CMON Feature Friday: Shuffle Up and Deal

With CMON Feature Friday articles, we like to take a deeper look at both the industry and the hobby of board games. Often, this means examining the human interactions that are so central to gaming, and often this means taking a deeper look at the pieces and components that have become such a big part of the games that we love. In the past, we’ve taken a look at the history of games, dice, and how money works in games. 

For this week’s feature, we’re examining a component that we now take for granted in games, but one that has a long and interesting history.