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So, I ran a second Kickstarter last month. The first was in 2014, for Manifest. So much had changed since those days, way back 4 years ago. For a start there is now a massive amount of competition, with most … Continue reading →

AuZtralia will be launched on Kickstarter on March 6th. Inspired by Martin Wallace’s A Study in Emerald, AuZtralia is an  economic/ adventure game set in an alternate reality 1930s where Australia is waiting to be explored. As well as riches … Continue reading →

Fantastic News – Martin Wallace teams up with SchilMil Games! We are delighted to announce that we’ve just entered into a two-year contracting agreement with internationally renowned board game designer Martin Wallace.  Martin has resided in New Zealand since 2012 … Continue reading →

Winter has arrived with a gale and a storm here, leaving plenty of time for a concerted burst of game design.  The Devil’s Goat has been out and about terrifying play-testers at Board Games By The Bay, WellyCon as well … Continue reading →

About a month ago I was talking to a friend, who is also a game designer, about how he got his inspiration for designing new games. At that time I had a sudden brain wave that a ghostly goat that … Continue reading →

Thank you to all who submitted name suggestions for the Rock Band game that’s under development. There were 88 names suggested! And lots of good ones. I have not made the call yet as to what the game will be … Continue reading →

Since Manifest has built up a head of steam and is journeying well I’ve turned my attention to designing a new game. It is a theme that has been rumbling around in my head for many months; I have now … Continue reading →

The Shipping News! MANIFEST was officially released August 20th and has now been delivered (or at least on its way) to the 300+ Kickstarter backers. The game is available from some of SchilMil’s existing retailers plus a few new locations … Continue reading →

First the break-up news: Julia Schiller and Amanda Milne have agreed to divide their operations into two companies to better meet local and international demand. To this end, Julia Schiller has left us to form a new company, Cheeky Parrot … Continue reading →

Here’s an exciting chance to be part of our Manifest game.  Send us an email with the answers to the questions below by 5:00 PM on March 26th (New Zealand time). We will draw a winner from all of the … Continue reading →

Today we launched Manifest on Kickstarter, the crowd-funding website. It is our most ambitious game yet – with lots of components, beautiful artwork and a great theme! It has gotten off to a pretty good start, with over $1,100 pledged … Continue reading →

We are now so close to launching the Kickstarter campaign for Manifest, I can almost feel the sleepless nights waiting for me. All the artwork for the game innards and box has now been done, and the rulebook is 95% … Continue reading →

We had a great surprise on Jan 1st NZ time (although it would still have been 2013 in Seattle) – most of the artwork including previously unseen components arrived from Franz Vohwinkel. We are extremely happy with Franz’s designs and … Continue reading →

So, they arrived. Granny Wars is now in stock and around 150 copies have been relayed back out again to fulfill our PledgeMe supporter and retailer pre-orders. Here, co-designer Brad Thompson looks chuffed as he signs the first copy of … Continue reading →

We had a tense few days waiting for the Granny Wars proof copy to arrive. It was down to the wire, as we were fast approaching the cutoff time for the shipment to be cleared into the forwarder’s warehouse. But … Continue reading →

Summer is coming. Auckland is warming up, and we have several rods in the fire, ready to be pokered into action. Does that even make sense?  Who knows. With Granny Wars being printed, we are resuming work on other projects. … Continue reading →

Our first experience using a crowd-funding system (PledgeMe) just finished last night. We made the target plus a little bit: money that will cover about half of the manufacturing and shipping cost of Granny Wars.  It was exciting to run … Continue reading →

So much to do, so little time to knit! In the last week, we’ve finished shooting and editing the promotional video, signed off the artwork for the box cover, launched a crowd-funding campaign on Pledgeme, launched a canine auction on … Continue reading →

The new SchilMil games under development have moved closer to realisation.  Testing and blind testing has proved that we have got two very fun games to unleash: Granny Wars: a game of Tit for Tat is a fast-playing card game … Continue reading →

Grrrr!! Those two that call themselves the ‘Designers’ are getting me hot under my leathery neck-skinned collar. Here I am locked in the prison they call ‘The Warehouse’ while they go swanning off around the country to various shows and … Continue reading →