Brawl 6: Blokus

[CuddlyCaucasian]

{ROUND 06: BRAWL}

Blokus

Blokus is a game that's been played numerous times in large social games on MS. It's a game of strategy and out-thinking your opponents, and you're going to play it in teams for this Brawl.

Board Link

GAME RULES

The game will be played on a 20 by 20 square board. All players will receive 21 game pieces, the shapes of which are shown below.



Each player gets to place one piece per turn. The goal of the game is to play all your pieces eventually. Each player should begin in a separate corner and works inward from there. Both members of one team will start from diagonally opposed corners of the board. After the first turn, you can play anywhere on the board.

The most important and ONLY rule of Blokus - the piece you play must touch the corner of at least one of your other pieces and should never touch the side of any of your own pieces. See the figures below. You can touch the sides of other players' pieces.



The game ends for a player when he or she is unable to place any more pieces on the board. The game itself ends when no one can place any more pieces on the board.

SCORING

After the game ends, count the number of pieces each player was unable to place on the board. Each square in the tiles that are not placed counts as a negative point. For example, if one 4-square tile is not placed on the board, that would give the player a score of -4. A bonus of 15 points is awarded to player if all of his/her pieces got placed on the board. An additional 5 points are awarded if the 21 pieces were placed on the board and the last piece placed is a single square.

Both players on a team will have their scores totaled together, and the team with the highest score will win, while the team with the lowest score will be eliminated. In the event of a tie, the player with the highest individual score will win for their team.

The game will take place using this google spreadsheet. In order to play a tile, post in-thread the number under that tile in the image of the tiles shown above, as well as the coordinates for the cells the tile will cover up. For example, if I wanted to play Tile #8 in the top left corner, I would give the coordinates A1-B1-A2-B2.

You may discuss the challenge freely with your partner, but you must make your own moves separately. You have

12 hours

to submit a move each turn, but your partner may submit for you if you are not available. Failure to meet the deadline three times will result in your team's disqualification from the challenge.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

StrangerCoug and TheWayItEnds, your selections for opponents are shown below.

• pablito & PiggyGal15
  
• animorpherv1 & Radja
  
• MattP & zoraster
  
• ForWhomTheJellyRolls & DeathRowKitty
  
• Xalxe & randomidget
  
• PrivateI & Haschel Cedricson
  
• BipolarChemist & zakk
  
• Klick & Felissan
  
• RedCoyote & mastin2

[CuddlyCaucasian]

The turn order is as follows.

1 (Red): SC
2 (Blue): MattP
3 (Yellow): TWIE
4 (Green): zoraster

Rolling for who goes first.

Original Roll String: 1d4

1 4-Sided Dice: (4) = 4

[CuddlyCaucasian]

MattP, please make your move whenever possible.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Alright zor, Matt says he's okay with you moving for him until further notice.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

TWIE is up.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

zor is up now!

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Board is updated, TWIE is up with yellow.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

Updated.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

ANONYMOOSE

[CuddlyCaucasian]

I'm going to assume you mean N2, since M2 isn't possible and doesn't fit the shape.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

FINAL SCORES

StrangerCoug: -20
TheWayItEnds: -16
MattP: -5
zoraster: -10

With a higher score, MattP and zoraster win this Brawl, and SC and TWIE have been eliminated. Well fought match, everyone.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

You were all super easy to work with, I hope everyone had fun.

[CuddlyCaucasian]

This was the first game we picked for Clash of the Mash that isn't something regularly played in Mish Mash (I think it's only ever been used as a challenge in two Survivor games), so I was a little worried about how it would be received. Super glad everyone had so much fun, and I'd be happy to run more games of Blokus in Mish Mash if anyone is interested.