I'm new to this forum, but I've been designing games for a little over a year. I've bought a few games to the playtest stage and have many more in development. Most of these games aim to explore under-used themes or new approaches to existing themes. For instance, a few of my current projects are riffs on the film noir theme and one of most successful prototypes has been a new twist on the gold rush theme.
I look forward to discussing game design with a community of designers and I can't wait for the next game design showdown.
-Brian
Yup, typo. Should have said "brought". Sorry.