Blokus variations we play

Here are some Blokus variations we've come up with and played:

"crayola" - At the beginning of the game, each player gives each of the three opponents two of his/her own pieces. Each player decides which two pieces and to whom to give. For a turn, the player can play any piece in front of him/her, which means it can be any of the four colors. The rule is that a piece has to be played off of another piece of the same color. The game is otherwise the same.

"inside out" - This variation starts the game at the center of the board, instead of the corners.

"random" - At the beginning of the game, each player puts three of his/her own pieces in a pool, and one player will then take all the pieces, shake them up, and drop them on the board all at once. The pieces are then adjusted to the nearest squares on the board. The goal of the game is to connect your three pieces, and also to play all your pieces.

"treasure" - At the beginning of the game, each player uses three of his/her own pieces to form an empty space that is the shape of a pentomino (a Blokus piece with five squares). The three pieces that form the "treasure" can only touch at the corners. The goal of the game is to get to as many treasures as you can, and also to play all your pieces.

"turf war" - This variation relaxes the start at corners rule. Each player only has to start within his/her own quadrant. The game is otherwise the same.

Each of these variations can also be played with "wrap around". Wrap around occurs when a player plays off of a corner that is at the sides of the board. For example, with a blue i5 played from the blue corner toward yellow, the blue player can play off of the upper right corner of the i5 and put a piece at the bottom of the board 5 squares from the green corner. Sides of the same color still cannot touch in this variation, even after the wrap around. In the blue i5 example, the 5 squares along the bottom of the board starting from the green corner is off limits for blue because of the blue i5 along the top of the board.

What Blokus variations do you play?