Strategy for… Blokus
- Place your Large Pieces First. Once players start taking turns and branching out from their corners, space will be at a premium.
- Get to the Center of the Board. This is paramount.
- Have More Than One Option.
- Don’t Hesitate.
- Rope-a-Dope.
- Plan Ahead.
- Don’t Waste the Single Square.
Who goes first in Blokus?
Choose a player to go first, and play proceeds clockwise around the board. Game board 84 pieces in four colors (21 pieces per color – red, blue, yellow, green). The first piece played by each player must cover a corner square. He Players take turns laying down one piece at a time.
What is the best first move in blokus?
I’ve found a particularly effective 3 move opening in Blokus is to play two of the most linear pieces first, head straight for the center of the board, then on your third move play the big cross piece as near to the center of the board as you can.
Can three people play Blokus?
Blokus rules allow for two and three player games also. In two-player games, each player takes two colors. In three-player games, either one of the players takes two colors or else “the pieces of the fourth color are placed on the board in a non-strategic way.”
What makes a good opening in a Blokus game?
If the board splits into two 1v1 games, and players A and B are being confrontational and denying each other access wherever possible, and players C and D are being semi-cooperative and leaving gaps to work around each other, then players C and D will naturally get more of their pieces onto the board.
How many players do you need to play blokus?
Blokus is a strategy board game that can be played with two, three or four players. The object of Blokus is to play all of your pieces (or as many as possible) on the game board.
What’s the best way to deal with Blokus?
-Block some, but don’t obsess. It’s really easy for people to gang up on you or for one persistent player to drop their one square just to get into your turf. Don’t make it easy for people to get in but don’t obsess on keeping them out lest you miss an opportunity to expand into new territory yourself.
What are the first four pieces in Blokus?
The basic idea is that your first four pieces leave no possibility for an opponent to move “through” your corner, without the use of his one-piece. The pieces you use are F, X, W, and then N or Y.
