Ludographies by Theme

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Ludographies by Theme
2020 April 5 added Walking

Thinking of organizing a board games theme night? Or perhaps you would like to pursue a collection of all games on a certain topic? Or maybe you're a games inventor wanting to know what has already been done a certain topic? Here is some help:

Categories:

Animals
Arts
Places
Epochs
Literary Genres
Knowledge & Recreation

Animals

Farm Animals: Animal Farm Winners
Bears: A Bear of a Game
Beavers: Build me a dam
Camels: The Last Straw
Cats: What's New Pussycat, Whooawhoawhoa? · Feline Frenzy
Cephalopods: Octopuses, Squid, and other Tentacled Monstrosities
Chickens: Chicken Out?
Cows: Cows
Crows: Something to Crow About
Deer:
Dogs: The Canonical List of Games Involving Dogs
Dolphins/Porpoises: The Porpoise Driven Life
Donkeys: The rise of the UberDonkey!
Dragons: Games with Dragons
Ducks:
Eagles:
Elephants: Elephants on Parade
Fish: A Lenten Meal · Games About Fish
Foxes: Foxes
Frogs: Games About Frogs
Geese:
Giraffes:
Goats: Got Your Goat?
Hedgehogs: Games with Hedgehogs/Igels
Hippopotami: I Want a Hippopotamus
Horses: Games about Horses
Insects: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
Jaguars:
Leopards:
Lions:
Lizards:
Manatees:
Mice/Rats: Rats!
Monkeys: Hot Monkey Love · games about monkeys · Gorillas with Gravitas
Panthers:
Pigs: Porcine Preoccupation
Penguins: The Mighty Penguin
Rabbits: Rabbit Rabbit · Bunnies
Raccoons: Raccoons
Rhinoceros:
Sheep: Got Wood for Sheep?
Snakes: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Squirrels: Hide your nuts!
Tigers: On the Trail of the Tiger
Turtles/Tortoises: Turtles and Tortoises
Wolves: Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
Zebras:

Arts

Civic Planning: Civic Planning
Film: Film
Painting
Musicmaking: Music Themes · Involving Music

Places

Global: Global Games

Africa:
Antarctica: The Forbidding Continent
Australia: Games of the Down Under
North America:
- Canada: Blame Canada
- United States:
  - Big Apple
  - The Wild West
- Mexico/Central America: Sunny Mexico and Central America
- Caribbean: Caribbean Beat
South America: South American Hot · The Argentinian Connection
Oceania: Pacific Island Games · Te Pito o Te Henua Easter Island's Games
Arctic: Arctic Frieze
Asia: 10 Best Asian Games
- Middle East: Egyptian and Ancient Middle East Theme
- Persia:
- Central Asia: The Centrality of Asia
- Indian Subcontinent: Great Games of India
- Tibet: Games of Tibet
- China: China
- Southeast Asia: Indochina Malaysia and Singapore
- Japan: Land of the Rising Sun
Europe:
- Belgium: It Must Be Belgium
- Britain: Cool Britannia
- France: La douce France
- Germany: Real German Games
- Greece: Ancient Greeks
- Hungary: Hungary and the Magyars
- Ireland: Eire
- Italy: A Tour of Italy · Ancient Rome · City of Rome · Venice
- Netherlands: Hollands glorie
- Poland: The game's afoot... Poland
- Scandinavia: Set in Scandinavia
- Russia: From Russia With Games
- Scotland: Bannockburn Day · Scottish theme
- Spain: España
- Wales: Wales

Extraterrestrial:

Moon: Luna
Mars: The Angry Planet

Epochs

Multiple Eras:

Prehistoric: Dinosaurs
Ancient:
- Near East:
- Greeks: Ancient Greeks
- Romans: Ancient Rome
- Ancient Asia:
Medieval:
Renaissance:
Pre-Modern:
Modern:

Literary Genres

Adventure:
Jane Austen
Fantasy:
- Horror:
  - H.P. Lovecraft
- L. Frank Baum
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Mafia:
Murder/Mystery:
- Sherlock Holmes
Mythology:
- Arthurian: Arthurian Myth
- Homeric: Homeric Myth
Science Fiction:
- Star Trek: To boldly go
- Star Wars: A long time ago, far away
Spies: Spies and Secret Agents
Wild West: The Wild West

Knowledge & Recreation

Air:

Alchemy:

Architecture: Architecture in board games
Astrology: Astrology-related games
Athletics:
Automobiles:
Ballooning: Ballooning
Beer: Oktoberfest · The Beer List
Botany: Plant Themed Games
Circus: Games with Circus Themes
Computer: Games a Computer Hacker Would Love
Chemistry: Chemistry Games
Cruising: Unsinkable: Games on Cruises and Cruising
Culinary: Chocolatey
Cycling: Cycling Board Games
Dirigibles: Airships
Exploration:
Fashion: Games featuring socks
Fencing:
Film: Games about movie making
Fishing:
Fragrance: Games that Stink · Perfumes
Gardening: Gardening · Games with Tomatoes · My Garden Geeklist
Geology: Orogenous Zones
Hunting:
Ice Skating, Artistic
Law
Medicine: Medicine Matters
Meteorology: Weather-related Games · Cloud Nine
Mining
Monasticism
Mountaineering:
Oceanography: Under the Sea
Oil Exploration: Oil Exploration
Racing:
Religion:
Restaurants: Games about running a restaurant · Games about restaurants and/or waiters/servers/tips
Safari:
Sailing: The Best of Sailing · Race like the wind
Smithing: Games with forge and smith theme
Tennis: Tennis, Anyone?
Trains:
- Ingram
Walking:
Wine: In Ludo Veritas

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