Comments on: Blokus gets high marks https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2009/11/high-marks-for-blokus/ Sat, 18 Apr 2020 17:08:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Dante https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2009/11/high-marks-for-blokus/#comment-104722 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:30:16 +0000 http://theboardgamefamily.ericwuehler.com/?p=18#comment-104722 The proper English pronunciation is indeed Block-us which you can hear in the promotional video on Mattel’s official game page:
http://www.mattelgames.com/en-us/blokus/index.html

Meanwhile the original French pronunciation is blow-koos emphasizing the second syllable and can be heard here from designer himself at 2:28:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6jgosl6aWo

Here is his French pronunciation isolated:
https://clyp.it/k15kdt3h

]]> By: David McMurray https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2009/11/high-marks-for-blokus/#comment-7 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:36:03 +0000 http://theboardgamefamily.ericwuehler.com/?p=18#comment-7 This is one of my wife’s favorite games to pull out. I enjoy it too but the lack of theme usually makes me try and suggest another game. It is a quick and fun game though. The end is definitely where it is at. It get very difficult to find the one place you need to put your piece.

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