Two seats. One cloth.
A live table
Host a table, speak the code, or send the link. The handshake walks through the tavern; the cards then travel seat to seat. Same Wi-Fi or a phone hotspot sits you on a local cloth. A tavern page cannot speak Bluetooth as a radio — a hotspot is the nearby path.
Host
Open a cloth
You sit Crimson. A five-letter code is the door.
Turn glass
Join
Take the other seat
Same room
Two phones on one Wi-Fi, or one phone as a hotspot: the cloth stays in the room after the lamp is lit. Across town works the same way — only the path is longer.
One device, two hands? Pass the tablet. That seat is still here. Looking for a stranger? The lounge.
Pass the deviceFriendly tables only. The House does not keep a record or pay gold for a live seat — anyone on the cloth can lie about a rank. Sit with people you chose.