| User | Rating | Min. Age | Adults Too | Comment |
| dbucak | 10 | 4 | Yes | An incredible game. Rules are extremely easy, but the gameplay is complex enough for an Adult. No luck in the game at all, but still fun for kids. Best with 4 players. There are other versions for other numbers of players. 3-players - Blokus Trigon 2 Players - Blokus Travel |
| ef | 10 | 7 | Yes | |
| HappyProle | 10 | 3 | Yes | Fantastic as a toy, puzzle or game, depending on the age and aptitude of the kid in question. |
| lankyengineer | 10 | 8 | Yes | |
| TGov | 10 | 6 | Yes | Outstanding game that my high school students love to play. I love it for its spatial reasoning and strategy. Highly recommended for kids 7 and up!! |
| boltongeordie | 9 | 7 | Yes | Great game and good for kids because the rules are simple, the components are good quality and, most importantly, there is some tactical element without any strategic thinking (which seems to arrive quite late in a child's development) . Also plenty of interaction and good for playing with non-gaming relatives (pretty much for the reasons outlined above). |
| dclose | 9 | | | This game is a huge hit with my 8 and 12 year old neighbors. The younger boy was introduced to the game by his math teacher and he's now hooked the rest of the family on it too. I gave him some lessons in strategy (blocking, using bigger pieces first, looking for future moves) and he now likes the game even better. His older sister loves the pretty pieces as well as the spatial challenge.
Younger kids won't get this but do like the pretty colors and shapes.
The travel version works better as a 2-player game, though the pieces are smaller and that needs to be taken into account too for the less dextrous. |
| erik2point0 | 9 | 7 | Yes | My 8 and 10 year olds love this game, and I love playing it with them. |
| mawiker | 9 | 7 | Yes | |
| mentis | 9 | 4 | Yes | This is a tremendous game. Playing with a wide range of ages. You do have to play not as competitively with younger children, but they will quickly get the hang of it. I am amazed by the plays made by my four year old. |
| musicmom | 9 | 5 | Yes | My kids really enjoy this game, and I love to play it as well. Older kids and adults can play it with a lot of strategy, but younger kids can play it fairly random and still get satisfying results. Rules are very simple and easy to learn. My 5 year old can play it with minimal help, and 7 year olds could play on their own. |
| pikkusiili2000 | 9 | 5 | Yes | Easy rules and bright colors. Initial strategy will be little but should hold their interest. |
| SoLove | 9 | | | This, along with the Travel version, has become my eldest sons (9 years old) favourite game. He can visualise future moves and where he can block. We are now at about 50/50 in two player games. |
| spearjr | 9 | 7 | Yes | An excellent game for kids and adults alike. Easy to grasp rules make it ideal for teaching young ones. I enjoy Blokus Trigon a little more |
| Styro | 9 | 5 | Yes | I just got Blokus for my wife because she liked it and I was surprised to see that my kids enjoyed it so much. Even my 5 year old got the hang of placing the tiles after only a little bit of help. |
| The Unbeliever | 9 | 6 | Yes | My kids get better at this each time we play. They gang-up on and block Daddy as their primary strategy. It's a struggle for me to win! |
| themilkcrate | 9 | 5 | Yes | Great game for kids and adults to play together. Easy to explain to young children, since there are only two rules (one of which you only use on the first play!). The tactile pieces are an instant draw for children, and the locking nature of the board means that it is more forgiving of little bumps and jostles. I've played with 5-year-olds, and although they do not always have much long-term strategy, sure make things interesting for the other players with their unorthodox choices for placement. Definitely fun for all ages, playing separately or together - last week my daughter (now age 8) selected it as the game she most wanted to play with her grandma, who was visiting. |
| wkusau | 9 | 6 | Yes | Great game. Easy to teach and kids love the colors. |
| agenteasy | 8 | | | The idea: Place as many of your "Tetris" like pieces on the board as you can. The player who has the fewest/ smallest pieces left wins.
Components: Very bright translucent plastic pieces, and grey square board. Nice presentation, good quality.
The way it works: This is a very simple game, but the strategy has some depth. Basically, you start in a corner with a piece, and then on your future turns you have to place another piece so that it touches a corner of another piece you have in play. The trick is that is can ONLY touch a corner of one of your pieces, not a side (though it can touch any part of another player piece). The board quickly fills up and you have to try to keep your options open in order to get as many of your pieces down as possible.
Comments: Easy to explain and quick to play, this game has been popular with everyone I have shown it to (8 to adult). |
| Aranza | 8 | | | This game can be adapted for many levels of play, so you can play it with grownups. Children younger than 7 will probably not enjoy it, unless they are very attracted by spatial relations and abstract strategy. You may need to downplay a bit so you dont crush them when playing. Although it has 2 and 3 player variants, this game is designed for 4 players. The 2 and 3 player rules can be confusing, so buy 2 player version if that is the most likely scenario. |
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