How we've helped Pirates of Penryn

Business overview

Created in Cornwall by Cait & Matt, this new board game from SeaGriffin Games is packed full of pirates, rum, sea monsters, whirlpools, shanties, silliness and sailing.

Caitlin first came up with the concept two years ago on a long train journey. She recalls, "I thought that a game with sailing at its heart would be a great idea. The tidal estuary at Penryn in Cornwall, is a perfect setting"

"We thought we could just waltz up to a big manufacturer and say we’ve designed this really cool game" says Matt "and they would just give us a wodge of money and they’d do the rest of it. Of course, that didn’t happen!"

Taking the initiative, they launched the first of two Crowdfunding campaigns. The first didn’t fly, but at a finance meeting at their bank they met Christina from The Growth Hub who signposted the pair to a series of workshops on setting up a business, financing and legal requirements. A second successful Crowdfunding campaign followed.

"We’ve had our first year of being on the market, which has been fantastic. We managed to get the game into National Trust shops and museums and other retail outlets."