Partway through my conversation with Nerial artist Nicolai Troshinsky about Card Shark, the studio’s upcoming game, a card appears in his hand. It's a casual gesture, made as he speaks to me about art ...

Dog-eared marked cards, injogging and stacked decks, and secret decks aren’t the kind of chicanery you want to be caught engaging in at a card table where there’s money on the line. But that hasn’t ...