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MANIFEST
Shipping, cargo, pirates & other trouble at sea set – in the Roaring ’20s.
“A highly interactive game of nautical mayhem.”
“A solid, smart euro game – light enough for family fun, interesting enough for more demanding gamers.”
Zirk van den Berg, AucklandKOMODO!
Family Fun + Strategy
- Save the animals of the South Pacific from an incoming asteroid
- Create new habitats with tiles that build the board – its a different game each time you play
- Compete or collaborate
- “The kids went bonkers over it…” Tom Vasel of the Dice Tower
Kenakalan
A Game of Monkey Mischief
Be the first to fill your shop front with tours for Bali travelers, but watch out for the wicked monkeys!
“Great for families and novice gamers.”
Andrew, 41, Auckland
“This game is fantastic.”
Ellen, 12, Auckland-
AUZTRALIA
Train game + Exploration +
Cthulhu in the outback!!
Designed by Martin Wallace.
Coming in Q4 2018.
Read more.
MANIFEST
Shipping, cargo, pirates & other trouble at sea set – in the Roaring ’20s.
“A highly interactive game of nautical mayhem.”
“A solid, smart euro game – light enough for family fun, interesting enough for more demanding gamers.”
Zirk van den Berg, AucklandKOMODO!
Family Fun + Strategy
- Save the animals of the South Pacific from an incoming asteroid
- Create new habitats with tiles that build the board – its a different game each time you play
- Compete or collaborate
- “The kids went bonkers over it…” Tom Vasel of the Dice Tower
Kenakalan
A Game of Monkey Mischief
Be the first to fill your shop front with tours for Bali travelers, but watch out for the wicked monkeys!
“Great for families and novice gamers.”
Andrew, 41, Auckland
“This game is fantastic.”
Ellen, 12, AucklandGranny Wars
A Game of Tit for Tat
A fast-playing card game of
secret identities.
For 2 to 8 playersDo you have the balls… of wool …
to keep your Granny at
the top of her game?Raid the Pantry
A cooking-themed card game for 2-4, ages 8+
- Assemble dishes from more than a dozen cultures
- It’s a food fight… without the mess!
“I found it as enjoyable to play as Settlers of Catan” – Tamsin, 35, South Island
“My 10 yr old daughter who loves animals and is in Forest and Bird loved it and can’t wait for it to come out” – Ray, 43, Auckland
“It was awesome” – Zeldine, 10, Auckland
“Brilliant game. Ten out of ten.” – Clive, age 49
“A good game to play before Sunday dinner!” – Matthew, 11
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AUZTRALIA
Train game + Exploration +
Cthulhu in the outback!!
Designed by Martin Wallace.
Coming in Q4 2018.
Read more.
MANIFEST
Shipping, cargo, pirates & other trouble at sea set – in the Roaring ’20s.
“A highly interactive game of nautical mayhem.”
“A solid, smart euro game – light enough for family fun, interesting enough for more demanding gamers.”
Zirk van den Berg, AucklandKOMODO!
Family Fun + Strategy
- Save the animals of the South Pacific from an incoming asteroid
- Create new habitats with tiles that build the board – its a different game each time you play
- Compete or collaborate
- “The kids went bonkers over it…” Tom Vasel of the Dice Tower
Kenakalan
A Game of Monkey Mischief
Be the first to fill your shop front with tours for Bali travelers, but watch out for the wicked monkeys!
“Great for families and novice gamers.”
Andrew, 41, Auckland
“This game is fantastic.”
Ellen, 12, AucklandGranny Wars
A Game of Tit for Tat
A fast-playing card game of
secret identities.
For 2 to 8 playersDo you have the balls… of wool …
to keep your Granny at
the top of her game?Raid the Pantry
A cooking-themed card game for 2-4, ages 8+
- Assemble dishes from more than a dozen cultures
- It’s a food fight… without the mess!
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Kickstarter success!
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 on the horizon
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
Martin Wallace Teams Up With SchilMil Games
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
Goat, and Shipping news
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
Introducing an Evil Goat
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
Names galore!
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
Rockin’ & Rollin’
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
Shipping news and flying the coop
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
Pirate Pop Quiz
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
Looking for a crowd!
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
Covered – front and back
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
A New Year Manifests – Artfully
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
Boxes in, out, and all about
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
Cute little onesie fits any size of Granny…
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
Hotting up
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
Pledged and Polished Grannies for Christmas
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
Granny War outbreak reported in New Zealand
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
Crafty Grannies and small ships get polished
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
Mr K gets a strop on
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