Blokus

Looking for a challenging activity for your child that's fun for the whole family?  Try the game Blokus.  Blokus is a strategy game that will definitely work to develop your child's critical thinking skills.  My 6 year old received the game for Christmas and absolutely loves it!

To start the game you are given a set of Tetris-like pieces.  The goal is to lay all of your pieces on the board, but you can only lay your own pieces if they touch corner to corner (not adjacent).  Your own pieces can lay adjacent to the other players' pieces, just not your own.  An example of our board game is below.

Offensively the game is pretty easy if you are playing with just 2 players.  In a 2 player game you need to think defense in order to block the other player from laying all of their pieces.  In a 3 or 4 player game there are more pieces on the board, making it more difficult to lay all of your pieces before the board is filled.  My wife and I were playing with our 6 year old the other day and she beat both of us!  

Blokus is a great game and I recommend that you check it out.  It's a great birthday or holiday gift!