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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...
Aug 29, 20244 min read
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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...
Feb 22, 20245 min read
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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 27, 20232 min read
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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...
Jul 9, 20233 min read
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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...
May 10, 20222 min read
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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...
Dec 8, 20212 min read
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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, 20212 min read
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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, 20213 min read
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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, 202112 min read
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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...
Sep 19, 20212 min read
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