Well, they've lost a couple while playing-- Heirophant and Star, I'd heard, and one other I'm blanking on. But no, the game was started because one of them died. It may have been Fortune, the one who won the last round, I'd have to check my notes. Either way, that was the plan, that they start the game up to bring her back.

[He does have to pause and ask, though:]

Disks came in the mail? Your world-ending game showed up like an AOL cd?

[Do kids these days still remember that?]