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(Theoretically, more players could join using multiple stashes.)

[[Image:Epicycle_Setup.jpg|200px|Initial setup]]

Determine who goes first by whatever means both players agree upon.

On your turn, you place one pyramid from the three in your inventory and remove one other pyramid from the board. Which pyramid you are allowed to remove is determined by the size of the pyramid you play. The pyramid taken must be a number of spaces away from your played piece equal to the pips on that piece. That is, if you play a small piece you take up either piece next to it.

A player cannot pass on a turn if any move is possible. If no move is possible, they have lost (see below).

A player loses when they have three pieces of the same size in their inventory.

In either case, the other player is the winner. (In games of more players, the losing players are removed from the game, and the last player in the game is the winner.)

The strategy in the game comes from forcing your opponent to make certain moves, by limiting the choices available to them.