Finding people to play tabletop games with should not require filling out a long questionnaire or publishing personal contact information.
AroundTable.top was designed around a simpler idea: ask for the information that actually helps people decide whether they might be a good match, and leave the rest private.
Enough information to make a useful match
A tabletop listing needs some basic information.
What game do you want to play?
Do you want to play online or in person?
What languages can you play in?
When are you normally available?
For TTRPGs, are you looking to play, run the game, or either?
These are the details that determine whether two people could realistically play together.
AroundTable.top keeps those details structured so they are easy to search and compare instead of being buried inside a long description.
More fields do not always mean better matches
It is easy to keep adding questions to a matchmaking service.
Experience level. Preferred play style. Favourite characters. Age range. Personality. Competitive level. Dozens of preferences could potentially be turned into another field.
But every additional question adds friction.
Some information is important for one game and irrelevant for another. A Warhammer player, a board gamer and someone looking for a Call of Cthulhu campaign do not necessarily need the same questionnaire.
AroundTable.top therefore tries to collect only the information that is broadly useful for finding people to play with.
The optional description is there for everything else.
If something matters to you, you can say so. If it does not, you do not have to fill in another box just because the site asks for it.
Your listing should not become a public personal profile
There is another reason to keep listings focused.
Privacy.
Someone looking for a local Dungeons & Dragons group should not have to publish their phone number, Discord account, email address or other private contact information just to be discoverable.
AroundTable.top keeps the public side focused on the game and the match.
People can see enough information to decide whether contacting you makes sense without immediately gaining access to your private contact details.
You decide when contact information is shared
When someone expresses interest in your listing, your contact information is not automatically revealed.
You can review the request first.
If you decide to accept, you choose which of your saved contact methods you want to share with that person.
Your login email is not automatically shared simply because someone expressed interest.
This creates a clear boundary between being discoverable and actually exchanging personal contact information.
Share what is useful, not everything
The goal is not to hide information.
The goal is to share the right information at the right stage.
Before two people connect, the important questions are usually about the game, location, language, availability and whether their expectations are compatible.
Private contact details become relevant after both sides have a reason to continue the conversation.
That distinction lets people participate in AroundTable.top without turning every listing into a public directory of personal accounts.
Simplicity and privacy work together
Keeping the listing process simple has another benefit: users are less likely to provide unnecessary information simply because a form asks for it.
AroundTable.top tries to make the public part of matchmaking useful without demanding more information than the process actually needs.
A listing should contain enough information to decide whether contacting someone makes sense.
It should not require someone to complete a profile interview or expose private contact information before they have even found someone to play with.
That is the balance AroundTable.top is designed around.
Browse tabletop listings or create your own listing when you are ready to find people to play with.