"Phantom Magic Cards? That card game was already popular back in the Age of Magic. I hardly ever play, though. I don't have the time or energy."
"You also need fellow enthusiasts. How are you supposed to play alone?"
"I only play while traveling or when I'm bored, if there's nothing else to do..."
Mages had plenty of other entertainment. After this card game was invented, it might actually have become more popular among adventurers than among the mages themselves, who rarely played it.
Still, some mages were utterly obsessed with it.
Blaise and Morella were clearly two such card fanatics.
"You probably haven't heard, but Catona Company and Hilt Company recently released the Seris Deck for Phantom Magic Cards. It focuses on licensed content from Romance of Seris, and lately it's even been giving the game something of a comeback.
"We happened to collect some, too. Come on, let's play."
"All right, then. How does this work?"
Unable to resist their insistence, Roland took out the cards he had previously received from Lunifis.
"What! That's the limited-edition Mythic Card deck!"
"Roland, you still claim you don't know how to play?"
The two card fanatics knew what they were looking at, and spoke with obvious shock.
Some of the onlookers who knew a little about the game were also startled.
Phantom Magic Cards was a long-established open-source project.
Predecessors from the relevant organizations had established a series of deck rules and open-source standards, allowing organizations and individuals alike to contribute their ideas.
A module could be a deck or a series with a particular style.
As Roland achieved fame and success, Romance of Seris became widely known. Once it had gained an audience, Catona Company successfully adapted it into a deck for the magic card game, released in partnership with