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Blokus Classics Game | 
| Brand: Mattel
Category: Toy
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $18.04
as of 7/31/2010 19:58 CDT details
You Save: $6.95 (28%)
New (84) Collectible (14) from $12.95
Seller: TOYSCAMP
Rating:  490 reviews
Sales Rank: 34
Edition: Mattel
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 99 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 2.1 x 13.1
MPN: R1983
Model: R1983
UPC: 086002029959
EAN: 0086002029959
ASIN: B001P06GX4
Release Date: January 5, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Blokus great strategy game for the whole family! | | • | Promotes healthy brain activity | | • | Includes 400 - piece game board with raised edges | | • | Winner of over 20 prestigious awards | | • | The most awarded game of the 21st century |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Fun for both kids and adults, Blokus is a strategy board game that challenges spatial thinking. Bright colors and simple rules make it ideal for ages five and up, but adults will certainly be engrossed by this unique and challenging game. Not Your Average Board Game
Blokus encourages creative thinking and has received a Mensa award for promoting healthy brain activity. The goal of this game is for players to fit all of their pieces onto the board. When placing a piece it may not lie adjacent to the player's other pieces, but must be placed touching at least one corner of their pieces already on the board. The player who gets rid of all of their tiles first is the winner and strategic thinking helps as you block moves from your opponent. Blokus sometimes comes to an end because there are no more possible moves. Four players make this abstract game especially fast and exciting; however, it can be just as fun for two or three players. Blokus has come up with a number of different ways to play the game to make it more thrilling when playing with less than four players. Draft Blokus allows a player to use more than one color and Reverse Blokus reverses the entire game so that the person who places the least amount of tiles on the board is the winner. It can even be played in a solitaire version when one player attempts to place all of their pieces in a single sitting. A game of Blokus typically lasts a 30 minutes. As a practical feature, raised edges on the board help keep the tiles in place and allow convenient clean-up. This game includes 84 pieces in four vibrant colors, an instruction guide, and one gameboard with 400 squares. Blokus is simple to understand, but the game's complexity is revealed shortly after everyone begins to play. It can be addictive, even for those not normally into abstract games. Blokus is a catalyst for spatial thinking, as players form images in their mind before placing the pieces on the board. Children and adults can play together for hours of competitive family fun. As Europe's 2003 Game of the Year, Blokus is adored by many and even played in professional tournaments. What's in the Box
84 pieces in four colors, gameboard with 400 squares, and an instruction guide. 
Once a piece has been placed on the board it can't be moved, so plan your moves carefully. | 
Adding to the game's challenges, each new piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners. |
Product Description
Blokus develops logic and spatial perception while kids learn to be tactical. 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. Includes one game board with 400 squares, 84 game pieces in four bright translucent colors, and an instruction guide.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 490
I love this game - great for families July 17, 2010
Erin
This game is so fun for groups of 2-4. It takes strategy, but each game is fairly short and you can stop whenever you'd like. When playing with only 2 people I adapt the board by making the square shorter with pieces from a different color. You will understand if you play the game. I can't get enough of it and my dad, who doesn't like to play games, even enjoys it because it is so quick and easy.
 Blockus=Somewhat Fun July 8, 2010
BobLovesToilets
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all, i love toilets and blokus. AT my house i have a collection of toilet seats. I have a total of 76 toilet seats; each one is unique in their own way. SOme of them have been sat on by celebrities and kings and queens. Others have poop stains that look like states and countries and continents. I have one that coincendatlly looks like SOuth Africa. Sometimes i even try to mold a state. Blokus is fun and entertaining, like a TOILET!!!!! Yay!!!! I have even molded some blokus pieces on my toilet seats. Blokus is fun to play when you're using the toilet. It is also entertaining to play Blokus with the toilet. This is awesome~!~~!!!!!!!
Great for ALL ages! July 2, 2010
Shayna Roodman
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband got this for me for my birthday last year, I love puzzles and puzzle games. It turned out to be one the only games every member in my family can (and loves to) play! My 6 year old is like me with puzzles and wins the game pretty much every time. My 4 year old loves the challenge of playing by himself and trying to get all the pieces on the board according to the rules (no same-color straight edges can tough each other). And my 2 year old sits with me and plays putting the pieces on any way she can - works her dexterity and fine motor skills as well as her ability to see how to turn pieces so they fit.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THIS GAME! (just make sure you supervise the little ones, the pieces are pretty small)
3-D Tetris June 28, 2010
Marianne Bertini
This is the third time in two years I've purchased this game. Why so many? The original game was purchased for school. We had extra money to use for educational games, and Blokus jumped out at me, with its brightly colored box. At first, the students weren't that interested (it's not electronic), so the teachers decided to tackle the game. It became an obsession. In short time, students began to edge their way to a corner and take over the game. Again, as much fun as this is to play, it's also a great way to get work from students before they sort out their pieces. Bribe, you wonder? Maybe.
What a fantastic way to think critically, offensively and defensively. Blokus promotes planning and strategy in a fun and playful way. It creates alliances "I won't corner you if you go in another direction." Players (kids especially) learn to handle confrontations when moves are in short order.
Blokus is not a game to gather dust in the back corner of a shelf. It challenges players of all ages and levels. Most surprisingly, the students who I thought would play easily (because of their scholastic abilities) were the ones who had to think hardest. It's a great tool for geometry, spatial relationships, and artistic creations!
Great game! May 22, 2010
This is a great game! It's one of my favorites! Sometimes, I even beat my mom! But it's still hard enough to be fun.
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