Photo: Shem Phillips
What started as a hobby for Shem Phillips has flourished into an internationally acclaimed board-game company called Garphill Games.
The Kapiti-based creator is behind two award-winning historical series; the West Kingdom and the North Sea trilogies, plus a raft of other games spanning from the construction of Hadrian's Wall to the distant planet of Ryh.
Garphill Games is a small outfit - with the help of co-designer Sam Macdonald, Shem designs, develops, publishes and markets the games himself. Garphill Games has picked up multiple awards and three of its games are currently ranked in the world's top 100 board games.
Founder and owner Shem Phillips speaks with Kathryn Ryan.
