Lucky Horseshoes



Lucky Horseshoes is a card game playable in the Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters building with Festus.

Background
If the dialogue option "I Feel Lucky" is chosen, the Courier has the option to play a variant of Blackjack called Lucky Horseshoes. Festus can be asked for instructions on which buttons perform which action.

Each win grants a 6% chance of getting a Sunset Sarsaparilla star cap and a 24.44% chance of getting a card for the Caravan deck. Otherwise, the reward is up to 9 bottle caps. The game can be played repeatedly to garner more and more prizes.

Background
The following is a transcript from Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition p. 37:

Rules

 * Number cards count as face value.
 * There are no face cards (Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Jokers).
 * The goal of the game is to get closer to 21 than Festus in order to win the hand.
 * Unlike blackjack, going over 21 is not an instant loss.
 * Players may draw or hold, however, once they hold, they are done drawing for that hand.
 * If the players are equally close to 21 (for example 17 - 25), the player who got there first has the advantage.
 * If a player draws and their new total equals the other player's total, the other player's total is increased (bumped up) by one. This is known as lucky horseshoes, and ensures that ties are not possible.
 * A mental tally of the Courier's and Festus' totals must be kept, as Festus does not announce the running totals, except that he will declare when either hand has reached 21.

Appearances
Lucky Horseshoes appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.