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Thu, 16 May 2013 08:15:10 +0000:\u00a0Thu, May 16, 2013: Blokish<\/a>\u00a0– GeekExile: Free App of the Day from Amazon!
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\nBlokish is an Android implementation of the popular board game Blokus*. It is a family puzzle game involving four players and a board with 20 x 20 squares. Like tetris, it involves arranging of block-shapes, but like chess or checkers, it’s a simple turn-based strategy game for which at any time you can see and must reply to the placement of your opponent’s pieces to play.<\/p>\n

You may play against the AI or a friend on the same device.<\/p>\n

How to play:<\/p>\n

Each player starts with 21 pieces : 1 monomino, 1 domono, 2 triominos, 5 tetraminos and 12 pentaminos.<\/p>\n

In the first round you must place a piece so that it touches one of the corners of the board.<\/p>\n

Next, a piece must be placed so that it touches a corner of one of your own pieces. It may touch several corners, but never any side\/edge of your pieces.<\/p>\n

If you or any of the other players cannot legally place another piece you pass your respective turn.<\/p>\n

The end of the game is reached when every player passes, and the winner is the one with the highest sum of all squares of pieces placed.<\/p>\n

Hints:<\/p>\n

The game has a simple and intuitive User Interface: just Drag & Drop the piece with the finger. Rotate a piece likewise.<\/p>\n

You can FLIP a piece to its mirror position with a long-press gesture.<\/p>\n

You can see opponent’s remaining pieces, by pressing corresponding tab.<\/p>\n

If your not sure how to play, refer to ‘Menu > Help’ inside the app. With several screenshots.<\/p>\n

You can safely quit at any time : your current game will be restored on next startup.<\/p>\n

You can change the AI difficulty level to your preference by going to Menu > Settings > Level.<\/p>\n

Go to Menu > Settings and click to disable the AI if you want to play against (a) friend(s) on the same device during your next game.<\/p>\n

*Blokus is a trademark of Mattel, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

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