Talk:Gwent: Old Pals/@comment-37015762-20180925192821

The pre-requisites to start this quest are not set in stone yet, so here's my personal experience: Zoltan first became available to play cards when the secondary quest 'Dangerous Game' was started by a scene with Zoltan and Duke outside the Rosemary & Thyme. The scene did not occur until returning to the Rosemary & Thyme directly after 'Poet Under Pressure' was completed (and thus 'Cabaret' was automatically started). After this scene that begins 'Dangerous Game', Zoltan gave the option to play Gwent in his conversation options (for the first time I am sure, because I kept checking all through the last 20 hours so I didn't miss it), and doing so began 'Gwent: Old Pals' (after he was defeated in Gwent). Zoltan then insulted my cards and told me to go play Roche.

At this point, the only secondary quests I had not completed for Novigrad were Redania's Most Wanted, A Deadly Plot, and Reason of State (for completionist reasons that don't matter here). I hope this helps others narrow down the requirements to begin this quest.