Johnny and Chris O'Neal with their arms around each other overlooking all Brotherwise Games!

games that bring everyone to the table™

Welcome to our table! We’re Brotherwise Games, an LA-based board game publishing company founded by Chris and Johnny O’Neal in 2012. Since then, the “Brothers Wise” have become one of tabletop industry’s biggest indie success stories. We make best-selling games with compelling themes and accessible mechanics that bridge the gap between core and casual players.

Meet the Team

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    Chris O'Neal

    CEO & Co-Founder

    Chris has a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Michigan, but found his true passion in tabletop games. Chris oversees internal game design, development and publication at Brotherwise. He lives with his (very tolerant) wife and daughter just a few minutes away from younger brother Johnny.

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    Johnny O'Neal

    President & Co-Founder

    Johnny studied film at Northwestern and business at UCLA before spending 12 years working in the toy industry at Mattel, Spin Master, and Moose Toys. Johnny leads marketing and art direction at Brotherwise. He co-designed Boss Monster, Call to Adventure, and The Dragon Prince with Chris. He's currently leading the Stormlight RPG and other projects based on novels by Brandon Sanderson.

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    Hayden Dillard

    Product Development Lead

    Hayden began working for Brotherwise part time during college, and after graduating with a degree in Game Design from the University of Texas at Dallas, he became their full time Project Development Lead. He works on making the games playable and fun through balancing, designing, and balancing again, and directs the playtesting group that works on all Brotherwise's games. Hayden has the Lead Development credit for all Brotherwise board games that have come out since 2022.

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    Jillian Ross

    Marketing Designer

    Jillian started in the board gaming industry in 2020 at Capstone Games after she graduated from DAAP at the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Fashion Design. She handles all Marketing at Brotherwise and dabbles in graphic design from time to time. Outside of Brotherwise, she loves to read, sew, and play TTRPGs with her friends. She currently resides in Columbus, Ohio with her partner and two needy cats.

  • Matt Molandes from Brotherwise Games

    Matt Molandes

    Customer Service Manager

    After studying Speech Pathology in Texas, Matt moved to Orlando, Florida where he worked as a character performer for Walt Disney World. After opening a video game bar, designing over 10 escape rooms and even becoming a puppeteer for the Jim Henson company, Matt found his calling in the board game space after falling in love with the game Quacks of Quedlinburg. He resides in Florida with his two partners, two fur babies, a beardie and a tarantula.

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    Beverly O'Neal

    Operations Manager

    Beverly works with Brotherwise's distribution partners, tracks inventory levels, resolves shipping hiccups, and generally makes sure things end up where they need to go. Beverly earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Northwestern University. Aside from her Brotherwise work, Beverly also teaches barre workouts at a local fitness studio. She lives in Southern California with her husband (Johnny of Brotherwise Games), their three sons, and their energetic puppy. She enjoys reading, crocheting, cooking, tending to her plants, working out, and watching true crime documentaries