About the Owner
Isaiah grew up in a big family and a small town, playing tabletop games since his youth, and designing them since high school. Throughout a long stint in seminary, some years in parish ministry, and a year in professional painting, new handmade games continued to emerge, and the designs eventually generated enough interest and encouragement from family and friends that he figured it was finally time to push one towards production.
In late 205 he started assembling an awesome team of local volunteers and consultants. The rest is history!
Go-to long game: Everdell
Go-to short game: Star Realms
Music preference: Folk
Patron Saint: Francis of Assisi
About our Goals
MISSION STATEMENT
Led by prayer and seeking to do the will of our Heavenly Father in all things, our mission is to support the Church, foster authentic human connection, and generate wholesome adventure, wonder, and fun through the design and production of tabletop games.
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother." (Matthew 12:49-50)
About the Name + Logo
Adelphoi is the Greek word for “brethren”, a term used with reference to both men and women, both closely and loosely related. It seemed a fitting name, as our Lord Himself uses it in the Gospels with reference to his disciples, which is what we desire to be. The word also speaks to the Lord’s will for Christians to be unified in one family, one faith, and one Baptism, something near and dear to the heart of the owner, Isaiah Lippert, and his founding fellow, Andrew Hunt, the former of whom is a Roman Catholic, and the latter of whom is a Byzantine Catholic.
The Byzantine liturgy through which they met served as a launching pad for their own fraternity, and reminded them of how the patriarchs of both east and west, Andrew and Peter, were themselves blood brothers, the former regarded as the “first called” and the latter as the “first among equals”.
The logo is intended to honor both patrons of the company, firstly through the X-shaped (St Andrew’s) cross in the eastern blooming style, and secondly through the uniquely authoritative keys of St Peter and his successors. Out of both patterns flows an array of color and energy, indicative of a juggler’s carriage, a lighthearted and whimsical endeavor (as is the making of games), but the energy also signifies the full color of life brought about by the light of the Gospel that both men carried, which sanctifies and brightens all our daily activities and renders no menial toil unsacred.