iron gods ap : gambling

[Shar Tahl]

What are some quick dice based gambling games? There is a reference to game mastery guide but didn't find any actual mechanics.

[VRMH]

Crown and Anchor, just reflavour it with 6 other symbols.

[The Poshment]

Craps is easy to play/ learn.
2 6-sided dice
2,3,12 = lose
7 or 11 is a win
any other roll, means they have to roll again.

when you roll again, you inverse what is a winning roll and a losing roll. You keep flipping it back and forth until the player wins or loses.

[Maezer]

Craps, might be an easy game to learn. But that's a gross oversimplification that would gives the player a substantial advantage.

Though I don't really believe most players bother to learn the rules. Modern craps has a relatively slim (0-2%) house edge on many of the bets, some bets are true even. So its a easy game to play, but the odds certainly don't favor the player.

[Shar Tahl]

yeah, just looked up craps. That actually has a lot of rules with all the phases. The idea is the games have a pretty heavy favor to the house, so I will keep fishing around for ideas. Got a few weeks until the next session

[Joe Homes]

I just improvised by integrating another board game. I set my players down at a "recently recovered virtual training module" that had been repurposed as a gambling game. In reality, I just ran a round of Space Alert. It was a great match thematically, and the frantic teamwork required mimicked the feel of a cooperative gambling game.

Minimum bet was 50 gp to enter, and it paid 2 to 1 if the group succeeded at the mission. Anyone who's played Space Alert knows that those are pretty good odds for the house— especially if all the instructions are in Androffan!

I also allowed my players to attempt Disable Device checks to cheat/hack the computer to get extra energy out of the reactor or to flip one of their action cards around, opposed by the pit bosses' Perception checks, of course.

It was one of the best sessions of our whole "Fires of Creation" adventure!