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--- goblin_vaults [2025/10/14 01:00] – [Goblin Vaults] mfenrick
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 ====== Goblin Vaults ======
-A card game, invented by [[glavrun|Glavrun]] and played in [[kulbak_prison|Kulbak Prison]].  The game is played using gears for currency that were stolen from the smithy that were originally intended as spare parts for the prison's [[construct|Construct]] guards.
+A card game, invented by [[glavrun|Glavrun]] and played in [[kulbak_prison|Kulbak Prison]].  It is a game of game of gambling and bluffing, but above all else, it is a game about //cheating//. The game is played using gears for currency that were stolen from the smithy that were originally intended as spare parts for the prison's [[construct|Construct]] guards.
+>//“Betray your friends, the former general instructed her fellow inmates.  Crack the vault.  To the victor go the spoils”//
+Can you beat [[glavrun|Glavrun]] at her own game?  She is always ready for a game and seems to have an abundance of gears.  You will need to be particularly savvy. (GV)
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-===== How to Play =====
+===== References =====
+==== Crack in Kulbak (RPA-ADV5) ====
+You notice that the game is popular, both among the guards and inmates.  If you are patient, someone may ask you to join.
-The game is played over a nine rounds.  Each round has three phases.
-  * **Scheme Phase:** Play a card into the block.  This is the players bid.
-  * **Vault Phase:** Resolve bids for each card in the block.  The winning bidder adds the card to their vault.
-  * **Warden Phase:** The first player may swap the warden card with a card in the block.
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-===== Solitary Mode =====
+===== Backstory Appearances =====
+==== Resilient ====
+Wandering the [[kulbak_cell_block|cell block]] of [[kulbak_prison|Kulbak Prison]], you discover a group of prisoners playing Goblin Vaults. Being familiar with the game, you join in the game, sitting next to the [[dark_elf|Dark Elf]] [[judleah|Judleah]]. As the game is winding down, she bets the deed for her home in [[hallath|Hallath]].
+  * Cheat and win her underground home.
+  * Play out your hand even though the cards are not in your favor.
-Can you beat [[glavrun|Glavrun]] at her own game?  She starts with extra gears.  You will need to be particularly savvy.
+Visiting [[golden_hope|Golden Hope]] in [[cutty_s_landing|Cutty's Landing]], the bar owner challenges you to a game of Goblin Vaults. Your strike up a conversation over the game and learn that his bar is on the verge of financial collapse.