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Title: Pyramid boardgame
Post by: HSquares2003 on August 07, 2003, 05:30:19 PM

Has anyone bought the Pyramid board game that just hit stores recently? It looks like a nice game, but you need 3 players to play it. Darn.

Title: Pyramid boardgame
Post by: clemon79 on August 07, 2003, 06:00:57 PM

[quote name=\'HSquares2003\' date=\'Aug 7 2003, 02:30 PM\'] Has anyone bought the Pyramid board game that just hit stores recently? It looks like a nice game, but you need 3 players to play it. Darn. [/quote]
 I have to know: Where did you get the idea that a Pyramid home game would be playable with two players?

Title: Pyramid boardgame
Post by: zachhoran on August 07, 2003, 08:51:32 PM

You could play the game as a two player if you REALLY wanted to, one player gives while the other receives on three of the categories, and vice versa, with the player getting more points as the receiver wins, the opponent then gives the clue for the winner's circle, granted it's not very traditional.

Title: Pyramid boardgame
Post by: GS Warehouse on August 07, 2003, 11:09:22 PM

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Aug 7 2003, 07:51 PM\'] ... one player gives while the other receives on three of the categories, and vice versa, with the player getting more points as the receiver wins ... [/quote]
 I don't think that setup would work very well.  If I played a two-player game with those rules, I'd tilt the odds in my favor by delibrately giving bad clues.  For instance:

[for \"Orange\"] The sky is this color...
[for \"Cat\"] This animal barks...
[for \"Chuck Woolery\"] He hosted Singled Out.

Title: Pyramid boardgame
Post by: zachhoran on August 08, 2003, 09:17:49 AM

SOUnds like a good strategy, Jason, but didn't David Letterman manage to get some words and names from obscure clues on one of his 1979 appearances on $20K?