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Garphill Games
Garphill Games ("gar-fill") was established in 2009 by New Zealand designer, Shem Phillips. For their first five years, they designed a number of family-style games with very low print runs, which primarily sold across New Zealand. In 2014, the company launched their first ever Kickstarter campaign; this was for their biggest game yet, Shipwrights of the North Sea. The game gained a lot of interest and helped push…
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Garphill out into the global scene. A year later they followed up with the highly-rated sequel, Raiders of the North Sea. Since then the company has continued to release quality games every year, picking up numerous awards and appreciation from players and reviewers alike. Garphill Games is based out of Waikanae, New Zealand. Shem Phillips (shem84) New ZealandWaikanae Owner of Garphill Games & co-owner of Arkus Games Patron Badge for 2016 through 2021, 2023 through 2025 Microbadge
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Published 68 games
Spirited
| Bethel Woods | 2016 | 0 | |
| Flee The Scene | 2015 | 0 | |
| Plethora | 2012 | 0 | |
| Linwood | 2009 | 0 | |
| Secret Societies: Merica | 2026 | 0 | |
| Skute | 2026 | 0 | |
| The Great Sea: Alternate Combat Cards | 2026 | 0 | |
| The Great Sea | 2026 | 0 | |
| Inventors of the South Tigris: Era of Experts | 2025 | 0 | |
| Scholars of the South Tigris: Body of Books | 2025 | 0 | |
| Assyria: Second Edition – Scythians and Hurrians | 2025 | 0 | |
| Circadians: First Light – Specialists Expansion | 2023 | 0 | |
| Circadians: Chaos Order – Harbingers Expansion | 2023 | 0 | |
| Paladins of the West Kingdom: The Vassals Mini-Expansion | 2021 | 0 | |
| Raiders of the North Sea: The Old Heroes | 2020 | 0 | |
| Circadians: First Light – Allies Expansion | 2019 | 0 | |
| Raiders of the North Sea: Solo Variant | 2018 | 0 | |
| Explorers of the North Sea: Rocks of Ruin | 2018 | 0 | |
| Raiders of the North Sea: Hall of Heroes | 2018 | 0 | |
| The North Sea Runesaga | 2016 | 0 | |
| Amnesia | 2014 | 0 | |
| Woodlands | 2014 | 0 | |
| Linwood: Pocket Expansion Kit | 2013 | 0 | |
| Cibola | 2013 | 0 | |
| Tanzania | 2013 | 0 | |
| Capek | 2011 | 0 |