When comparing Blokus vs Scrabble, the Slant community recommends Scrabble for most people. In the question“What are the best couples board games?” Scrabble is ranked 8th while Blokus is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Scrabble is:
Scrabble can be played with two to four players making for a good choice of game when only few people are around.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Delightfully tricky
Not as easy as it looks due to restriction set out on where on can place tiles. This makes for some strategy in the game trying to figure out what will be the best moved of the allowed pieces.
Pro Simple rules
Deceptively simple! "Each new piece played must be placed so that it touches at least one piece of the same color, with only corner-to-corner contact allowed—edges cannot touch"
Pro Best for small groups
Scrabble can be played with two to four players making for a good choice of game when only few people are around.
Pro Offers different editions
There are many different editions of Scrabble including collectors editions with the whole board made out of wood to sets that have a rotating plastic board.
Cons
Con Too easy to team up against a single player
When playing with more than three people it can be too easy to fall into this familiar multiplayer trap where many players can team up against one with that one having no real means to stop this uneven play.
Con Depending on the edition quality can be quite cheap
Many of the cheaper editions of the game have poor quality including uncentered boards as well as cheap wood letter pieces.