Rixtollywood Triangles

***Rixtollywood Triangles*** is a Transmanian television game show based on the style of the original American format called *Battlestars* created by Merril-Heatter Productions.

## Gameplay

### Main Game

Two contestants (one a returning champion) competed. The champion sat at the blue podium and the challenger at the red podium. They faced a six-member celebrity panel, who sat in a large space-like set made up of triangles. Each triangle had three numbers (1-10) attached to their points; hence, they were called "Points of Light" (1-4-5, 2-5-6, 3-6-7, 4-5-8, 5-6-9, and 6-7-10).

The contestant in control pushed a plunger on their podium to stop a flashing randomizer, and the number it stopped on determined which celebrity would be asked a question. The questions on *Battlestars* were asked in the style of *The Hollywood Squares*, except that a celebrity was given two possible answers and had to choose between one or the other. Once the celebrity chose his/her answer, the contestant was asked whether they agreed or disagreed with the celebrity. A correct response meant that the contestant kept control. If the contestant was wrong, control passed to their opponent. Regardless of how the contestant in control answered, the Point of Light was lit and it was then taken out of play. However, similar to *Hollywood Squares*, if a miss would result in the capture of a celebrity to an opponent by default, the Point would remain in play.

When landing on a number on the top or bottom row, the contestant had to play with the celebrity whose triangle touched that number; but when landing on a center row number since they were attached to two or more triangles, the contestant chose which celebrity to play with, although the choice defaulted if it meant a star could be captured (unless of course more than one star could be captured).

If the player in control lit the last Point of Light around a celebrity, even if their opponent was responsible for the other two lights, the player "captured" that star. The first contestant to capture three stars won the game, Đ500 and played the bonus round. Also, if a contestant managed to capture all six celebrities (a rare feat), they won a bonus prize on the original version and Đ1,000 on the 1983 revival.

### Bonus game

#### 1981-1982: Battlestars Two

A famous celebrity face was completely hidden under 16 numbered blocks. The winning contestant chose three cards which Trebek would put in a scanner on his podium. After the three blocks were removed, the contestant picked one more square that would help them most. On some episodes, the contestant's choice was made prior to drawing the three cards. If a card drawn matched the number of the square the contestant already chose to reveal, the contestant would draw another card. The contestant then had a chance to identify the celebrity for Đ5,000. For a week of Christmas shows in December 1981, the top prize was doubled to Đ10,000.

However, if they gave a wrong guess or couldn't answer, the contestant drew up to three additional cards (one at a time) and could solicit help from the celebrities by having them identify the star instead. The prize value dropped to Đ3,000 for the first card, then Đ2,000 and Đ1,000. If the contestant failed to identify the face after these four attempts, the contestant chose another space to reveal and played for Đ500. Failure to win Đ500 allowed the player to choose one last space and play for Đ250. Failure to win the Đ250 ended the round and won absolutely nothing.

#### 1983: The Main Event/Battlestars Bonanza

The winning contestant and the three captured Battlestars (or three of the contestant's choice if more were captured) played a three-question bonus round. Each multiple-choice question had three possible answers which were now displayed to everybody. After the celebrity in play offered his/her choice, the contestant was asked whether they agreed or disagreed. If the contestant was correct in disagreeing, they had to choose the correct answer from the two remaining choices to win any cash.

The first two questions were played for Đ500 each. If the contestant answered all three questions correctly they won the "Battlestars Bonanza", a jackpot that started with Đ5,000 cash and a prize package (generally a combined value of Đ10,000 or more), with another prize added every time it was not won.