Dear SE, to kill some time...

[Ronik]

Oh god a fully functional triple triad in game... all of my money.

Imagine if they also had conversion abilities so you had a chance to turn beaten NMs into cards, which could then be tradeable and such? Could change the economy of FF14 as we know it, haha. But I'm getting ahead of myself.. starting with the card game itself would be fantastic, then we can weave it into the game later with NPCs who play, triple triad sidequests, rare cards, tournaments on the weekends, etc. :P

The random rule is now in effect.

[Alerith]

The random rule is now in effect.

NO NO NO. YOU CAN BURN IN THE LAKE OF COLD FIRE.

I can't count how many times I actually went all over the world in the Ragnarok just to play single card games and get the Random rule to DISAPPEAR.

[Mortechai]

Yes yes, 10,000 times yes to Triple Triad in FFXIV! Can't express myself better than that. Can't count how many times I fired up my PS1 back in the day just to put FFVIII in and play TT. Ahhhh....soooo many good memories!

[Shamdeo]

Hehe this is a silly idea but it would be kind of neat to have another class of jobs (Disciple of _______) that leveled up for certain parts of the game/minigames.

for example:

Duelist (cards) (Duelist AF gear hehehe) Levels could be used to gate certain cards if there's some sort of balancing system they want to put in, maybe abilities to invoke certain rules or conditions.
Tamer (pets) Levels would gate certain pets, abilties to tame them come with levelling
Mediator (parley lol) Abilities to better negotiate as you level, or take on harder foes.
Machinist (repair and maintain your machina for a PvE/PvP battlegrounds that use them)