Fisher-Price T8138 Instruction Sheet

Size: 10.64” X 7.88” Color: 4C English Front

Ages

Players

WARNING:

CHOKING HAZARD

Not for children under 3 years.

GAMEGAM

The Colorful Strategy Game for Kids

I’m Professor BlokusTM, and I’m here to show you how easy it is to play Blokus Junior

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fun, and it’ll teach kids to plan ahead as they race to play all their pieces!

What’s in the Box?

• 48 game pieces (two 24-piece sets of orange and green)

NOTE: Blokus JuniorTM uses a simpliﬁed assortment of classic Blokus® shapes to make it easier for kids to play! (See Figure 1) Each 24-piece set includes:

• 2 one-square pieces

• 2 two-square pieces

• 4 three-square pieces

• 10 four-square pieces

• 6 ﬁve-square pieces

• Game board

• 5 Mini-Game Mats (double-sided)

. It’s quick, it’s

– Small parts.

Object of the Game

It’s simple! Just try to ﬁt as many of your pieces on the board as you can.

Let’s Play!

1. Each player chooses a color and takes that set of 24 pieces.

2. Decide who will go ﬁrst. Player 1 places one of their pieces on either of the two starting points – starting points are marked with a circle. Player 2 places one of their pieces on the other starting point. (See Figures 2 and 3)

Starting

Points

Figure 2

3. Players take turns laying down one piece at a time. Each new piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners. Pieces of the same color can never touch along a side. (See Figure 4)

YES

Figure 4

There are no restrictions on how different-colored pieces can touch one another. (see Figure 5)

The green player has the lowest number of squares (0) – so green wins!

Figure 6

Helpful Hints

• Try to place your largest pieces on the board at the beginning of the game. If you save them until the end, there might not be enough space for them.

• Don’t let the other player box you in. Always try to keep some open corners where you can play your pieces.

• Keep your eyes on the other player’s unplayed pieces. If you can ﬁgure out where they will play next, you can try to block them.

Figure 1

Starting

Points

Figure 3

Figure 5

Once a game piece has been placed on the board, it cannot be moved.

4. Whenever a player is unable to place a piece on the board, that player must pass their turn.

5. The game ends when neither player can place any more pieces.

Winning the Game

Once the game ends, players count the number of squares in their remaining pieces. The player with the lowest number of squares wins!

Figure 6 shows an example of a completed game.

• The green player placed all of their green pieces

on the board. Number of Remaining Squares: 0

• The orange player could not place 1 three-square

piece and 3 ﬁve-square pieces. Number of

Remaining Squares: 18

CONSUMER INFORMATION

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Blokus® is based on the original concept by Bernard Tavitian.

(US and Canada only).

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T8138-0920

Size: 10.64” X 7.88” Color: 4C English Back

Mini-Games

For a little extra training in Blokus® basics, try my 10 Mini-Games! Each of these

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Each Mini-Game sheet is numbered from 1 to 10, and they gradually increase in difﬁculty. Start with Mini-Game 1.

At the bottom of each sheet, I’ll point out the green pieces you’re allowed to use for that puzzle. Gather those pieces. The puzzle itself shows 2 or 3 green pieces separated by orange pieces.

Following standard Blokus® rules (same-colored pieces can only touch at the corners), position your green pieces so that they connect each green piece pictured in the puzzle. You must use all of the green pieces I point out for you.

Connect

These

Pieces!

single-player puzzles will teach you to think ahead when you play your pieces.

Mini-Game

Number

Pieces

Blokus

You Need to Use

When you ﬁnish, move on to the next Mini-Game until you complete them all. Who knows, you may be able to ﬁnd more than one way to solve them!

If you get stuck, a solution for each Mini-Game appears here.

SOLUTIONS:

C10S100820-1-T8138-0920

ITEM NO.: T8138-9993 LANG.: DOM PART CODE: T8138-0920 ITEM NAME: BLOKUS JUNIOR TOY YEAR: 2011 PKG. SIZE: 10.64’’ x 7.88 PKG. SPEC.: Instructions VER.: 1st Run BLANK SIZE: 12’’ x 20’’

GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Ruan, Jane PI ENGINEER: PROJECT ENGINEER: CS VENDOR: IASIK SOFTWARE: Illustrator CS3 COLOR PROFILE/LPI: Mag CCNB / 175lpi CS DATE: 08/20/2010

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