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¿Question #133?
ynnen: What theme/setting has been overdone with boardgames?

biasedisland: Farming.
oldhoss: Zombies. Not so much because the theme is overdone. Rather, because it is done poorly in so many instances.
wynnjg: Cthulhu
Woelf: The current trend of trying to come up with themes that are as bizarre and nonsensical as possible, and then attaching it to a generic Euro-style game.
miinin: Not zombies.
Phil Fleischmann: Zombies
Jatoha: they all get overdone at some point then they move on to the next thing, same thing as movies
Auramine O: Uh... Dungeons? and Caves...
bcooperok: the Dust Bowl?
Spirit of 70: Trains.
imyourskribe: refrigerators.
Felimid: Either the Eastern Front (World War 2) or the Western Front (World War 2).
Stormparkiet: For me, none.
MusedFable: Farming
DKahnt: space
WatchmanX2000: none of the above.
Stradk: almost all of them
Ben Firestorm: WW II
Cross_: World War 2
Rliyen: Euros, for starters.
maynard77: Places with Names! (i.e. Euro games)
1000rpm: None spring to mind. Maybe sci-fi. But I guess thats only because it means you can do anything you want.
Neil Thomson: Probably Egypt
Nazhuret: TRADING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN!!!!!
BobMaysJr: Trains - and yet I still want China Rails, AoS expansions, etc....
Der Ubermolch: Egypt. And the Renaissance. Why isn't there a good game set in Turkey?
Numskull: 19th century railroads.
DHEK: World War 2
monkeyrobot: WWII, Any Napoleonic battle, several american civil/independence war battles, and Carcassone Settlers expansions.
Don T: None really, but I don't need more WWII games. Won't stock up on the 18XX series either I think.
martybjsg: Overly historical games. History is great, but games should be fun too. Sacrifice a little history for fun (see Up Front, Paths of Glory, etc.)
Geosmores: Trains
davidme: You're a peein' his Tory.
KentuckyKid: Pirates
Beelzebub: Railroads
Joe Hermsen: Medieval/Renaissance Europe trade
rawdawg: none in my opinion. boardgames are like an art, though many have some of the same themes they have variables which set them apart from all other boardgames
mcross: As long as the game is good, I don't care if the theme has been used before
shebby: war?
ZiggyZambo: late Medieval Europe
Philip Thomas: Mesopotamia
Nekura: World War II (same goes for video games)
tempus42: Napoleonic wars, ancient Rome, European middle ages, Renaissance trading and exploration, generic fantasy.
jasta6: Euro games................................................
dwarf: All of the above.
HappiestWookie: pawns and dices
Chris Page: Trains.
bigbadsteve: none really bother me
Archvile: Maybe ww2.
brainrob: Anything with "Settlers" or "Catan" in the title
shawn_low: Anything to do with trading.
Tompy: Things that have to do with money.
Loquutus: Anything Egypt.
mgringo: We need some good inquisition games. What did you say?
ssmooth: That whole "dungeons and dragons" milieu
kimapesan: Pirates!!
elmonty: European countries
GrandpaDave: WWII
Thedalek: Early colonization.
ConraDargo: war
Reloaded: LotR is getting there IMHO...
Great Dane: Brean growing
CharlieWonka: Trains
sourwyrm: trains
dr glaze et al: Christ, won't those damn Germans ever get creative with themes? Renassance Italy. Egypt. Blah Blah.
The Unbeliever: 42
2amp: none
lwheeler: All of them: don't use a theme/setting
Musti: I don't mind what the team is. As long as the mechanic is good.
WasQ: I don't know exactly, perhaps Pirates or Sci-Fi?
scriptorum: Trains
Sceadeau: Colonization
Lord_Prussian: Many
KnobDoctor: Earth.
GornTC: WW2.
nexttothemoon: Renaissance I think is about at it's limit. On the other hand...blowflies and dead beaver combos are very under-represented.
Jern: WW2
otrex: Egyptian Themes (thanks Knizia!)
AWildEep: WWx
nerotora: Train games.
Mike A: Busen. Oh wait, maybe that's just card games.
heli: Pirates, dinosaurs, medieval fantasy, medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, Romans, big business/stocks, horseracing
Mark_WH: Fantasy
darquil: Germany in the late middle ages!
Karlsen: Chickens
ptper: world war 2
Dave: Medieval
AlorielLelyn: Napoleon
Prestonisnormal: elves
wtrollkin2000: None. A good enough game can still be great regardless of the theme.
game_boy: Matching up female body parts.
Sideburn: trains/railroads
kennyb: WWII
derk: Prolly city building, but I'm very partial to that theme, so I like it!
louiseh: I'm happy with any theme.
onky: Building games
Blackwind: none
darthcliff: the "tacked-on-to-obscure-mechanics" theme
Young David: Fantasy
chad56s: Ancient civilizations (though I enjoy some of them immensely)
chaddyboy_2000: Crap about nobility.
netfilterz: Discovery games
Ludocrazy: Wizards possibly
djflippy: Egypt? Rail games?
BobDodgerBlue: Monopolies
raolsson: Movie tie-in games (Lord of the Rings, Star Wars Monopoly)
geberus: Florence
jim.brooks10: Renaissance
Critical Mass: (add theme irrelevant to real estate here) monopoly
Shakar: Napoleon & US civil war, WWII & Trains.
cornjob: soup
snoozefest: italian renaissance
echoota: I'd think rail games have covered every permutation. I'd like to see some business games on globalization.
Denise: The setting of Carcassonne.
queequeg: desert/middle east/etc.
jttm: Egyptian
manowarplayer: War.
djlg: Battle of the Bulge
ejmowrer: History. Let's get some modern day or futuristic themes out there!
coolio: Fantasy
WonderCinz: WWII
fizzix: Renaissance
EYE of NiGHT: Egypt. Any foreign nation really. China, Amazonas, Carcassonne, Attika. Think of a recent game not named after some nation. You can't, can you?
mrbeankc: none
PghArch: Raising cows to produce liquid fertilizer for your corn fields. (See Gulle Gulle)
Gelatinous Goo: Lord of the Rico was one too many
CheetohFingers: Renaissance theme named after a city.
tragicpoet: Entrepeneur of city blocks (no chance I spelled that right)
berserkley: WWII
Skyjack: carcassonne
dietevil: Auto Racing & Pirates
Jim_P: Trains
Bearcat89: Mideval Fantasy, without doubt.
CDRodeffer: Egypt
Xlyce: Napoleonics
Donkey Thong: Ancient Egypt
HBGlover: Renaissance Europe.
Ebon Wendigo: Overdone is not a term I use with games.
Vince Londini: WWII
IngredientX: Bloodless colonization.
jdroscha: pirates
Gregarius: some form of trading in Renaissance Italy
Ryno8: Catan
AnakinOU: trains
ratpfink: Monopoly.
hibikir: 1600 Italy
Zambogirl: Egypt and Italy
nix342: Renaissance Italy
Friendless: American maps
Flyspeck23: Lord of the Rings.
Drewcooter: Tie, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings
skelebone: I dunno... nothing comes to the fore at the moment as being "overdone"
mnvalente: CATAN
BaSL: WWII
GuyHill: WW2
gnomehome: There's allways room for more.
ValJor: Italian Renaissance. Boy I'm gonna kill the next designer who comes up with another one of those!
dakarp: Trains
sumo: Empire Building
MisterCranky: Real estate/Atlantic City.
Jon_1066: Catan
Septic: don't get me started
toucana: transporting goods
Fawkes: War, especially World War II. Enough wargames, dammit.
Debate: Nothing
ynnen: Pirates! Starting to get pretty sick of everything having a parrot or a peg leg.
CortexBomb: Renaissance era