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
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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 11:54 AM | #
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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 12:26 PM | #
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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 11:55 AM | #
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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 12:11 PM | #
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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 04:59 AM | #
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