

Welcome to Cheeky Parrot Games
We are Aotearoa New Zealand's premier publisher of small box games.
We also develop and distribute board and card games.
Scroll down to see our eight available titles.

Our beautiful bestseller
Hoard
The perfect choice to introduce people to modern board gaming, Hoard is an easy to learn set collecting game but instead of spades and number sequences, you are stealing treasures from a sleeping dragon. A dynamic board is formed from facedown cards around the dragon, who can be woken in three stages. In addition to treasure cards, some cards allow you to tickle or soothe the dragon or to steal from opponents. You can win by securing the most treasures and then waking the dragon to end the round when you're ahead.
2-6 players ♦ Age 6+
10 minute rounds

A new adventure for Esmeralda
Glimstone Grab
Set in the magical world of Hoard, cover girl Esmeralda joins forces with Wizard Widdershins to save the town of Much Middling from a clutch of greedy trolls. The trolls have settled into a clearing in the forest, where they are snatching the magical Glimstones, as well as the occasional passing child. Players move the heroes around the circular board, collecting gems and arranging meetings so that they can perform magical spells and banish the trolls one by one before all the children have been captured.
2-4 players ♦ Age 8+
10-30 minutes

May the best nan win!
Granny Wars
A solid seller since its 2013 debut, Granny Wars is a card game of hidden loyalty, bluffing, nana naps and other senior tricks. Your nana always wins the town's crafting competition but with new rivals on the scene, she'll need your subtle boosts while slowing down the competition. But it wouldn't be sporting to be too obvious with your favouritism and besides, if the other players guess who your granny is, they will send long-winded politicians and unruly dogs to stitch her up
3-8 players (best with 4-6) ♦ Age 7+
15 minutes​

All's fair in love and decor
Ulterior Design
Judges from Decor Rate magazine are coming to your area, awarding prizes and looking for trendy homes to feature in their magazine. Each turn, players can attempt to keep their home on trend, influence the trend, or sabotage a neighbour. They do this by placing one card with up to three types of interior decorations in an overlapping fashion to make their home and the model home match, or if they already do, they might gift an opponent, with say, an abundance of lamps. Between turns a judge might arrive to see which home has just the right number of plants, portraits, lamps, or all three. Be the first to impress the judges three times to win.
2-6 players ♦ Age 8+
15 minutes

Flip your way to a win
Flipology
The cards in Flipology feature beautifully illustrated animals or environmental features, a point value, and (usually) an effect that triggers when the card is flipped face up. You pick seven cards out of nine to arrange in a facedown row. Then you'll have just three turns to flip your cards to try to have more points showing than the other players. Of course, some of the animals' effects will interfere with your (or better, your opponents') best-laid plans. Includes directions for a variant for those who prefer a bit more strategy.
2-8 players ♦ Age 6+
10 or 20 minutes

Our tile-laying game
Flaming Pyramids
It might seem like a cooperative game, with players building a pyramid out of unwanted household items, but really, everyone is just trying to get rid of their old junk first and if it means some collapses, fires, or explosions, that's just the way the pyramid crumbles. A tile-laying game.
2-6 players ♦ Age 8+
20 minutes

A perennial favourite
Raid the Pantry
You are determined to score the most points for your multicultural dishes, even if you need to haggle, steal, or dumpster dive to get the ingredients you need. The knives are out in this classic rummy-style game.
2-4 players (can play 2 vs 2)
Age 6+ ​♦ 20 minutes

Build a team that's out of this world
World Changers
Our co-production with Korea Board Games, World Changers is a quick-playing game of card drafting. The very silly premise is that you are a starship captain settling a new planet and you can recruit your crew from among 32 historical figures from diverse times and cultures. When you add a card to your team, it is likely to trigger an effect, although some cards may be triggered at other times or affect end game scoring. Comes with a 68 page booklet about the featured historical figures.
1-4 players ♦ Age 10+
10 minutes