{Mission 10}
Asteroid Field
Navigation is important, especially when there's a lot of crap floating around in this galaxy. Even more with all the drama in this game. This challenge will test your ability to maneuver through tight spaces. This elimination will be completed live between the four remaining players on your team. This is a classic strategy challenge called Blokus.
GAME RULES
The game will be played on a 20 by 20 square board. Each of the four players will receive 21 game pieces, the shapes of which are shown below.
Each player gets to place one piece per turn. You'll have a 5-minute time limit for each move. The goal of the game is to play all your pieces eventually. Each player will begin in a separate corner and works inward from there. After the first turn, you can play anywhere on the board, as long as it is a valid move.
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 using a valid move. 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 a pair 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.
The player with the lowest score will be eliminated from the game.
The game will take place using this google spreadsheet. In order to play a tile, you will post in discord 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. Starting positions have been randomized.
Please let us know if you have any questions. Fill out the below doodle to find the best time to complete the challenge. In the event that there is no time that works for everyone, you are welcome to ask a previously eliminated player from your team to play the challenge in your place, but this should only be a last resort.
https://doodle.com/poll/25g649f2xt4eefpi