A Unique Opportunity

First, welcome to the board(?). I don't know if this is your first post or not. Anyway, welcome.

Second, to answer your question, that all depends... What board games do you like to play? Have you played the classics (chess, monopoly, go, checkers, life...)? Do you like card games? Are you into abstract strategy? Party / Social games?

Without knowing anything about you or your preferences, perform this exercise - Go to your local library and pick out a board game. Any board game. It could be a board game intended solely for children. Then, con / bribe / plead to have someone or enough someones to play the game with you. Tell them that the snacks and music (or even alcohol if permissible) are on you. Play that game ten to twenty times over. Keep notes on what you like / dislike about that game. Are there too many rules? Too many pieces? How long did that game take to set up / put away? Did you like the genre or color scheme? What play style seemed to have more success (aggressive, cautious, etc.)? Ask yourself if you could add or remove one rule from that game, what would it be? Were the game pieces too heavy or too light? Was the game too random or too strategic?

After you've played fifteen or so games, look over your notes. Do you see any trends forming? Are you liking large, complex games? Do you prefer quick, shorter card games? Do you like games that have lots of chance or others that are pure strategy? What did those people who you got to play the game with you say? Did THEY like the games? Did THEY think the games were too long, too short, too complex, too simple?

Look at a game that you'd never want to play and ask yourself, "If the genre of this game was different (such as sci-fi, steampunk, mecha, western, medieval, contemporary, etc.), would it make me more likely to play it?" Look at the art style of the games - Too cartoonish? Too realistic? Too stylized? Too bright? Too dark?

Inspiration can come from anywhere - One of my games started life while looking at the pattern on my kitchen floor and asking myself, "Can I make a game out of that?" Another game idea came from a display case mounted on a wall. Everyone is different and you'll eventually figure out what inspires your creativity.

Good luck on your project.