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[[Image:Pyramid.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A high-stakes game of Pyramid ([[The Lost Warrior (TOS)|The Lost Warrior]]).]]
[[Image:Pyramid.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A high-stakes game of Pyramid ([[The Lost Warrior (TOS)|The Lost Warrior]]).]]


In the Original Series, '''Pyramid''' is a high-risk [[chancery]] game played with hexagonal cards; a Colonial version of [[Wikipedia:poker game|poker]]. [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is about to win a large pot when an alert interrupts the game ([[Saga of a Star World]]). Starbuck and [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] play Pyramid with [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] in the barracks (with jellybeans as the stakes instead of [[cubit]]s) to help keep him occupied when [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] fails to report back from a patrol. Boxey wins a large pot by having a "full pyramid" ([[The Lost Warrior (TOS)|The Lost Warrior]]).
In the Original Series, '''Pyramid''' is a high-risk [[chancery]] game played with hexagonal cards; a Colonial version of [[Wikipedia:poker game|poker]]. [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is about to win a large pot when an alert interrupts the game ([[Saga of a Star World]]). Starbuck and [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] play Pyramid with [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] in [[Bachelor officer's quarters|the barracks]] (with jellybeans as the stakes instead of [[cubit]]s) to help keep him occupied when [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] fails to report back from a patrol. Boxey wins a large pot by having a "full pyramid" ([[The Lost Warrior (TOS)|The Lost Warrior]]).


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 23:47, 1 June 2007

For the article on the athletic sport known as "Pyramid" in the Re-imagined Series, see Pyramid (RDM).


A high-stakes game of Pyramid (The Lost Warrior).

In the Original Series, Pyramid is a high-risk chancery game played with hexagonal cards; a Colonial version of poker. Starbuck is about to win a large pot when an alert interrupts the game (Saga of a Star World). Starbuck and Boomer play Pyramid with Boxey in the barracks (with jellybeans as the stakes instead of cubits) to help keep him occupied when Apollo fails to report back from a patrol. Boxey wins a large pot by having a "full pyramid" (The Lost Warrior).

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  • Triad (TOS), a ball game in the Original Series
  • Pyramid (RDM), a ball game with the same name in the Re-imagined Series
  • Triad (RDM), the corresponding card game in the Re-imagined Series

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