For the last few months, we’ve been working with first-time designer Jonathan McGarvey and artist Tim Kings-Lynne on a casual cooperative game set in the universe of our topseller, Hoard. We’d been using the pithy but anachronistic “Road Troll” as the working title, but as the game comes together, it was time to find a […]
Enter the fantastical Flipp Forest, where 27 different animals from all over the world have come together, in our upcoming game. Invented by first-time designer Rachel Reilly of Albany, New York, the object of Flipology is to score the most points by flipping over cards. Players are dealt nine cards and select seven to keep […]
I’ve crunched the numbers from our modest Kickstarter campaign for Flaming Pyramids from earlier this year and thought some turkey talk and other thoughts–just in time for Christmas–could be of interest to other aspiring creators. Our initial campaign stalled so we decided to cancel it and come back with a lower target, knowing that […]
Today Cheeky Parrot Games is pleased to announce that its next creative project will be a card game called Flipology, invented by designer Rachel Reilly and with artwork to be done by Hoard creator and artist, Weta Digital virtuoso Tim Kings-Lynne. Rachel pitched her game to me in late August and after requesting and playing […]
Anne Holmes is a star in Cheeky Parrot’s firmament. We first connected via a Facebook board gaming group for women when I was looking for volunteers to demonstrate Hoard at a retailer event in the US. It was Anne who connected me to Double Exposure, a service that arranges promotional appearances for games, trains and […]
Last year at Board Games by the Bay Hamilton, Norbert Abel showed me a card game he’d been developing sporadically for many years. His children’s enthusiasm spurred him to think the game might have potential for the commercial market and his friends in the board gaming community advised that Cheeky Parrot might be a good […]
Oops, it’s been a good long while since my last blog post and the longer you go without writing, the harder it seems to be to get back into it. My last post was about our intention to distribute games for other small indy companies as we’re growing Cheeky’s catalogue and venturing into overseas markets. […]
Our aim is to grow Cheeky Parrot Games, carefully and steadily, into a fully viable enterprise. To do this, we are pursuing three strategies: Continue to grow the catalog of games printed under our label, games that are affordable, attractive, family-friendly, and easy to learn and play in under an hour. By the end of […]
From mid-May to mid-June 2016, Cheeky Parrot ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for Hoard, a card game we will publish in Q4 2016. We raised nearly $25,000 NZ, representing 155% of our target. Before the campaign gets too far removed in time, I wanted to reflect on our success and share some lessons learned. I […]
I don’t think I’m going to need coffee for the next month!