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| ===== Overview ===== | ===== Overview ===== | ||
| - | Trilliards is an adaptation of traditional Pool Billiards designed for three participants, | + | Trilliards is an adaptation of traditional Pool Billiards designed for three participants, |
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| + | The game retains the familiar break shot and table layout of classic pool but introduces a numbered sequencing mechanic: players must pot balls in strict ascending order, beginning with the lowest‐numbered ball on the table. A successful pot grants the shooter the right to attempt the next number; a miss passes play to the next participant. The match concludes when a competitor “closes” the highest‐numbered ball, thereby winning the frame. | ||
| ===== Historical Background ===== | ===== Historical Background ===== | ||
| - | Passengers aboard the Last Frontier—the colony ship bound for VOI 700 D—sought to include more than two players in their leisure games during the long transits of the Alpha Age. Traditional billiards, designed for head-to-head play, proved limiting. Resourceful engineers at the ship’s Recreation Deck modified a standard table to accommodate a three-player format, inventing Trilliards. As colonists settled on VOI 700 D, the game migrated from communal lounges to the Firetown Billiards Saloon, where it persists as a unique cultural artifact. | + | Passengers aboard the Last Frontier—the colony ship bound for VOI 700 D—sought to include more than two players in their leisure games during the long transits of the Alpha Age. Traditional billiards, designed for head-to-head play, proved limiting. Resourceful engineers at the ship’s Recreation Deck modified a standard table to accommodate a three-player format, inventing Trilliards. As colonists settled on [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]], the game migrated from communal lounges to the Firetown Billiards Saloon, where it persists as a unique cultural artifact. |
| + | With the establishment of the newly funded [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]] in the [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]], authorities prohibited the gambling variant of Trilliards alongside other forms of wagering, citing concerns over social stability. Because the game requires specialized multi‑player tables and cannot be played clandestinely in small hideaways, the gambling variant has become a distinctly illicit activity, | ||
| ===== Gameplay ===== | ===== Gameplay ===== | ||
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| ===== Related Pages and Further Information ===== | ===== Related Pages and Further Information ===== | ||
| + | * [[the_alpha_age|Alpha Age]] | ||
| + | * [[beta_age| Beta Age]] | ||
| + | * [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]] | ||
| * [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]] | * [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]] | ||
| - | * [[Firetown Billiards Saloon]] | + | * [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]] |
| + | * [[firetown_billard_saloon|Firetown Billiards Saloon]] | ||
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| **Exohuman Games on VOI 700 D:** | **Exohuman Games on VOI 700 D:** | ||
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