diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/GameObject.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/GameObject.java
index 164b5f118..194280f1b 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/GameObject.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/GameObject.java
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ public class GameObject extends PlaceObject
     /** The field name of the <code>isRated</code> field. */
     public static final String IS_RATED = "isRated";
 
+    /** The field name of the <code>isPrivate</code> field. */
+    public static final String IS_PRIVATE = "isPrivate";
+
     /** The field name of the <code>players</code> field. */
     public static final String PLAYERS = "players";
 
@@ -93,6 +96,9 @@ public class GameObject extends PlaceObject
     /** Indicates whether or not this game is rated. */
     public boolean isRated;
 
+    /** Indicates whether the game is "private". */
+    public boolean isPrivate;
+
     /** The usernames of the players involved in this game. */
     public Name[] players;
 
@@ -289,6 +295,22 @@ public class GameObject extends PlaceObject
         this.isRated = value;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Requests that the <code>isPrivate</code> field be set to the
+     * specified value. The local value will be updated immediately and an
+     * event will be propagated through the system to notify all listeners
+     * that the attribute did change. Proxied copies of this object (on
+     * clients) will apply the value change when they received the
+     * attribute changed notification.
+     */
+    public void setIsPrivate (boolean value)
+    {
+        boolean ovalue = this.isPrivate;
+        requestAttributeChange(
+            IS_PRIVATE, new Boolean(value), new Boolean(ovalue));
+        this.isPrivate = value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Requests that the <code>players</code> field be set to the
      * specified value. The local value will be updated immediately and an
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/server/TableManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/server/TableManager.java
index 3140088dc..f53a6312b 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/server/TableManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/server/TableManager.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.samskivert.util.HashIntMap;
 import com.samskivert.util.StringUtil;
 import com.threerings.util.Name;
 
+import com.threerings.presents.dobj.ChangeListener;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.ObjectAddedEvent;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.ObjectDeathListener;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.ObjectDestroyedEvent;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import com.threerings.parlor.data.Table;
 import com.threerings.parlor.data.TableConfig;
 import com.threerings.parlor.data.TableLobbyObject;
 import com.threerings.parlor.game.data.GameConfig;
+import com.threerings.parlor.game.data.GameObject;
 import com.threerings.parlor.game.server.GameManager;
 
 /**
@@ -285,6 +287,9 @@ public class TableManager
         // update the table with the newly created game object
         table.gameOid = plobj.getOid();
 
+        // configure the privacy of the game
+        ((GameObject) plobj).setIsPrivate(table.tconfig.privateTable);
+
         // clear the occupant to table mappings as this game is underway
         for (int i = 0; i < table.bodyOids.length; i++) {
             _boidMap.remove(table.bodyOids[i]);
@@ -292,11 +297,7 @@ public class TableManager
 
         // add an object death listener to unmap the table when the game
         // finally goes away
-        plobj.addListener(new ObjectDeathListener() {
-            public void objectDestroyed (ObjectDestroyedEvent event) {
-                unmapTable(event.getTargetOid());
-            }
-        });
+        plobj.addListener(_gameDeathListener);
 
         // and then update the lobby object that contains the table
         _tlobj.updateTables(table);
@@ -370,4 +371,11 @@ public class TableManager
 
     /** A mapping from body oid to table. */
     protected HashIntMap _boidMap = new HashIntMap();
+
+    /** A listener that prunes tables after the game dies. */
+    protected ChangeListener _gameDeathListener = new ObjectDeathListener() {
+        public void objectDestroyed (ObjectDestroyedEvent event) {
+            unmapTable(event.getTargetOid());
+        }
+    };
 }