Table feel
Moderate level of interaction with a good balance of direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently, but cooperation is not a significant aspect of the game.
Pyramid Poker
Players
2
Time
10-30
Age
12+
Weight
1.23
Rating
6.34
Fit
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
4.1
High replayability
Interaction
3.9
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.4
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.0
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Pyramid Poker has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and allows players to improve their strategy over time. The player interaction score is average. It scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The game is moderately easy to learn, striking a balance between accessibility and depth. Overall, Pyramid Poker has a strong replayability score of 8.1 out of 10.
Luck profile
Pyramid Poker has a moderate level of luck involved. The game outcome is influenced by both random elements and player decisions. While random elements like card draws play a notable role, players have substantial ability to mitigate luck through strategic decisions and planning. Overall, the game strikes a balanced mix of luck and strategy, making it an engaging and enjoyable experience for players.
Overview
Pyramid Poker is a two-player design that consists of 54 wooden rectangular blocks, 52 of them with the standard card deck distribution (2-A in four suits) on one side and two of them with a pharaoh on one side. To set up the game, place all of the blocks face down and shuffle them. Each player then takes fifteen blocks. They take turns looking at one of their blocks and placing them into a two-dimensional pyramid-shaped structure, again seeing only their blocks, then they take turns removing any one block from the pyramid and placing it into one of three poker hands that they're constructing. Each poker hand is competing against the one opposite it that's being built by the opponent. If a player draws a pharaoh, they draw three face-down blocks that weren't initially chosen, discard two of them, then add the third block to one of their poker hands. Once all the blocks have been removed, the player who wins two or three of the poker hands wins!
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Credits
Designers
2
Aaron Weissblum
Norman Woods
Artists
2
Hal Mangold
Jennifer Vargas
Publishers
1
R&R Games
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