You: I wish there were more unique themes in #boardgames
Me: Trust me, you do not want to see what's in the darkest corners of my brain.

A thread of terrible game themes from my notebook:

Fine Spirits: players are the ghostly proprietors of a haunted whiskey distillery

Relaximus Maximus: players are Roman dogs hosting the Barkannalia. Play as Julius Schnauser, Bark Antony, etc

Eerie Canal: In order to complete the longest manmade waterway in the Americas, the governor of New York employs an undead workforce that never sleeps.

Drum-Buffer-Rope: a sophisticated manufacturing game in the vein of Kanban which players make computerized drum kits using the Drum-Buffer-Rope method of manufacturing.

Whisk it for the Biscuit: a cooking dexterity game played with an actual whisk

Solo Ultimate Werewolf. It's just an audio drama

From Each According To His Abilities: a game about communist work allocation in a small Soviet-era town

Loose Lips Sink Ships: a game played by blowing bubbles through a straw into a waterfilled tray

Pork Barrel Budget: Players are pig politicians trying to get useless infrastructure projects located in their state.

Spooks: players are spies who have the ability to traverse the astral plane to scout ahead

Carpe Demon: players are conducting an exorcism on a body-hopping demon

Sirius Muscle — an alien bodybuilding competition

Hair Apparent: you are competing for who takes over the city's most prestigious salon when the owner retires.

here's one that just says "Goat geese go-Huey goatgurt"
no idea what that's about

Cheese Playte. I have 2 pages of rules for this game played by composing an edible cheese arrangement.

King of Noodles - named after a restaurant around the corner from me where they are in fact NOT the kings of noodles

Beef Sprinkles. no notes on this one. possible this was a recipe idea?