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Blokus Game
: I originally bought this game for my classroom to help my students develop thinking skills. When it first arrived, I took the game home to figure out how to play it before introducing it to my students--and I was hooked! My own children are ages 10 and 11 and they love the game (we are buying a game for home), but I teach students up to age 18 and they enjoy the game just as much. Educationally, it helps younger students develop a better understanding of spatial relations and planning ahead. For older students (and adults) it helps to develop various strategy skills.
Unlike most educational games, the rules are simple and once you've played it through one time (or watched it through one time) all your effort can go into plotting your moves. The game doesn't run out of possibilities, either; every game is different, even if you play with the same people over and over.
As an educator, parent, and game enthusiast, this was money well spent.
I bought this game after playing it one night with friends. It is very fun and challenging when it gets down to the wire. I thought it would be hard for smaller children, but my 6 year old daughter loves playing it with us and loves to "block" us! It is best played with 3 or 4 people. With 2, you pretty much end with a tie. I highly recommend it!
We play with our 11 and 13 year-olds -- it doesn't take long play, it is perfect for a four-person family, and it has considerable educational value, too! Kids learn math and spatial concept plus a lot of strategic thinking. Our kids enjoy it, but it is my husband (an engineering/financial type) who REALLY loves this game. He would play it every day!
I bought this game for my kids originally as a way to spend time together as well as develop thinking skills. The great surprise is that it suits even kids with learning disabilities since there is no reading involved. Last winter vacation the age span at the table playing spanned 4 generations! And everyone was having fun.
This game is also great to play with people from more than one country. No one is at a disadvantage since the game is not dependent on language fluency.
[...] where you'll find people from all over the world playing. (I've used on online translator to chat with people in both German and Spanish.) Have fun!
This is the best game ever. We bought this on a recent family trip and we were hooked. Every age range in our family played from grandkids to grandparents and everyone in between. It is fun, strategic and totally addicting. We played every night and could not put it down!
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