Card Shark

This is a narrative adventure game in which players assume the role of a boy traveling with a nobleman and con artists to swindle nobles in 18th-century France. As players progress through the narrative, they can interact with characters and learn various card-manipulation techniques (e.g., false shuffles, deck switching, false deals); players sometimes place bets on card games while using the manipulation techniques. Some interactions lead to instances of violence: a woman shot; a man impaled. The game contains brief suggestive references in the dialogue (e.g., “Meaning the experiment quickly turned into a never-ending orgy”; “You will probably die soon, on the gallows or of the pox”/“That will depend on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.”). During the course of the game, players can repeatedly refill a character's glass with wine; one character is shown smoking a pipe. The word “a*s” appears in the game.