I would love to be able to go in to a bar at night, order a beer, sitdown with my fellow nords and play a game of dice. Then later get mad about loosing and start a brawl, and spent the rest of the night in jail!

What about you..?

EDIT: added a new choice.

While I rather had they make some unique games, I love me some Blackjack!

Not really, had enough of these games in New Vegas - and didn't even really play them much.

Though I definitely see a fit for it in the cities, but most of those games should result in the player loosing money - not honest gambling!

My initial response was "no", but I think I'd like it more if there were more unique gambling games. For some reason poker or blackjack don't seem suited to the gameworld. No evidence to back that up or anything, it just feels out of place to me.

Would be cool, but no real world games like poker and blackjack, I want games unique to Skyrim.

There could be gambling but it should be a brand new game (to us) Like Pzaak in Rpgs: Knights of the old repuplic 1 and 2.
Also if you go into a large dept with the gambling runners they should extort you and prusue you and (try ) to kill you if you cant pay for it.

I like all of them. They make my warrior's drink nights more meaningful. And add some boobs a la Witcher,please. Dice and boobs go hand in hand.

Loved playing dice in The Witcher, and I really loved to play caravan in FO:NV. I would like something similar to be present.

It could be fun and could create great immersion and atmosphere, as far as it didn't influence your economy too much, which could make things anoying.

I would enjoy gambling, but I'd want a new game (or two) as opposed to poker or blackjack.

Not that kinda gambling. But it would be a cool game in a tavern to maybe throw knives? xD make a bet with people and throw knives att a doll on the wall or something, hit the heart or forehead. The AI should provide a good opponent too, so another NPC can actually throw good too.

Didn't star wars KotOR have pazaak?

I love it when designers come up with games that belong to the universe, and don't just mix.

I understand RDR with poker, blackjack, etc; but I would like beth to get creative and invent their own gambling games, be it with cards, with swords, with something. I want it to be new and creative.

Niker

Very very nice :goodjob: I would play that kinda thing all night long especially with naked boobs catering the patrons and the crowd cheering at my precise strikes. And if I accidentally hit someone they shouldn't be necessarily aggressive unless they want to start a bar fight. And I want the guards (if there are any?) to not interfere in bar fights as long as they are hand to hand I don't want bounty for that.

Obviously not real world games, but something like them would be great... the best part about RDR were the games.

The Elder Scrolls: Old Vegas

The Witcher's world seems more alive when there are not only who... prosttutes, drugs and booze, but also gambling. I never get it how mass murdering is ok in games but all the lesser sins are not. Haven't played new Vegas, but I'm not expecting to see the stuff The Witcher had. Am I wrong?

I don't really want them in the game. I only played the games in NV for the achievements, and I wasn't really a fan of their original game, Caravan. However, if it were completely optional to play and not linked to any achievements, I wouldn't care.

Lots of unique TES games. Heck no to blackjack and poker. Though I love them it would not be good to have in TES. Making new games series specific is good.

yeah, I would like to see a game similar to poker but fantasy oriented.

You're wrong. :laugh:

A variant of soem kind of card game would be fun.

Definately Craps though.

I'd love to have gambling in. Dice and some version of 21 (or however you call it) would be great to have for a sit around in a tavern, as well as the aforementioned knife throwing game. Maybe you could learn cheating from some members of the Thieves Guild/the equivalent faction and be able to use that to have more of a chance at winning at the risk of the opponent accusing you and starting a bar brawl and vice versa with cheating NPCs/NPCs you think are cheating. Or you could learn cheating freelance and it'd be another way for the Thieves' Guild to notice you, with independent cheats in Guild areas also being the focus of some quests.

I think side games are always great. Especially ones you can earn money while doing. It makes for a good pass time if you're tired of running around doing quests and gutting monsters. Take Red Dead Redemption for example, it had a dozen or so well done side games/gambling.

From my old Ideas and Improvements regarding Large Cities doc:

5f. In late-night taverns, gambling should be a constant presence, something the player should be able to engage in. While I’m not a fan of mini-games, the ability to gamble seems a worthy inclusion. When it comes down to it, betting in the arena did nothing for me, and the “game of shells” in the Winged Guar in Tribunal was similarly limited. I’m looking for two or three different games, and they should be along the level of complexity of pazaak in KotOR, or caravan in FONV. It should be something the player could honestly invest money in, something that requires a bit of skill, as well as a bit of luck (which, by the way, could add whole new elements behind the Luck attribute). It should also be something by which the player could win or lose quite a bit of money in. It should also have economy-friendly limits, so that the player could not bottomlessly milk gambling to amass an immediate fortune. Opponent NPCs should be able to gamble only they money that they possess. Overall, there could be one or two serious games, as well as a few chance games (i.e. shells). Furthermore, it might be possible that a dealer/NPC might be cheating, adding a whole new complexity to things.


So pretty much a game like Caravan, maybe some shells, a unique dice game, etc.

Pazaak was my second favorite thing about Kotor and Fortune's Tower/Keystone was my most favorite thing about Fable.

I say yes to bar games of some kind. Possibly even an annual tournament cycle that the player can participate in.