Our story
FRIENDS OF THE TABLE is an indie tabletop startup from Melbourne, Australia. Beginning with two friends and a shared love of gaming. We published our first title, Those Who Dare, in 2024 after successfully crowdfunding in late 2023.
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Our Vision
As life-long gamers, we have seen what makes a great game studio. Treating their staff well, communicating with their players, and putting the games first. We are still small today, but our dream is to build a studio where we can design fun, exciting games for everyone while treating our people and you with the respect we all deserve.
Over the next few years we have a lot of big ideas for new game titles. Ranging from outrageous party games, to grand strategy, and roleplaying. We’re working hard to expand our product library and cultivate our team as we learn how to deliver great games.
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Our Design Philosophy
Our approach to game design is player experience focused. Ideas come from everywhere, there are so many cool concepts that could be turned into games all around us every day. But when we start to work on what is just an idea, our first question is “What kind of experience do we want people to have playing this game?”.
What emotions should players feel?
What real life experiences do we want them to be thinking about?
What feelings do we want to avoid in this game?
Once we have figured out the intended experience, we then choose and adapt our game mechanics and story to cultivate these experiences.
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Am I A Friend Too?
We want you to be involved too!
We are a startup and we are definitely going to make some mistakes and get things wrong, and sometimes we might just miss a great idea that was right in front of us. There is a lot we still have to learn about what we are doing, so we love to hear from people. Whether that is feedback, criticism, suggestions, or you just want to say hi and get the inside scoop on what we are doing. So our promise is to always be contactable via email and our Discord server. Reach out to us via our Contact page.
