Blokus game rules

Blokus Competition Instructions

Purpose of the game
The purpose of the game is for each player to place their 21 pieces on the board (or at least the maximum number of pieces).

Composition of the game

The game consists of the following parts:

a.      a board of 400 squares.

b.     84 pieces in four different colors (21 pieces per color).

Each of the 21 pieces of a color is of a different shape. There are: 1 piece of only one square, 1 piece of two squares, 2 pieces of three squares, 5 pieces of four squares, and 12 pieces of five squares.

Restrictions 1.     The first piece played by each player must cover a corner square. 2.     The order of play is clockwise/anticlockwise. 3.     Each new piece that is placed on the board must touch another piece of the same colour, but it can only touch at the corners, never along the sides. Duration of a game Games typically last 20 to 30 minutes. End of the game When a player is blocked and can no longer place any pieces on the board, she/he must miss his/her turn. The other players continue in the normal order of play until no one can place any more pieces on the board. Calculating points 1.     When all the players are blocked, each person counts the number of squares that she/he was unable to place on the board. 2.     Each square which is not placed on the board counts as a negative point. A bonus of 15 points is awarded if all 21 pieces have been placed on the board.  This bonus is increased to 20 points if the 21 pieces were placed on the board with the single square being placed last.

Preliminary rounds

League system

No. of players: 12 or 16

Max. time to make a move: 30 seconds

Each player will be playing for 4 rounds, and the top 4 players with the highest points will proceed to the final round

Final Round

League system

Rounds Number: 3

The players will play for 1 last round, and the points will be calculated to determine the winner, the first runner-up, and the second-runner up.

Prizes

Dear participants,
We are really sorry that we have not been able to confirm our prizes due to technical issues, and this just in:

For San Guo Sha 3v3,
Champion: $180 worth of games and vouchers for the team
1st runner-up: $ 60 worth of games and vouchers for the team
2nd runner-up: $ 30 worth of games and vouchers for the team

For Pictionary 3v3:
Champion: $ 100 worth of games and vouchers for the team
1st runner-up: $ 60 worth of games and vouchers for the team

For individual games Monopoly Deal, Blokus, and Ticket to Ride
Champion: $50 of voucher and Brand's products
1st runner-up: $30 worth of games and vouchers
2nd runner-up: $20 worth of games and vouchers

The vouchers are not the ones where you have to spend $50 to get $10 off; instead, they are NTUC cash vouchers or movie vouchers!!
At the event, there are free drinks and Julie's butter cookies for all!! And there are ice-cream vouchers, hair salons vouchers, and game cafe's vouchers for all!
We are still sourcing for sponsors and hopefully we can get more games vouchers as prizes!!

While the prizes are not standardized, please bear in mind that the prizes are given according to the fee we charge from the participants.
For Pictionary, it is $10 per team of 3, for San Guo Sha, it is $15 per team of 3.
While for individual games, it is only $3 per person!

Hurry up and sign up now!!

Dear all,

Registration for Gaming Lallapalooza 2011 is now OPEN! For competing teams and individuals, please register online by filling out the form!  Click here!!

Alternatively, you can contact our liaison officer Zhao Chen directly for registration!
Email or sms your name, team name, NRIC, school, age, email, contact number, and preferred mode of payment.
Email: xzace@hotmail.com Contact number:84491627

Please indicate the method of payment on the spreadsheet, i.e., by cash or ATM transfer.

For cash payment, you can pay on the day itself or contact our financial controller Lu Wen directly.

For payment by ATM transfer, please make the payment to POSB account number 056-84090-7 and send a message to Lu Wen @ 98076407, indicating your name, the team name and the amount paid. Once payment is made, please allow some time for transaction to be processed.

Also, please be reminded that for competition games, there will be a registration fee of $3 per individual per game, $10 for per team of 3 for Pictionary play-off & $15 per team of 3 for San Guo Sha.

And do visit our event page on Facebook for details!

For competition games, there will be a registration fee of $3 per individual per game, $10 for per team of 3 for Pictionary play-off & $15 per team of 3 for San Guo Sha.


Please email gaming.lallapalooza.2010@gmail.com for any queries!
And do visit our event page on Facebook for details!

The competition games are made up of the following:

Blokus

San Guo Sha

Monopoly Deal

Ticket to Ride

Pictionary play-off

There are both individual & team participations!

Individuals:  Individual participants can compete in up to 2 games from Blokus, Monopoly Deal, and Ticket to Ride.

Team: Teams of 3 participants can compete in either San Guo Sha or Pictionary Play-off

Side events will be held concurrently throughout the day and consist of the following:

Board game exhibition

       FastForward will display its collection of more than a hundred board games, showing many   different types of board games such as party games, strategy games, as well as word games.

Leisure play of various board games

       Majority of the games, except those that are very time-consuming, will be available for the public to try out. The committee will facilitate the game play throughout the day.

Board games related booths by sponsors

      Upon sponsors’ request, the committee will assist the sponsors such as board games cafes to set up trade booths to promote their board games.






This is our Programme Schedule! Come down to join us in SMU concourse on 19th March, Saturday for a day full of fun filled games & activities!

TIME	PROGRAMME
09:00-10:00	Registrations
10:00-10:10	Welcome Speech & Introduction
10:10-10:30	Gathering of contestants & competition briefing
10:30-12:00	Preliminaries (San Guo Sha, Ticket to Ride, Pictionary Play-off)
12:00-13:00	Lunch (leisure gaming starts)
13:00-13:15	Break & Gathering of contestants for next games
13:15-14:45	Preliminaries (San Guo Sha, Ticket to Ride, Pictionary Play-off, Monopoly Deal, Blokus)
14:45-15:00	Break & Gathering of contestants for next games
15:00-16:30	Preliminaries( San Guo Sha, Ticket to Ride, Pictionary Play-off, Monopoly Deal, Blokus)
16:30-16:45	Break & Gathering of finalists
16:45-18:15	Finals (San Guo Sha, Ticket to Ride, Pictionary Play-off, Blokus, Monopoly Deal)
18:15-18:30	Guest of Honour speech
18:30-19:00	Prize Presentation
19:00	End

Gaming Lallapalooza will be held on the 19th March 2010, Saturday!
Time will be from 9am to 7pm.
It will be held at the SMU Concourse, T-Junction.

This is the Venue!

This is the Location Map! We will be there!