Do you have a Tetris fan at home? How about LEGO? If your kids enjoy manipulating small objects, playing with bright colors, and figuring out how things go together, Blokus is sure to be a favorite!

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Blokus is a favorite of my son’s, though he never plays by the rules.  According to the rules, each piece you play has to touch another of your pieces, but only at the corners.  The result is a multi-colored creation using most of the pieces of the game, but if you play by the rules, you’re not likely to get all your pieces on the board.

My son prefers to play this game as a one-person game, kind of like his personal Tetris.  Or he adds pieces to make a pretty picture, or decides to annihilate one of the colors and has the other colors team up on that one.  Basically, any way except by following the rules.

I’ve kept the game because it does help with logic, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness.  However, the many pieces it has makes it a bit of a trigger for me (anyone else mess-averse?  Just me?).  My son also has many other ways to create the way he likes; LEGO is one of his favorites.  And now that we’re on the road and he has his own personal play tent for all the LEGO play he desires, he really didn’t protest when I mentioned donating Blokus.

I think one of my favorite experiences with this game was as I was writing this review.  I’d taken it and my laptop to the laundromat so I could do some writing while waiting for laundry, and had it out on the table as I was writing.  A little boy was there with his dad, and he wanted to play it.  I handed it over, and he excitedly got to play a new game while he waited for his family’s laundry to finish.  Clearly, this game has appeal, as it occupied the boy for several minutes.