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There's tons of polyomino games that have come out in the past 8 or so years. I wouldn't necessarily say they do a better job than Blokus did (imo, I really like Blokus), but it's interesting to see what game designers have been doing with the concept lately.

Uwe Rosenberg in particular has designed a bunch of games playing around with the polyomino concept, starting with Patchwork, then a trilogy of games Indian Summer, Cottage Garden, and Spring Meadow, and then culminating in a rules-heavy game A Feast for Odin.

Phil Walker-Harding designed a very popular one called Barenpark, where you cover spots on a board which unlock different types of tiles and new boards.

A recently released game that's been well received that utilizes a lazy susan for tile selection is called Planet Unknown.

There's also a tile drafting game called Isle of Cats that's quite popular as well.

A game that combines polyominoes with roll and write games that's quite popular is Cartographers.

Patchwork kicked off this new trend in board games, and was released in 2014.