretty well balanced and took turns winning (maybe I'll have better luck next year when I've had more practice *grin*). My 6-year-old nephew did just fine in the game, and my 4-year-old nephew was happy to just take his turn putting pieces in his corner without keeping score. I also think this is a game that a child might pull out occasionally by themselves just to make shapes and patterns with the pieces (the board is very pretty when filled in).
It is true that the game is sensitive to lost pieces, since the challenge of the game is based on having a few too many pieces to fit on the board. However, I think you can easily recover from lost pieces by balancing the sets, and then making certain areas of the board off-limits. You could color certain squares with a marker or cover them with tape or cardboard to make the available space smaller. I've often thought that would be a great variation on the two-player game. Instead of playing two colors at once, you could each play one color but make the board smaller. You could make different shape overlays to turn the board into a rectangle, or a cross, or an hourglass, and then part of the challenge of the game would be working inside the new shape. (Do you hear me, Sekkoia? This would be a great expansion for the game.)
The board has ridges for holding the pieces in place. While I found these ridges sufficient for adults and older children, younger children will still accidentally knock the pieces out of place. For us, this happened in small enough doses that we were always able to reconstruct the original position of the pieces.
NOT JUST FOR KIDS January 7, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The age rating is not correct for this game. It is really for 5 on up. We have had players from ages 11-55 play together and those in their 20's LOVE it! Excellent game, well made in every way. Can be played strategically or randomly but still engages the mind in a delightful, tactile way.
EXCELLENT game for all ages January 5, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I ordered this game for my kids (ages 12 and 6) for Christmas after reading other customer reviews. We played for the first time on Christmas day, and have been playing ever since. There are very few games out there that can be played, and enjoyed by children and adults alike. The thing I like the most about Blokus is that my 12yr old actually WANTS to play with his little sister!
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