Blokus - Road Map & Trophy Guide

[yewjhin]

Blokus

Overview

• Estimated difficulty: 2/10
• Offline: 8 (8 )
• Online: 5 (1 | 3 | 1 )
• Approximate time: 8-10 hours
• Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
• Missable trophies: 0
• Glitched trophies: 0
• Cheats disable trophies: No cheats as far as I know
• Difficulty affects trophies: No

Trophy Breakdown: 9 | 3 | 1

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Introduction

Blokus is a strategy board game that is played by 2-4 players on a 20x20 board. Each player is given a total of 84 game tiles, organized into 21 shapes in each of four colors: blue, yellow, red, and green. The 21 shapes are based on free polyominoes of from one to five squares. Play starts from the Blue player, to Yellow, Red and finally Green in a 4-player game.

Each player occupies a corner of the board and works their way around the board, placing their tiles strategically to gain "space" for placing future tiles and/or blocking opponents from placing theirs. Each new piece played must be placed so that it touches at least one piece of the same color, with only corner-to-corner contact allowed—edges cannot touch. The game ends when no one can make anymore legal moves.

Illustration of the 21 pieces that are shown below. O denotes where another piece of same color may be placed, and X are the areas that cannot be occupied by a piece of the same color.

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Roadmap

Step 1: Complete Tournament Mode

There are 6 Tournament Cups available and the AI difficulty gets harder progressively as you complete each cup. Each Cup has 5 challenges of varying games modes and a minimum requirement to pass the challenge. If you're new to the game, try out the tutorial to get a grasp on the basics first. Once you get the hang of it the game will come naturally. It is not difficult at all, even on Hard AI difficulty in later Cups.

Most challenges are fairly easy, requiring you to just accumulate a total number of points. Some challenges that specify "Win" or "Beat" will require you to end the game as the overall winner with highest points among all players, in addition to any other requirements specified. Here's a breakdown of the game types:

Classic 4 - This is a traditional 4-way game when each player chooses a color and works from their corner of the board towards the middle, attempting to score as many points as they can.

Classic Team - This is a 4-player game split into two teams. Every two players on opposite corners of the board will play as a team and attempt to gain control of the board. The combined points total of both team members will be used to determine the winning team.

Classic 2 - This is a 2-player game, where each player controls 2 colors/2-opposing corners of the board and work to gain control of the board.

Duo - This is a 2-player game played on a smaller board. Each player controls a single color and aim to score the most points.

Tips:
1. The strategy to win is simple and remains the same for all game types. Play your 5-tile pieces early on and try to gain as much space as possible while blocking your opponents' advances at the same time. It is tempting to play long vertical/horizontal straight tiles to block your opponents, but keep in mind that these shapes have only 4 corners so they limit your ability to advance further as well.

2. Smaller pieces have great flexibility and can be easily placed and are useful for sneaking into opponent territory via untended spaces, gaining access to more of the board and freeing up pieces that were previously unplayable. Try to leave them until mid-late game when 50-70% of the board has been covered because AI can foresee where you're trying to gain entry and simply block any possibility of placing your big pieces by placing a big piece of their own in your way.

3. A piece with more corners = more options, but its shape may also be open to exploitation by an opponent. This is a game of balance and careful positioning in both attacking and defending. Turning on "highlight legal moves" under options helps you visualize you and your opponent's options and plan ahead.


Step 2: Win 50 online multiplayer matches

Same general strategy applies here if you're trying to play this normally. Otherwise utilize the Boosting Thread. 50 matches is quite alot.

[yewjhin]

TROPHY GUIDE

What Happens in Blokus, Stays in Blokus
Executed a perfect block

A "perfect block" occurs when three opponents' available squares are occupied in one move.What this means is blocking all 3 opponent's options by placing a single tile. As such, you can only get this in a Classic 4 game in Tournament or Online mode, local Quick Play mode will not work.

In a Classic 4 game, head for the center and evaluate the board carefully. With some luck, you will be able to spot a chance and place a tile in the center that blocks all your AI opponents. You will likely get this naturally while going through Tournament Mode.

Tip by FMR

Originally Posted by FMR

Here's a tip to get it. When you play against 3 computers, choose the 3rd position, the red one. Then on the 3rd or 4th round, you'll have the best chance to make a perfect block has most of the time, the 3 or 4 first moves target the center. Choose the right piece to block the 3 computers. Quite easy to get it.

Meet the Blocker
Won one round in local single-player

This trophy will unlock when you record your first win in Tournament mode or Quick Play mode.


Christopher Columblokus
Finished Discovery Cup in Tournament Mode

There are 5 challenges in the Discovery Cup and all you need to do is to pass the requirements for each challenge to complete the Cup, sometimes its not even necessary to win the game with the highest score, just as long as you meet the target. The AI is on Easy difficulty in this cup.

Challenge 1: Classic 4 - Don't Finish last
Challenge 2: Duo - Get at least 60 points
Challenge 3: Classic 2 - Attack one of your opponent's colors and don't let them score 75 points or more
Challenge 4: Classic Team - Get at least 60 points to pass
Challenge 5: Duo - Beat your opponent in the finals to finish


Blokus Caeser
Finished Conqueror Cup in Tournament Mode

Pass the requirements for each of the following challanges to complete the Conqueror Cup. The AI is on Easy difficulty in this cup.

Challenge 1: Classic 4 - Finish in 1st place and get at least 70 points in a game
Challenge 2: Classic Team - Beat your opponents with your teammate and get 75 points
Challenge 3: Classic 2 - Beat your opponent
Challenge 4: Duo - Place all your 5-square pieces and win the game
Challenge 5: Classic 4 - Score more than 80 points to pass


Block Fu Master
Finished Challenger Cup in Tournament Mode

Pass the requirements for each of the following challenges to complete the Challenger Cup. The AI is on Normal difficulty in this cup.

Challenge 1: Duo - Get at least 60 points
Challenge 2: Classic 4 - Don't finish last
Challenge 3: Classic 2 - Get a combined total of at least 130 points
Challenge 4: Classic Team - Stop one of your opponents from scoring 75 points or more
Challenge 5: Duo - Get at least 70 points to win


MC Blokus
Finished Master Cup in Tournament Mode

Pass the requirements for each of the following challanges to complete the Master Cup. The AI is on Normal difficulty in this cup.

Challenge 1: Classic 4 - Win AND Get at least 70 points
Challenge 2: Classic Team - Win the game
Challenge 3: Classic 2 - Stop one of your opponent's colors from scoring 65 points or more
Challenge 4: Duo - Win the game
Challenge 5: Classic 4 - Win the game (Timer is ON and set to 20 secs)


Blockalicious
Finished Elite Cup in Tournament Mode

Pass the requirements for each of the following challenges to complete the Elite Cup. The AI is on Normal difficulty in this cup.

Challenge 1: Classic Team - Win AND you must get at least 80 points as an individual
Challenge 2: Classic 4 - Win the game without using 1 and 2-square pieces (they are removed from start)
Challenge 3: Classic 2 - Win the game (Timer is ON and set to 20 secs)
Challenge 4: Classic Team - Use all your 5-square pieces in the game


You Are Legend
Finished Legend Cup in Tournament Mode

Pass the requirements for each of the following challanges to complete the Legend Cup. The AI is on Hard difficulty in this cup.

Challenge 1: Classic 2 - Get a combined score of at least 130 points
Challenge 2: Classic Team - Win the game
Challenge 3: Classic 2 - Win using only one of the 1-square pieces
Challenge 4: Duo -Win without using the 1-square piece
Challenge 5: Classic 4 - Win the game


It's On!
Won a round in online multiplayer

See Mayor of Blokville trophy.


Block Whisperer
Won 10 rounds in online multiplayer mode

See Mayor of Blokville trophy.


Blokbuster
Won 20 times in online multiplayer mode

See Mayor of Blokville trophy.


Block-ness Monster!
Won 30 times in online multiplayer mode

See Mayor of Blokville trophy.


Mayor of Blokville
Won 50 times in online multiplayer mode

Win a total of 50 games of Blokus in Online Multiplayer. Not many people play this game and most of them quit when in a losing position. Use the Boosting Thread if necessary.

[yewjhin]

Reserved. Roadmap and Tips to come soon.

[FMR]

check my post for more icons :

Blokus Icons

[yewjhin]

Originally Posted by FMR

check my post for more icons :

Blokus Icons

Thanks but I can't use them. I have to use the official ones loaded on the site (with the borders)

[FMR]

how can I have mine uploaded to fill the missing ones?

[FMR]

I don't understand the goal of the 3rd game in the last Tournament.

Can someone explain it to me?

[yewjhin]

Originally Posted by FMR

I don't understand the goal of the 3rd game in the last Tournament.

Can someone explain it to me?

Its a Classic 2 game, so you play as Two colors right. Normally each color you control would have their own 1-tile piece. So normally you would have 2x 1-tile piece (1 for each color)

But in this game, you will only have 1x 1-tile piece available to you. You start with the game showing you two, but as soon as one of your color uses it, this piece for the other color vanishes.

[FMR]

Thanks a lot, I wouldn't have guessed it myself.

[lukey52]

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