Nº001
Birthday Trial
Available nowPut your favorite person on trial using the evidence their friends have been collecting for years.
Rather Fond Nº001
Birthday Trial
Put your favorite person on trial for their birthday.
Send us their stories. We turn them into a personalized birthday trial for the whole room to play, about 25-30 minutes long.
$29 · Ready within 24 hours
Made from what you already know about them.
- 01You send the stories.
- 02We build the case.
- 03You put them on trial.
5-7 minutes from you. Ready within 24 hours.
Everything you need to put them on trial.
CHARGE IFOL. 04
Failure to reply within a reasonable time
Average reply time: 3 to 5 business days. Read receipts on.
Confidential01 · AROUND 20 PAGES
Personalized case PDF
Charges, evidence, witnesses and a final verdict. All about them.
SUMMONS
You are called to the trial of Michael
Sat, Nov 14 · 8 PM
Bring evidence.
02
Personalized guest invitation
A custom summons for the people joining the trial.
HOST GUIDE
- 1. Open the PDF
- 2. Seat the jury
- 3. Read the charges
- 4. Call witnesses
- 5. Verdict, then cake
03
Quick host guide
A simple one-page guide for running the game. No refereeing required.
Fictional sample case
A peek inside the case.
CHARGE IIIFOL. 06
Excessive use of "I'll be there in five"
EVIDENCE INCLUDES
- · 214 texts saying "leaving now"
- · Arrived for his own surprise party late
- · Once said "five" from another city
still waiting - Sarah
WITNESS TESTIMONYFOL. 14
"He says he'll be home soon. The hospital has a different definition of soon."
Janice, partner. Sworn statement, read aloud in full.
THE DEFENSE DID NOT OBJECT.
VERDICTFOL. 22
Having heard the evidence, the jury finds the accused:
Guilty
- ☐ Not guilty
- ☐ Guilty
- ☒ Guilty, obviously
Sentence: one more year. Repeat annually.
For the friend who...
- has too many stories
- is impossible to buy for
- gets roasted at every birthday anyway
- would hate another generic party game
- has friends with receipts
Not another generic birthday game.
- A generic card gameRejected
- A slideshow nobody asked forRejected
- Random trivia about the birthday personRejected
- Their actual life, on trialApproved
Docket Nº001
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Build their case - $29
5-7 minutes from you. Ready within 24 hours.
This is only the first case.
Rather Fond turns what you know about someone into something worth giving.
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Nº002
Your Life as a Movie
In productionTheir life, their cast and their questionable plot decisions, turned into the movie they never knew they starred in.
Good gifts are hard.
We send ideas when we have something worth sending.
No daily emails. Just useful things every now and then.
A small studio for very specific people.
Rather Fond turns stories, habits and inside jokes into things worth giving.
The stories.
The habits.
The jokes.
The things nobody else would understand.
That is usually where the good gifts are hiding.
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