Watch “Blokus: Complete Tutorial,” a how-to-play guide for Blokus from Nam / krazee_aznnn on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Nam / krazee_aznnn on YouTube:
My girlfriend and I teach you how to play Blokus.
Intro and About (0:00)
Object of the Game (0:15)
Shapes of All The Pieces (0:19)
About the Board (0:34)
Scoring and Stats (0:45)
4, 3, and 2 player variants (1:04)
Bonus Scoring (1:55)
Gameplay (3:00)
- Initial Piece Play (3:00)
- Play a Piece When It Is Your Turn (3:05)
Example Game (4:11)
- Asymmetrical Pieces (4:50)
- Race to the Center (5:09)
- Opening Styles (5:25)
- Get Out! (5:50)
- Attack the Corners (6:35)
- Play Largest Pieces First (7:23)
- Pieces Can Be Used Offensively or Defensively (8:03)
- Green's Barasona-style Opening (8:59)
- Yellow is Holding Green Back, Despite Opening (9:15)
- Red Having Trouble Fighting on Two Fronts (10:00)
- It May Look Dire, Get Creative to Get Out (10:15)
- Save "Reserved" Slots for Later; Green is Boned anyway (10:34)
- Don't Let Go If You Don't Mean It (12:38)
- Be Disruptive If You Can (13:00)
- When A Color Runs Out of Pieces That Can Fit on the Board (13:27)
- Game Ends When All Players Pass (15:34)
- Score and Winner (15:47)
Closing (15:57)
Credits and BLOOPERS! (16:45)
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Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Blokus is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 18 reviews, 14 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 1 other video.
2 - 4 players
30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
About Blokus, from BoardGameGeek:
Blokus (officially pronounced "Block us") is an abstract strategy game with transparent, Tetris-shaped, colored pieces that players are trying to play onto the board. The only caveat to placing a piece is that it may not lie adjacent to your other pieces, but instead must be placed touching at least one corner of your pieces already on the board.
There is a solitaire variation where one player tries to get rid of all the pieces in a single sitting.
Goal of the Game:
Each player has to fit as many of his/her 21 pieces on the board as possible.
Components:
Blokus Game Board (400 squares)
84 game pieces (four 21-piece sets of red, green, blue, and yellow)
Each color inlcudes:
1 one-square piece
1 piece with 2 squares
2 pieces with 3 squares
5 pieces with 4 squares
12 pieces with 5 squares