

However, Rumis was rebranded into Blokus 3D since the Blokus brand proved stronger than Rumis.

Stefan Kögl created Rumis independently from Bernard Tavitian, and is thus not related. Travel Blokus was later re-released as the smaller version of the original Blokus game, rather than Blokus Duo.īlokus 3D, originally marketed in a Mayan theme as Rumis, uses pieces made up of unit cubes, in every permutation of three and four cubes in three dimensions. Travel Blokus was released as the smaller version of Blokus Duo, then re-released as Blokus To Go! with pieces that could be snapped into the board or storage. The game also comes with a set of single-player puzzle sheets, each containing a preset piece position on the board and a set of pieces to place into the board following standard Blokus rules. Each player gets two of each kind, 24 in total. Like Blokus Duo, it is played by two players on a 14×14 board, but it uses only a subset of the pieces that have simpler shapes. It was later released by Mattel as Blokus XL.īlokus Junior is targeted at younger children. The same rules apply, meaning that pieces of the same color are still not allowed to touch each other's edges however, as it is isometric, a corner touching an edge is allowed.īlokus Giant is a larger version, with the game board being about 570 mm (22 in) square. This particular variant is optimized for three players, but can be played with 2 to 4 players. In three-player games, either one of the players takes two colors or else "the pieces of the fourth color are placed on the board in a non-strategic way." Variations and spinoffs īlokus Trigon uses pieces made up of triangles rather than squares ( polyiamonds), and is played on a hexagonal board. In two-player games, each player takes two colors. Two- and three-player variations īlokus rules also allow for two and three player games. If the last piece played was a monomino, provided that all pieces of own color have been played, the player is awarded a 20-point bonus instead. A player who played all of their pieces is awarded a 15-point bonus. an unplayed tetromino is worth −4 points). Once the game ends, each player counts every square on the piece(s) that they did NOT place on the board, each counting as a negative (−1) point (e.g. The game ends when no one can place any more pieces. When a player cannot place a piece, they pass, and play continues as normal.Edge-to-edge contact between pieces of different colors, however, is allowed. Each new piece played must be placed so that it touches at least one piece of the same color, with only corner-to-corner contact allowed - edges cannot touch. The first piece played of each color is placed in one of the board's four corners.Order of play is based on the color of pieces: blue, yellow, red, green.The standard rules of play for all variations of the game are as follows: These shapes are the first in the A000105 sequence.
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The 21 shapes are based on free polyominoes of one to five squares (one monomino, one domino, two trominoes/triominoes, five tetrominoes, and 12 pentominoes). There are a total of 84 game tiles, organized into 21 shapes in each of four colors: blue, yellow, red, and green. The game is played on a square board divided into 20 rows and 20 columns, for a total of 400 squares. The shapes and values of the 21 Blokus tiles.
