From publisher blurb:
Welcome to The Gold Dragon Gambit
a high-stakes card tournament like no other – where fortunes are won and lost not with swords and lances, but with the turn of a card and the roll of the dice! The Gold Dragon Casino has opened its doors, inviting the most skilled and daring players from across the realm to compete for a prize of truly epic proportions: tens of thousands of gleaming gold coins!
But in this world of high-stakes gambling, all is not as it seems. Whispers abound of shadowy figures with hidden agendas, each vying to claim the treasure for themselves by any means necessary. Will you take your seat at the table as an invited player, risking it all for a chance at untold riches? Or perhaps you've been hired to protect the interests of a wealthy patron, tasked with ensuring the tournament remains fair and above board? Or maybe, just maybe, you're part of a daring crew of thieves, plotting a heist that will go down in history!
In The Gold Dragon Gambit, the adventure is yours to shape. Immerse yourself in a world of chance and intrigue, where every decision could spell the difference between fortune and ruin. Test your luck and skill in a variety of thrilling dice games, from the main tournament to the myriad diversions found scattered across the gaming floor.
But the excitement doesn't stop there. The Gold Dragon Gambit is packed with richly-detailed NPCs, from cunning rogues to criminal masterminds, each with their own motivations and secrets. Explore the twisting alleys and rooftops of the city in heart-pounding chases, and uncover the inner workings of a shadowy thieves' guild. Delve into the mysteries of a new god of theft, assassination, and darkness, and claim Redtalon Manor as your own – a sprawling manor house that could become the base of operations for the most ambitious adventurers!
The Gold Dragon Gambit is a full color 5e adventure in 6"x9" format. It is designed for a team of 5-6 7th to 8th level players, and provides several sessions of fun as they enjoy the casino and become involved in the caper. Its pages include:
A grand card tournament with a massive golden prize. Complete rules are presented to allow you to conduct the tournament with several d6 dice.
The adventure offers several paths the players can be presented with, one for each group that could possibly rob the vault, allowing you to run it again and again.
Innovative chase rules allowing the party to chase or be chased through the city..
A plethora of interesting games of chance scattered across the gambling hall (all playable by dice) to allow the players time to enjoy themselves and perhaps win a small fortune - or lose their shirts!
Detailed rules for a fully functioning roulette wheel, complete with score ratings for numbers and colors and payouts calculated based on the odds of particular dice rolls used to simulate the spin of the wheel.
Descriptions for several roguish and criminal NPCs.
A fleshed out thieves guild with original NPCs and their base of operations.
Plenty of maps: A full map of the casino's three floors, a full map of the thieves' guild headquarters and a full map for a manor house that could become a base of operations for more enterprising adventurers who wish to make this region their home base.