Shem Phillips
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Shem Phillips

70 games 171 3D models Designed 70 games Art for 4 games

Shem Phillips is a board game designer from New Zealand. He founded Garphill Games in 2009 and published a wide variety of games since. He is most well known for his medium to medium-heavy Euros such as his line of medieval trilogies (North Sea, West Kingdom, South Tigris & East Empire) and Ancient Anthology series. He often works with S J Macdonald. Games published: 2014 Shipwrights of the North Sea 2015 Raiders…

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of the North Sea 2016 Explorers of the North Sea 2016 Bethel Woods 2018 Architects of the West Kingdom (with S. J. Macdonald) 2019 Paladins of the West Kingdom (with S. J. Macdonald) 2019 Noctiluca 2020 Viscounts of the West Kingdom (with S. J. Macdonald) 2020 Raiders of Scythia 2021 Shelfie Stacker 2022 Wayfarers of the South Tigris (with S. J. Macdonald) 2023 Legacy of Yu 2023 Scholars of the South Tigris (with S. J. Macdonald) 2024 Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux 2024 Ezra and Nehemiah (with S. J. Macdonald) 2024 Inventors of the South Tigris (with S. J. Macdonald) 2025 Storm Raiders 2025 Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Besties Bakeoff Card Game 2025 Skara Brae 2025 Assyria: Second Edition (with S. J. Macdonald & Emanuele Ornella) 2026 Spirited (with S. J. Macdonald & Zach Smith) 2026 Towers of Sifnos (with S. J. Macdonald) 2026 Skute (with S. J. Macdonald & Zach Smith) 2026 Dreadful Dragons

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Designed and illustrated 4 games

Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux box cover Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux · 2024
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Assyria: Second Edition box cover Assyria: Second Edition · 2025
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Shipwrights of the North Sea (Second Edition) box cover Shipwrights of the North Sea (Second Edition) · 2017
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1 more without a cover yet
The North Sea Runesaga 2016 0

Designed 66 games

Paladins of the West Kingdom box cover Paladins of the West Kingdom · 2019
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Architects of the West Kingdom box cover Architects of the West Kingdom · 2018
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Raiders of the North Sea box cover Raiders of the North Sea · 2015
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Viscounts of the West Kingdom box cover Viscounts of the West Kingdom · 2020
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Wayfarers of the South Tigris box cover Wayfarers of the South Tigris · 2022
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Legacy of Yu box cover Legacy of Yu · 2023
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Raiders of Scythia box cover Raiders of Scythia · 2020
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Ezra and Nehemiah box cover Ezra and Nehemiah · 2024
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Scholars of the South Tigris box cover Scholars of the South Tigris · 2023
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Explorers of the North Sea box cover Explorers of the North Sea · 2016
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Inventors of the South Tigris box cover Inventors of the South Tigris · 2024
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Skara Brae box cover Skara Brae · 2025
5
Noctiluca box cover Noctiluca · 2019
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Shipwrights of the North Sea box cover Shipwrights of the North Sea · 2014
4
Shelfie Stacker box cover Shelfie Stacker · 2021
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Storm Raiders box cover Storm Raiders · 2025
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Spirited box cover Spirited · 2026
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Raiders of Scythia: Omens box cover Raiders of Scythia: Omens · 2027
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Skara Brae: Headlands box cover Skara Brae: Headlands · 2027
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Spirited: American Expansion box cover Spirited: American Expansion · 2026
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Spirited: Mediterranean Expansion box cover Spirited: Mediterranean Expansion · 2026
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Towers of Sifnos: Building Cards box cover Towers of Sifnos: Building Cards · 2026
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Towers of Sifnos box cover Towers of Sifnos · 2026
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The South Tigris Moonsaga box cover The South Tigris Moonsaga · 2025
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Paladins of the West Kingdom: Player Suspicion Decks box cover Paladins of the West Kingdom: Player Suspicion Decks · 2025
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Storm Raiders: Deadly Decisions Mini-Expansion box cover Storm Raiders: Deadly Decisions Mini-Expansion · 2025
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Wayfarers of the South Tigris: Tides of Trade box cover Wayfarers of the South Tigris: Tides of Trade · 2025
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Architects of the West Kingdom: Works of Wonder box cover Architects of the West Kingdom: Works of Wonder · 2022
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Viscounts of the West Kingdom: Gates of Gold box cover Viscounts of the West Kingdom: Gates of Gold · 2022
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Viscounts of the West Kingdom: Keeper of Keys box cover Viscounts of the West Kingdom: Keeper of Keys · 2022
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Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns box cover Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns · 2021
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Architects of the West Kingdom: Age of Artisans box cover Architects of the West Kingdom: Age of Artisans · 2020
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The West Kingdom Tomesaga box cover The West Kingdom Tomesaga · 2020
1
Explorers of the North Sea: The Crew Mini-Expansion box cover Explorers of the North Sea: The Crew Mini-Expansion · 2020
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Raiders of the North Sea: Fields of Fame box cover Raiders of the North Sea: Fields of Fame · 2018
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The North Sea Runesaga: Fifth Player Expansion box cover The North Sea Runesaga: Fifth Player Expansion · 2018
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GKR: Heavy Hitters – Sweet & Salty Factions Expansion box cover GKR: Heavy Hitters – Sweet & Salty Factions Expansion · 2018
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Shipwrights of the North Sea: The Townsfolk Expansion box cover Shipwrights of the North Sea: The Townsfolk Expansion · 2015
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Bethel Woods 2016 0
Flee The Scene 2015 0
Plethora 2012 0
Linwood 2009 0
Saqqara 2012 0
Skute 2026 0
Dreadful Dragons 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
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Besties Bakeoff Card Game 2025 0
Shelfie Stacker: Deluxe Delivery Expansion 2021 0
Paladins of the West Kingdom: The Vassals Mini-Expansion 2021 0
Raiders of the North Sea: The Old Heroes 2020 0
Rovers van de Noordzee: Helden uit het Noorden 2020 0
Räuber der Nordsee: Held Mico 2020 0
Räuber der Nordsee: Steinmetz & Wachmann 2020 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
GKR: Heavy Hitters – Urban Wasteland Expansion 2017 0
GKR: Heavy Hitters – Big Little Buddy 2017 0
Woodlands 2014 0
Amnesia 2014 0
Cibola 2013 0
Tanzania 2013 0
Linwood: Pocket Expansion Kit 2013 0
Capek 2011 0

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