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Any suggestions for themes.

Posted on: Mon, 10/20/2008 - 06:01
Any suggestions for themes.

Hi all,

I need to come up with a board game theme that will appeal to ages 3 - 13 that does not involve animals or fantasy. Any suggestions?


Posted on: Mon, 10/20/2008 - 11:22 #1
Cave exploration.

Cave exploration.

Posted on: Mon, 10/20/2008 - 13:12 #2
I'm not sure what you mean by

I'm not sure what you mean by "fantasy." Avoiding swords&sorcery is easy, avoiding anything fantastic or imaginative is harder. Here are some ideas:
Space travel
Pirates
Time travel

Posted on: Mon, 10/20/2008 - 13:52 #3
Boogers and Snot

Something to do with gross elements that kids enjoy?

X-Games? (Skateboarding, snowboarding etc)

Monster Trucking

Mountain Climbing

Posted on: Mon, 10/20/2008 - 16:16 #4
Ages 3 to 13

That's a tough age bracket, I would think a game of luck would bridge the gap minimizing skills the older kids have, taking the cave theme offered, include rope bridges, pits, secret cave short cuts, and maybe just survive getting to the surface.

Posted on: Mon, 10/20/2008 - 22:33 #5
most things aimed at that age

seem to be aimed only at one gender.

If you were trying for both, I actually would've suggested fantasy, with animals!

EDIT: although pirates is good too.

Posted on: Thu, 12/10/2009 - 07:04 #6
You probably should say at

You probably should say at least something about the mechanic so you'd get a little bit better suggestions.

Anyways, some ideas:
Car/Boat/Plane Racing
Weather (Maybe a card game about playing different weather cards?)
Space Rockets/Astronauts/Asteroids/Planets/Comets
Pirates/Ninjas
Construction Yard (Something like moving pieces with a bulldozer, yay!)
Parachuting (Theres already "Whoosh!", but still its a theme)

Posted on: Thu, 12/10/2009 - 07:27 #7
3 - 13?

I wonder, how a game that 3 year old kids can play can also be interresting for 13 year old.

As theme I´d suggest:
- railroad
- cookin
- plant and harvest
- collecting flowers

Posted on: Thu, 12/10/2009 - 17:12 #8
Impossible age bracket

I agree. You cant possibly have one game for three year olds and young teens.
3 yr olds: Teletubbies, Barney
13 year olds: Twilight saga.
That's quite a spread!

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