Fiction · Friends at the Table
by Friends at the Table
Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. Find us (and a listener guide) @Friends_Table on Twitter.
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For six months straight I listened to all of Friends at the table from the first episode of Hieron to the latest episode of Perpetua, and not always was i deep in the entire time, it has become easily my favorite Actual Play of many. The opening of “critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends” could not be more true. This introduced me to so many brilliant games, and has left me with a new urge to GM myself.
Love me a let’s play podcast. Been listening to this one since Partizan. Yes, that’s right, I finally cracked and listened to epic mecha roleplay. Started it, got tired of waiting for the next episode so dove into the backlog. I’ve listened to it all. Some of it twice. Some of it thrice. The tagline is what you get. Critical Worldbuilding, Smart Characterization, and Fun Interaction Between Good Friends. If those things interest you, you’re in the right place. I recommend Partizan, and Sangfielle as excellent jumping on points. I’ve been in the patreon feed listening to Bluff City. I am ready for more, but make sure to support their Patreon at Friendsatthetable.cash
Over three years later and Connadine’s speech still sends chills up my spine. Give this show your undivided attention and the people who make it will show you beauty and care in spades.
FatT is doing absolutely peerless actual play storytelling. They consistently deliver exactly what the intro promises - critical world building, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends.
This had great potential and went to the first episode of Partizan to check it out. After 50! minutes the players had talked less than 10 minutes and it was all monologuing “world building” by the GM. It was not actual play, it was not collaborative, it was story time with dense amounts of lore to try and internalize. I love a good world but this was ridiculous. I’m sure it’s for somebody (given their stated subscribers which I also heard about before a single scene played out), just definitely not me 🫠
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