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==Rules==
In general, players take turns placing their pyramids lying down on the squares of a chessboard until the board is full. Points are distributed based on what direction their pyramids point. The game
===2-Player Game===
Board needed: an 8×4 grid, or a chessboard with half the squares covered up.
===3-Player Game===
Board needed: Three triangular wedges of Eeyore's [[Chessboard_wedge|chessboard wedges]]. The overall board is triangular.
===4-Player Game===
Board needed: a chessboard or 8×8 grid.
===5-Player Game===
Board needed: Five triangular sections Eeyore's of [[Chessboard_wedge|chessboard wedges]]. The overall board shaped like a PacMan.
===6-Player Game===
Board needed: Six triangular sections of Eeyore's [[Chessboard_wedge|chessboard wedges]]. The overall board is hexagonal.
Instead of automatically occupying the center of the [[chessboard]], the root is placed wherever the non-first player wishes (or the second pair of players in a 4-player game). The first player (and the second, in 4-player) places a "null" to which no one may point. Also, scoring is a bit funnier: not only does the player who placed lose points equal to the size of the target of the placement, but the owner of the target ''gains'' points equal to the size of the hapless pointer. (This is all tracked with tokens.)
▲BTT can be played with other numbers of players when played on Eeyore's [[Chessboard_wedge|chessboard wedges]]. [[User:Cerulean|Cerulean]] observes that a 7 x 7 square board is also good for three players, with two nulls and two roots.
BTT was published in [[Hypothermia]] #15.
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