I Like Big Blokus, and I Cannot Lie

Big Blokus fans can show their love of the game in a big way thanks to the new Blokus Giant, published by Winning Moves Germany. Blokus Giant measures 57 cm square, more than 22 inches on a side, and naturally has gigantic pieces to match. The price has also been supersized to €99.95. No word yet on whether Educational Insights will be releasing this game in the US.

Source: Winning Moves Germany



Posted by W. Eric Martin on May 4, 2007 at 12:00 PM in Game NewsThe Industry at Large / 1394

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If you created that title you win for funniest headline.

You must now sing it at the next Boardgames Karaoke.

Posted by Lee Fisher on May 4, 2007 at 12:54 PM | #

That headline is indeed 100% Eric.

Turns out that Educational Insights plans to release Blokus Giant in 2008.

Posted by W. Eric Martin on May 4, 2007 at 01:26 PM | #

Is it just a giant-sized version of the regular game, with no larger playing space or additional pieces?

If so, I don’t get it.

Posted by Ward Batty on May 5, 2007 at 12:55 PM | #

Ward, Winning Moves is touting this version as a boon to teachers who want to use it in schools to demonstrate something-or-other or to game store owners who can use this to attract a lot of eyes to the regular-sized Blokus.

When I worked in a game store in the early 1990s, we had a giant-sized Abalone that used billiard balls for pieces, and it always attracted a lot of attention from shoppers.

Posted by W. Eric Martin on May 5, 2007 at 01:11 PM | #

Boardgaming as spectator sport; it’s not just for Chess any more! (Okay so ESPN broadcast Magic: the Gathering tournaments.)

Another advantage could be when playing in the vicinity of small children; I expect the pieces are too large for the chewers to swallow, unlike the smaller pieces in the existing editions.

Posted by Tor Iver Wilhelmsen on May 6, 2007 at 05:59 AM | #

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