Blokus is a maddeningly simple game! The basic strategy is to place all your tiles on the game board while trying to block your opponents from placing their tiles. The rules are simple: blue goes first, followed by yellow, then red and finally green. The first player (blue) places any piece of their choice in it's home corner. Each color plays in turn. Two pieces of the same color must touch at their corners, but they cannot touch along their sides. When there is no piece left of a color that can be played, that color is considered "abandoned". When all the colors are abandoned, the winner is the person (or team) with the highest score. Players score one point for each square covered, 15 bonus points if they manage to use all their tiles, and 5 more points if the last piece played is the single square.

Contents of Blokus:

• 1 Gameboard with 400 Squares
• 84 Game Pieces in 4 Colors
• Instruction Suide

Awards won by Blokus:

• 2001 Cannes Super As D'or
• 2002 Spiel des Jahres
• 2003 Dr. Tony 100 Best Children's Products
• Mensa Select National Competition Winner