Owen Seyler and Christian Moore had both graduated college recently when they were roommates in 1994 in Philadelphia.
[2]: 314 Moore and Seyler with recent hire Ross Isaacs began the initial work to create the "Icon" system for the Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game (1998).
[2]: 315 Moore was a long-time friend of Peter Adkison, and when Last Unicorn was having financial troubles, Wizards of the Coast purchased the company in July 2000.
[2]: 316 Seyler still worked at Last Unicorn when Decipher, Inc. purchased the company in 2001.
[2]: 317 Moore and Seyler were later hired by Upper Deck.