"Playing The Field" is an advice column featured in the Lifestyle section of the daily periodical The Caprican on dating in the Twelve Colonies before the First Cylon War. It was started by journalist Sharon Edmonson on Februarius 18, YR42 (The Caprican: "Playing the Field: A Guide to Love in the Colonies") and ended on Martius 14, YR42 (The Caprican: "Playing the Field: Scorpian Man in Waiting, and More!"). The title is a sports metaphor on Pyramid.