Here is a simple one when playing against a dealer somewhere that wants a house advantage. --------- The player bets an amount (up to a limit based on the table), then chooses a number between 1 and 6. The dealer then rolls 3d6. -If one die matches the player's number, they get their money back plus an equal amount. -If two dice match the player's number, they get their money back plus double the amount. -If three dice match the player's number, they get their money back plus triple the amount. -If none of the dice match, the house keeps their money. ------- It's a quick fun game that, when played on a large enough scales, is slightly in the house's favor. The House might lose a hand or two but given enough time/bets the house will collect a little bit of the money put on all of its tables. Also I believe one table can have multiple people betting at once on different numbers and the Math should still check out.
Sure, it's all fun when played in D&D, but I play these games in REAL LIFE and suddenly it's "a problem" and my wife leaves and takes the kids. Life isn't fair.
One half-elf bard is very sad now, as he won't be able to legally drink and gamble for another 70 years or so (not sure how old he is in real-time; he was 25 at the start of his adventure, but it was 15 levels and three major story arches earlier). He is fine with an elven age of consent, as he is ace anyway, but alcohol and gambling! I doubt anyone would arrest one of the Higher Librarians for underaged drinking though, and in this case, he can just teleport away.
Ship captain and crew could probably be a nice quick tavern game. I'd imagine it is an ante game. All participating players needs 5 d6 and get to roll 3 times, the object is to roll the highest score, but you have to roll 3 specific numbers in order to be able to score, it is simple i promise. Players must roll a 6,5,4 in that order to be able to score, the last dice are known as the 'cargo' aka your score. How this works is that on a roll you must shoot for a 6 in the beginning if your roll doesn't contain a 6 you need to re-roll, should a roll have a 6 and a 5 and maybe a 4 then you can put them aside and roll the remaining 2 dice if you want to. If ever in doubt just say this little sentence out loud. No ship (6) no captain (5) and no captain no crew (4). Highest scoring player wins the pot, if two or more players tie they split the pot. Any player who didn't manage to roll the requirement for scoring are out.
@twistedpinttavern I have another for you that is similar to Liars Dice called Indian Chief (yes that is what it is called). The game requires a minimum of 3 players and one d6 per player. Everyone rolls their dice and put it to their forehead without looking at their dice, now players takes turn guessing the total among them since they can all dice, but their own, tge next bid must be higher than the previous one and so on. On a turn rather than bidding a player can accuse the previous player for lying if so look at all the dice and add them up, if the total is over what the previous player bid than that player is a liar and is out if the game, if the total is under than the player accusing is out. For a faster game you can rule that once the player count reaches 2 the game is over. As for wagers you could ante that a player that gets thrown out of the game must pay a set amount to the winning player/s.
I came up with an arm wrestling mini-game. The contestants roll a different die depending on their STR:: 6 to 8 roll d4 9 to 12 roll d6 13 to 15 roll d8 16 and 17 roll d10 18+ roll d12 Goal: Players attempt to reach a score of 6 to their advantage. Starting score is 0 Pre-Game Roll Each player rolls initiative plus DEX modifier The winner is Player A. Loser is Player B Round 1 1) Player A rolls the die in the table associated with their STR, mark this roll as the current score to Player A's advantage 2) Player B rolls their die and subtracts the result from Player A's roll. 3) If the result of Player B's roll goes negative, ignore the negative and mark it as the new score to Player B's advantage. Rounds 2 thru N, repeat until the score AT THE END OF A ROUND is 6 or higher. Whoever has advantage at the end of that round wins.
Here's a story for the tavern: The party is on a floating island infested with dinosaurs; the druid cautiously approaches a small pack of velociraptors. A few checks tell him that they are curious, hungry, but do not currently see the party as food. Druid proceeds to wildshape into an Axe Beak, which the raptors definitely counted as food. A fight insures, with the barbarian berating the druid the whole time for turning into a chicken dinner. The velociraptors weren't too difficult to deal with, but the T-Rex who crashed the party afterwards, attracted by the scent of blood... We have yet to see if they escape that one.
This video was very well made and the ideas are great, both simple and engaging enough to be fun and implemented mid-session. Liked and followed, because you have high quality here and criminally low engagement!
For roulette, give your players 1gp if they roll even or odd correctly. Give your players 4gp if they roll the exact number. Give them 3gp if they roll a number that is sharing boundaries to the number they guessed
