Questions tagged [blokus]

A geometric game (2-4 players, 20 minutes) where players attempt to place as many "polyomino" pieces as possible under some rule constraints. The last player to be able to take a turn wins.

Each player starts with identical pools of pieces ranging in size from one square up to 5 squares joined together. They take turns placing pieces on the board, but must play so the new pieces touches previously played pieces of the same color diagonally only. I.e. a new red piece must be played diagonally touching an old red piece. It cannot share an edge with other red pieces, but may share an edge with pieces of other colors. The last player to be able to place a piece wins.

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Is there a valid Blokus configuration where all the pieces are on the board?

Is there a configuration of Blokus pieces where all pieces of one colour touch only at the corners and not the edges, so that the pieces could actually appear that way in a Blokus game, with each player ending up with a score of 0? Solutions for…
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Are some pieces better than others in Blokus?

Obviously the smaller pieces are generally easier to get rid of than the larger pieces, but I'd be interested to know which pieces I should aim to get rid of first, and which pieces I should save. I'm sure this largely depends on the gaps on the…
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Does the first piece in a standard blokus game have to have a square on a corner cell?

When a player plays his first piece, does it have to cover the corner square? For example, can one play his X piece as first piece?
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What is the minimum grid size to fit all Blokus tiles for two players?

Rules: Each player has the twelve pentominoes, five tetrominoes, two trominoes, one domino, and lone square. These may be flipped and rotated in any manner. The board on which these are to be placed is square. A player’s first piece starts in any…
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