Alright so Maforis introduced a [url="http://w11.zetaboards.com/WoW_Freedom/topic/10479012/1/"><s></s>card game into the tavern life and I think it was a genius idea. :Up:
But it also got me thinking "What other games would people play while drinking and singing drunken songs or sea shanties?"
Of course cards are a viable answer but it got me thinking, would everyone have a deck of poker cards? I thought it might be quite expensive to make a deck seeing as we do RP in a medieval-fantasy setting.
My first idea was the dice poker from the Witcher game series. Some of you may have played the game and as of yesterday, three people played dice poker ICly ingame.
Here are the basics.
Other games one could play in a tavern would indeed be poker or one of -many- real-life or fantasy types of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_games#Card_games"><s></s>card games.
As far as I know, the most important factor WHY there would be gaming (and through that gambling) in taverns is because of Goblins. They would not pass on the chance to rip someone off and someone could bring the idea of a game back to Stormwind/Silvermoon/Ironforge with them.
Each race could have an individual version of a card game, for example Blood Elves could have different rules for poker than Humans. Or Dwarves and Gnomes could have different looking sets or rules for dice poker.
By all means I'm not saying "DO THIS FROM NOW ON!", just thinking I'd throw this suggestion in the air and see what happens.
Credit goes to:
- Maforis for starting the tavern game thing.
- CD Projekt for Witcher 1/2/3
- Wikipedia for the fictional card games webpage
PS. Apartments and Accountants (a parallel universe version of Dungeons and Dragons) [from Simon the Sorcerer] anyone else feel like this could be absolutely hilarious? Like Tiny Tina's rpg in BL2
But it also got me thinking "What other games would people play while drinking and singing drunken songs or sea shanties?"
Of course cards are a viable answer but it got me thinking, would everyone have a deck of poker cards? I thought it might be quite expensive to make a deck seeing as we do RP in a medieval-fantasy setting.
My first idea was the dice poker from the Witcher game series. Some of you may have played the game and as of yesterday, three people played dice poker ICly ingame.
Here are the basics.
- Each game consists of one round unless a draw occurs.
- The round starts with you placing the bid. The opponent accepts or raises the bid and you are given the first option to take or to pass.
- You and your opponent roll all five dice.
- At this moment you can choose to raise the bid, match it or resign. At this moment you can also choose to re-roll any dice or none.
- You re-roll selected dice if any and can see the final result. Whoever has the better combination of dice after re-rolling wins the game. If both players have the same combinations, the highest roll wins. If both rolls are exactly the same it's a draw and another round begins with the same bid.
- Winning combinations are (highest to lowest):
Five-of-a-kind – five dice showing the same value
Four-of-a-kind – four dice showing the same value
Full House – a pair and a three
Six-high straight – dice showing II, III, IV, V and VI
Five-high straight – dice showing I, II, III, IV and V
Three-of-a-kind – three dice showing the same value
Two pairs – dice showing two matched pairs of values
One pair – dice showing a single matched pair of values
Other games one could play in a tavern would indeed be poker or one of -many- real-life or fantasy types of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_games#Card_games"><s></s>card games.
As far as I know, the most important factor WHY there would be gaming (and through that gambling) in taverns is because of Goblins. They would not pass on the chance to rip someone off and someone could bring the idea of a game back to Stormwind/Silvermoon/Ironforge with them.
Each race could have an individual version of a card game, for example Blood Elves could have different rules for poker than Humans. Or Dwarves and Gnomes could have different looking sets or rules for dice poker.
By all means I'm not saying "DO THIS FROM NOW ON!", just thinking I'd throw this suggestion in the air and see what happens.
Credit goes to:
- Maforis for starting the tavern game thing.
- CD Projekt for Witcher 1/2/3
- Wikipedia for the fictional card games webpage
PS. Apartments and Accountants (a parallel universe version of Dungeons and Dragons) [from Simon the Sorcerer] anyone else feel like this could be absolutely hilarious? Like Tiny Tina's rpg in BL2