Even though Blokus’ physical board game isn’t as much of a household name, it deserves a spot on your iPad.
Blokus HD should appeal to fans of logic puzzles, because it resembles multiplayer Tetris. Each of the four players start with 21 Tetris-shaped blocks of a single color that they must place on the board (or iPad). The difficulty and strategy comes in with the rule that each block you place can only touch a corner of one of your other blocks, but may touch any part of an opposing player’s blocks.
Interestingly, the iPad version of Blokus has some features that may even make it superior to the physical board game. Specifically, Blokus has a “color blind” mode that adds a shape to each player’s designated color, and the board highlights legal moves for your turn and will not allow illegal moves. Thus, Blokus is a fun app that loses nothing from its traditional version.
