Place Tetris-shaped pieces corner-to-corner on a shared board in this brilliantly simple spatial territory game.
Vibe's take
spatial territory battle, Tetris piece satisfaction, blocking aggression, abstract purity
Who it's for
Families and abstract strategy fans who want a game anyone can learn in a minute but that rewards spatial thinking indefinitely.
Not for you if…
You prefer thematic games or find abstract territory blocking frustrating rather than satisfying.
Place Tetris-shaped pieces on the board following one rule: each new piece must touch a corner of your existing pieces but never share an edge. Blokus turns this simple constraint into a surprisingly vicious territory game where blocking opponents while leaving yourself room to expand is the entire challenge. Four colors, four players, one shared board, and pure spatial strategy. Teaches in sixty seconds, rewards spatial thinking for years.
Players
Duration
30 min
Ages 6+
Complexity
1.7 / 5 — LightBGG Rating
6.7/10
Rank #886
29k ratings
Published
2000
Designed by
Bernard Tavitian
Published by
Piatnik Distribution, Kaissa Chess & Games, Sekkoia, Beverly Enterprises, Inc., Divisible By Zero (DBZ) Aust Pty Ltd, Korea Boardgames, Super Impulse, Educational Insights, Hodin, danspil, Educa Korea, (Unknown), Winning Moves Germany, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, Euro World, Granna, Green Board Game Co., Winning Moves France, FoxMind Israel, QfreeGames, Alary Games, Mattel, Inc., Ravensburger
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Place Tetris-shaped pieces corner-to-corner on a shared board in this brilliantly simple spatial territory game.
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