boardgame : blokus

[K]

I've discovered a boardgame today : blockus


Wiki how to play (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blokus)


i've only played the 2 player version but it is very good and addictive.

Maybe you can try the online version of the official web site (http://www.blokus.com/default.htm) but too buggy for me (java applet is not responding).

I will definitively buy the game for the meeting http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

go and try it ! http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[Pineapple]

I actually have a copy of the "travel" version that they made, although I think that the nature of the components make it entirely inappropriate for travel. However, it still makes it a good game. I did get at least one comment from an on-looker that to be good at this game you'd have to spend "too much tim playing tetris", which made me smile...


Next time I play on brown tables, though, I let the other person be purple. The orange is damn hard to see for some people...

[K]

the game was presented to me by a friend's parents, and totally unrelated to a tetris discussion. Just as a good mind game without random dice factor.

[colour_thief]

I played a little bit of this a few years ago. It certainly kicks the ass of the Tetris board game (which I own and have played with 4 people... it's terrible).

[caffeine]

i used to be pretty deadly at this.


edit: woah, ct's the first over 1000 posts.


also jago, if i remember right, some of the top competitors were from france.

[K]

it seems to be french game. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif

[Needle]

http://www.irem.co.jp/official/blokusclub/index.html


Irem (of R-Type fame) has a PS2 and PSP version of the game, with characters from their little-known game Bumpy Trot. Japan only IIRC?

It would be nice to have a version of the game for downloadable services though, like XBLA, Steam, PS Network or WiiWare.

[Pineapple]

I heard of the PSP version but never heard of a "release"

[Pineapple]

I've got a crazy idea: We could play a few "PBeM" games of it, using the wiki to store the current board position.


Who's up for a game?

[K]

ok for me !


but we have to consider the shape ! onto the board for clear visibility ! http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

[herc]

there are several clones out in the net, i only tested this one, works quite well:


https://sourceforge.net/projects/blokish/ (http://https?sourceforge.net/projects/blokish/default.htm)

[K]

interesting but playing alone is quite boring...


did someone succedeed to play on the official online version at blokus.com ?

[Kitaru]

I played a couple rounds against AI and one against actual human players. Blokus Duo is really fast paced because of the close starting positions. The four player version requires a lot more foresight to avoid being blocked. Both are quite fun. I believe there was another 4 player edition but I can't remember what it was. Team play perhaps?


PS: Hi, I'm new here. I play TGM (S3) and TAP (1). Tetris Concept has been a great resource (especially for writing my shoddy TGM/TAP clone on the GBA :V). So, hello!

[herc]

yes! welcome! please tell us more about your tgm clone!

website ?

[lee n]

I have tried the PSP version of the game, there's a free downloadable demo available somewhere.

[Kitaru]

yes! welcome! please tell us more about your tgm clone!
website ?


I'd like to polish it up a little bit before releasing it into the wild, but I'll make a new thread dedicated to it when the time comes. Right now it plays something like a mashup between TGM and TAP. Imagine playing TGM with lower frame values for ARE and DAS and the addition of instant drop and you probably have a good idea of what it is like. I'll go either one way or another with it in the future, but right now it is somewhere in the middle. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

[Air Gear]

yes! welcome! please tell us more about your tgm clone!
website ?

I'd like to polish it up a little bit before releasing it into the wild, but I'll make a new thread dedicated to it when the time comes. Right now it plays something like a mashup between TGM and TAP. Imagine playing TGM with lower frame values for ARE and DAS and the addition of instant drop and you probably have a good idea of what it is like. I'll go either one way or another with it in the future, but right now it is somewhere in the middle. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif


There's always posting a video on youtube http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif And of course, welcome to the board; the sort of intro you gave is always a good one.