The Salt Cellar
Behind the Tap & Tide bar there is a back door. Through it and down the steps is the Salt Cellar, a den cut into the rock where sailors gamble away their pay.
The games only open inside the den. /cellar shows your options there, and /cellar stats shows your all-time winnings or losses.
House rules
Section titled “House rules”- Stakes are money only, never Coins or store items.
- You need 3 hours of playtime before you can play.
- Crown & Anchor has a cap of $5,000,000 staked per day (Chicago time).
Crown & Anchor
Section titled “Crown & Anchor”The old sailors’ dice game, run by Mags Holloway at the shared table. Sit on a stool or stand at the rail, then click a symbol square on the cloth to put a chip down.
- Pick a symbol: Crown, Anchor, Heart, Diamond, Spade or Club.
- Pick a stake: $1,000, $10,000, $50,000, $100,000 or $250,000.
- Three dice are thrown. You are paid by how many show your symbol:
| Dice matching | You get back |
|---|---|
| 0 | Nothing (you lose the stake) |
| 1 | 2x your stake |
| 2 | 3x your stake |
| 3 | 4x your stake |
Betting is open for 20 seconds each round, and a single round takes at most $1,000,000 in bets. You can also ask Mags to “Deal me in”.
Liar’s Dice
Section titled “Liar’s Dice”A bluffing game at the corner table against Bryony and Colm, two regulars who are always dealt in.
- Ante: $10,000. Everyone gets 5 hidden dice.
- Take turns raising the bid on how many of a face are on the whole table, or call the last bid a lie.
- 30 seconds per turn. The pot goes to the winner, less a 5% house cut.
- Up to 60 hands per player per day.
The Tide Lottery
Section titled “The Tide Lottery”Pim Ashdown sells tickets at the booth.
| Ticket | $50,000 |
| Max tickets | 100 per player per week |
| Draw | Saturday, 8:00 PM Chicago time |
| Winner | 70% of the pot |
| Next week’s pot | 10% carries over |
| Burned | 20% |
Two runners-up each win a Tide Crate key. If fewer than 3 players bought tickets, there is no draw: everyone is refunded and the pot carries over. You get a keepsake ticket stub; your entries are recorded either way, so losing the stub is fine.
The fence
Section titled “The fence”A quieter dealer in curiosities works down here too. He buys stolen goods, but only from people known on the docks. See Harbour Watch.