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Aug 294 min read

Staying Covid Safe at Events

We have attended a number of events across Aotearoa New Zealand since the decision was taken to stop trying to prevent this Level Three...

Feb 225 min read

A Day (Three and a Half Fiscal Quarters) in the Life

It's occurred to me that no one else in New Zealand is doing what I do: publishing small box games, eight to date, most of them designed...

Jul 27, 20232 min read

Distributed by Cheeky Parrot Games

We have been distributing games for other publishers since we got started back in 2014. When we split off from SchilMil Games, we got the...

Jul 9, 20233 min read

Flaming Pyramids: the Arena Experience

During the big initial lockdown of 2020, Flaming Pyramids designer Norbert Abel proposed that we put Flaming Pyramids on the Board Game...

May 10, 20222 min read

Pitches from a Publisher's Point of View

Cheeky Parrot Games is often contacted by designers looking to pitch their game so I thought it might be helpful to write about what I...

Dec 8, 20212 min read

Back to Bez

A lockdown ago, i.e. what seems to be a very long time ago now, back in early June, I had the honor of being the featured guest on the...

Sep 19, 20212 min read

A Grab to Go with a Hoard, War, and Raid

Originally published March 9, 2020 For the last few months, we’ve been working with first-time designer Jonathan McGarvey and artist Tim...

Sep 19, 20213 min read

Kickstarter Turkey Talk

Originally published December 24, 2018 I’ve crunched the numbers from our modest Kickstarter campaign for Flaming Pyramids from earlier...

Sep 19, 202112 min read

Kickstarter Reflections

Originally published July 13, 2016 From mid-May to mid-June 2016, Cheeky Parrot ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for Hoard, a card...

Sep 19, 20212 min read

Dragon Development or Embracing the Roll & Move Mechanic

Originally published August 27, 2015 When I was in Wellington to attend It’s Your Move in July, I delivered an order to the Hobby Stop in...

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