If you’ve played The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt you’ll know about its in-game card game Gwent. You may also remember that developers CD Projekt RED announced at E3 that it would be making a standalone game based on it.

But did you know that Gwent has already existed as a standalone game before now? The Witcher’s fanbase has produced myriad version of the game – both computer-based games and real world versions.

CD Projeckt Red’s co-founder Marcin Iwiński has says that it’s due to this degree of passion – and a massive demand from the game’s community – that Gwent is being made.

In an update on the developer”s official site, Iwiński speaks about the overwhelming input from players regarding the game: