Accepting the case with care, Ven opened it and looked through the cards with interest. They had different numbers, he noted, and some had what looked like elemental sigils. If Cloud hadn't already mentioned it being a strategy game, Ven would've figured that out quick.

"Would you mind teaching me?" he asked, looking up again with an eager glint in his eye. Blitzball still sounded awesome, but there was nothing to say he couldn't check out both. Besides, chess was a strategy game, too, and the Master once told him that it had been used to help prepare for real life battles; maybe this game would sharpen some strategic skill or two with practice.