Coup (Game the Game)

Bribing their way to power guests Jeff Weisen, Erica Lamkin, and Lee Manning join Becca Scott for Coup by Indie Boards & Cards. Watch to see who survives to rule a dystopian city-state!
Tabletop games are super fun, but learning the complicated directions and rules can be a challenge. Becca Scott is your game tutor, explaining the game mechanics in an easy to follow way, so you can get to playing the games faster.
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[@Reakt00r]

@7:38 Shouldn't Becca have been eliminated immediately? She was challenged on her Contessa so she would have to lose one of her cards, then lose the other card to the Assassin.

[@zlyntudteam2394]

Reakt00r But she ended up eliminated first still

[@DeadFishTheKing]

I actually prefer to play this like these guys did, where the challenge + assassin only kills one influence, or it ends up making the assassin claim way too strong. And yes that means you should always claim contessa but challenging it is normally smart

[@LegitArchitecture]

@Dead Fish that's stupid. There would be no risk to claiming contessa then. It devalues contessa way too much to play like this - nobody would hold contessa and nobody would assassinate. If you don't want to risk the insta-death, you can just let one of your influences die.

[@rocpile83]

Yes I concur. That would mean Erica could have assassinated someone else instead.

[@tiberiusroot]

yep

[@martinpoletti7845]

When Becca tried to block the assasination and failed for not having the countess, shouldn't she had lost 2 influence? 1 for the assasination and 1 for the bluff?? otherwise there is no reason not to bluff you have the countess

[@Reakt00r]

Haha you were first but yes, that's what I thought too ^^

[@Zoltri]

100% yes thats how the game works. If it didn't there's no reason to not claim a contessa anytime someone uses an assassin because it takes power away from the assassin by always forcing them to second guess themselves, but the victim still loses the same amount regardless of if they have the contressa or not. It also makes a super interesting all in play trying to bluff having one.

[@justinj.1851]

Yup Came here to say just that

[@brookealexander8534]

Yes

[@vdkmdd]

None of the games they played correctly. Game 1: Becca should be out after the failed challenge, Game 2: Should not have replaced the assassin after a challenged blocked assassination, Game 3: not giving people a challenge chance when you use the ambassador and have the cards in your hand

[@skyblazeeterno]

I have not seen the video yet but it wouldnt surprise me if Becca said something along the lines of "house rules"

[@jukka-pekkatuominen4540]

In game 2 they also blocked stealing without claiming to have either captain or ambassador. At least in the Computer version you have to name the card you are using for blocking.

[@RepOfAntarctica]

Aren't there also only supposed to be three of each card? If so I don't know how game 1 worked since Erica had four Dukes. Bad deck or can it be expanded, change in print?

[@Kirov4ever]

@@jukka-pekkatuominen4540 The computer version isn't canon. It adds depth to not specify. Announcing block with Captain or Ambassador aids card counting: for example 2 Ambassadors are dead so claiming Ambassador to block only outs you as a non-Captain and if unchallenged grossly limits what you can do in future as stealing on future moves is no longer possible.

[@jukka-pekkatuominen4540]

@@Kirov4ever I don't consider Computer version canon when it breaks the rules of the game. But in this case I think it is how I would want to play. It adds depth to the game when you specify your cards because this game is about player interactions and gives opportunity for players to interact more. In case you want to claim to have ambassador and then go stealing on your turn (with the Captain that you actually had) is part of the game. You also don't need to have either of the cards to bluff your way out from the situation. It is hardly not a game breaker whether you played with this rule or the other. So in the big picture it probably doesn't even matter.

[@alienofearth1344]

I love this board game I'm pretty much always the Duke hehe 🥸 I love the expansion that later came with the "Inquisitor" and other new added features to the game. This board game is my #3 most favorite game behind Resistances and Resistances Avolan.

[@elmtre3]

Best game I ever played was one where I didn’t look at my own cards but didn’t tell anyone. I used like every power, but my bluffs were perfect. I won.

[@skyblazeeterno]

you were not challenged at all?

[@colegaynor3638]

WOW. Bluffing to yourself... works only in Coup, I think.

[@elmtre3]

skyblaze eterno people occasionally debated challenges, especially because I would change powers as the mood fit, but mostly they convinced them self’s that the previous iteration had been the deception. When I was eventually challenged it worked to my advantage it turned out I had the correct character. Then I won

[@Kandarako]

I love this game. Is the filler I always play with my friends on tabletop days. Usually we play it with the reformation expansion... although is not nice when we are 10 players... at least not for the first one who lose

[@custersword7746]

If you haven't tried Love Letter. Despite the name it is actually a pretty great filler game too.

[@franchello1105]

Don't you have to claim a role, for example "I am the Ambassador, and I block your Steal. Not just say "I block your Steal"

[@silbeg]

Frank Rodriguez that is how I read the rules, and how everyone I know plays it

[@jukka-pekkatuominen4540]

Never? I though with almost all the times you'd have to do that. And how I have played it you also do that when blocking stealing.

[@DV-zv4ox]

The proper way is to say you block and what you're blocking with

[@BrilliantVillain]

That’s the way it works on the app so I’m going with yes you have to state your influence.

[@Kirov4ever]

@@jukka-pekkatuominen4540 It's possible some editions and foreign editions said you needed to specify but the implied intention is not to. Coup is meant to limit information, it wants to withhold information. Which is why the Inquisitor is big, because it breaks a fundamental rule of secrecy with Examine ability.

[@iloveloonaandiforeverwill6494]

I love this game, played till 2 am with my brother and his friends in new years

[@jaimereel5719]

Loved this! Would love to see how to play with 2 people please.

[@luce08]

A tip for people who are first starting the game is: Try playing with only two people. When there are only two people, you don't believe the other player as much, and you'll find it easier to lie. This way, the games will be much quicker and you will get more accustomed to bluffing and challenging other people, and you won't be as nervous and tense when doing so in games with more people.

[@jaimereel5719]

Does the game play change with 2 people? Like amount of cards etc

[@benwillis5840]

31:17 Erica says "my turn?"...yes, I think it was as Jeff had just been challenged after claiming a Duke but it skipped her and Becca and went back to Lee.

[@cabalpaxiarch7239]

You'd think the host would know the rules since she takes it upon herself to explain the game at the beginning of the video. But apparently she didn't know that if you bluff an assassination block you lose both cards. Or she conveniently "forgot" about it.

[@colorblindgamer584]

I think the real coup was far more hidden than any player cares to let on

[@cabalpaxiarch7239]

@Socucius Ergalla Er... no actually. If you unsuccessfully challenge an assassination attempt you lose both cards and are out of the game. It's a rule. It's not up to the players. Either she didn't know about it because they don't really dig too deep into each game they present or she didn't want to exclude one of her guests so early.

[@Kirov4ever]

15:57 lmao, classic face. I love Coup because of the metagame. It's not how well you Poker your way through. There's a hidden underlying game going on.

[@robertroberts5090]

This seems like a fun rock, paper, scissors style game. I wonder how complex the odds of winning challenges is, or if winning challenges is more based on luck. Seems like more complex strategy than other gigantic set up board games that have been on game the game.

[@Zoltri]

Coup is more about social interaction, and the ability to bluff then any rock paper scissors style outcome. The most powerful card is the game is the card that people don't know is in play. If you can build the assumption that you have A captain/Duke, and no one is given reason to question it but in truth you have an assassin/contressa, you're hand size is essentially doubled if you play it well and you'll be set up to catch people compleatly off guard. Coup is a really elegant stratigic mind game to play with friends, it only devoles to rock paper scissors when you fail to hide whats truely in your hand.

[@roosterchains]

It more of a bluffing game if anything. Obviously luck does exist but it is like poker where you can bluff your way to winning.

[@UltimateSoundWave]

Was Table Top cancelled or is it coming back at some point?

[@lightschunk]

I actually think Lee was pretty smart throughout the game. Laying low and not letting people know what you have is actually not a bad strategy. If he takes one coin, nobody knows what he has.

[@Clumbob]

No, he didn't seem very good to me. He was taking 1 coin even when other people were taking foreign aid without being blocked and when the other guy ambassadored to get the assassin it should have been really obvious that he was bluffing the duke to get to 3 coins because his only chance of victory would be using the assassin (and obviously Lee would challenge the assassination if he were about to lose anyway).

[@geopen3920]

Can you do a how to play and a gameplay video at the "Oath of the Brotherhood :The Chosen"?

[@nasirbachlani]

Irony is They are playing whole game wrongly and still enjoying😅😂

[@technoskald464]

My teenage daughter loves this game, and in fact she did come to it via Bullshit (16:46).

[@streetlight.productions]

Roses are red Violets are blue If you know how to play Go to 4:22

[@marc-andrelandreville8139]

19:39 you made a mistake. She block assasination with the contessa. He have to challenge the contessa not the opposite.

[@neliusvanniekerk211]

If you want to do a play through of a game please make sure you know the rules. This is terrible.

[@madquest8]

Animated Becca winked at me! :)

[@charizardjmj]

😶

[@nairocamilo]

*AS THE CARDS DICTATE!*

[@FamXP]

Funhaus!

[@fernwehtwl]

omg I have the identical sweater as the redhead jajaja.

[@williamzeemer4858]

Do you guys know a good place to buy these game online

[@custersword7746]

Usually Amazon matches or beats prices. Sometimes there are sales, but I don't know when they usually discount games.

[@JJB84084]

Coolstuffinc.com is cheaper if you spend $100 to get free shipping, otherwise, Amazon.com.

[@custersword7746]

The lady who was first accused shuffled her card back into the deck, right? she didn't just flip it over? I only ask because I am trying to learn the game. Edit: Oh, they answered it a few minutes later. Okay.

[@Zoltri]

By the rules you shuffle back into the deck, but if you ever play it I'd highly suggest playing the game with the change that any card that's revealed remains face up in the middle of the table, and the deck is never shuffled. If the Ambassador is used, he draws two from the top, and puts two on the bottom. It makes the game far more strategic because information of whats in the deck because incredibly valuable, something that's impossible to track if its always being reshuffled.

[@ryanmacneill2857]

Becca should do what tech geek gamers with rule is broken take a shot on next show

[@lightschunk]

Becca was kind of rude to Lee throughout the episode. Just let Lee play his own way. He was actually playing pretty smart.

[@colorblindgamer584]

however everyrime I have played, you do get slightly mocked for not taking any risks

[@Brynhold]

Anyone know where the music is from?

[@custersword7746]

It reminded me of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, but I may have misheard it.

[@travisbuschette8609]

Custersword I had that exact same thought! Turtles in Time!!

[@astevel560]

Like the one from stranger things

[@kaemonawa8326]

Becca Scott is trying really hard to make this a worthy successor to tabletop. But admittedly, she fails, albeit Tabletop, it's guests, Wil Wheaton and other things are tough act to follow. Would love to see what Becca and Wil would be capable of together, provided they are in charge of the damn thing, which probably isn't the case, as this show just has already known games played once more...

[@danhoenn]

Is table top officially over or something? I'm worried...

[@roosterchains]

Will is it out pretty much forever. It is this or nothing at all. I think Becca is pretty good, I just wish they had better guests. But that also might be because Will had great chemistry with his guests.

[@elmtre3]

Why don’t they swap out their cards more often with the ambassadors power. Or just bluff more. Gah

[@marshmellow9300]

I'm so upset how everyone play this game in this video (especially Becca and Lee)

[@misticcrafter4766]

Erika is the Queen of Dukes.

[@huntersorce20]

Dem Duke boys

[@lowkeyloki5359]

Never knew Rashida Jone's aunt is into board games.

[@MultiAsdag]

Please employ Wil Wheaton, if for no other reason that to have a consultant on to let you know how to follow rules. If you are broadcasting a game to the world - know how to play it.

[@Jindorek]

i think it is important for channels that promote games to play correctly. You spend the time explaining the rules... why not make more effort to stick to them while playing?

[@joholloway8818]

my thoughts exactly.

[@RiddleFlowOn]

They really need a rules guru for this show. (I volunteer!) But really, non-noobs won’t tolerate the constant errors for long.

[@aaagrey6323]

Still miss Will Wheaton

[@pct87]

Why?

[@DyslexicSupernam]

is he gone now?

[@aaagrey6323]

Last Tabletop was about 9 months ago, Game the Game replaced it

[@ManMilk07]

He was pretty much the reason I subscribed to G&S

[@martinpoletti7845]

Why? (2)

[@jakerowsell8752]

@15:36 is so cute

[@tapedtothewallXD]

Poor lee

[@brookealexander8534]

Why would he get rid of his Duke on the kill?!?! Uggggghhhhh

[@tonystark8757]

Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke. Sci-fi music was a nice touch.

[@joeyvigil]

They need an arbiter to make sure they play these games correctly

[@raceykovev2829]

Quality is improving I see.

[@pikafonz8210]

I miss table top

[@intuithue]

I'm sure it doesn't feel great to be told time and time again that your plays are boring + to not be included in the game? (15:19) Actually was super harsh :/

[@Darkvoid2100]

To be fair he added little to the whole experience; gameplay and personality wise. He really may as well have not been there.

[@jamespooh2]

Can we not pretend like Wil didn't have issues with rules, too. Plus he always had someone to correct him when he messed up. She probably doesn't and honestly it's not that big of a deal

[@jomc8768]

I prefer becca to will..

[@Gg-bn3oj]

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[@aldente8320]

This feels like a pre-swingers party game. The big dude has to watch for playing it safe....

[@Morbius2271]

Need the Wheat man back so somebody can actually know how to play

[@potatocorners]

Becca’s smile and laugh remind me of Anna Kendrick, who plays a Becca in Pitch Perfect.

[@jevanking4768]

First

[@nunuhliang5977]

Annoying watching the couple teaming up. Also you can't regain both cards if one of your card is dead even if you are an ambassador.

[@emanoelmelo]

Lee had no COUP what he was doing.

[@KuyaNFam]

Becca so supposed to be out. 🤔

[@vortexyt3173]

When she used the captain she could of blocked cause she has a duke

[@MRdaBakkle]

Duke can't block stealing.

[@tombesis201]

Two questions: Why Americans seems to be unable to shuffle a deck of cards? (I noticed in many videos their difficulty.) And... Did Becca ever killed anyone when she lost a game? (She has a strange light in her eyes when she loose... quite scaring.)

[@custersword7746]

The poker player did a fine job. I'm not sure you spotted it, but it was there. Also, the deck is clearly too small to shuffle properly. 50-60 is okay, but if you sleeve the cards and/or have small hands, that makes it more challenging. Double sleeving 99 cards makes shuffling the whole thing at once impossible, except maybe to pile shuffle, but that would take so long

[@tombesis201]

Oh yes, thank you. Obviously I was only joking, I am also not very good shuffling things.

[@ericd1022]

Insults from foreigners in broken English cut deep

[@tombesis201]

Conosci il significato della parola "ironia"?

[@Tr1pleOseveN]

this is really painful to watch do to the fact that no one really know how to play the game.....none the less u guys are still awesome.

[@custersword7746]

You mean their meta isn't your meta?

[@Tr1pleOseveN]

Custersword I guess so.....🤷🏻‍♂️

[@baraka99]

this game can ruin friendships

[@tiagoperretto]

Lee is likely one of the weakest players to be on Game the Game!

[@alexm9038]

tiagoperretto Lee actually played smart. he laid low so competitors wouldnt see him as a threat and kill him off. He also was able to keep his cards a secret from the others.

[@Desertpuma]

It is better to have any dead Influence be shuffled back into the deck so no one knows who has what or what is out there

[@MRdaBakkle]

This feels incredibly fake to me. After the first game the person who won said that she had 2 dukes to start her husband revealed a duke when he lost thr first claim. That's all three dukes accounted for. There are 7 cards in the court deck so getting the only duke would be very improbable.

[@Entertainment-jv8xw]

I love becca she is so yummy

[@DV-zv4ox]

She's arrogant as hell. Very unattractive.

[@djPrestousa]

Blocking and guessing if captain or ambassador. Annoyinng gameplay.

[@xshadowscreamx]

the player doing the blocking must declare what person they are using to block, they are playing wrong.

[@TheRealCharlesDarwin]

Ummm so how about acting a bit less artificial?

[@joholloway8818]

that would require at least one person to be involved that's NOT as fake as a card board standee.

[@DV-zv4ox]

The female host is absolute cringe and has this underlying passive aggressiveness with how she talks to the other players.

[@RonnetClaw]

This show is dead. Unsubscribing.

[@devon2337]

Im sorry folks, But Game the Game is not Tabletop. Not even close. When I told the the family that this was the replacement show for tabletop after we quit watching an episode half way through, they were angry. Now they are pissed at Will Wheaton for giving up on one of our favorite family youtube shows. G&S really needs to step up with a show that not only features the game, but also shows the personality of the players in balance. At the gaming table, when dice are involved, we often hear "Don't be a Will Wheaton"

[@custersword7746]

Wil Wheaton is a douchebag with a whiny voice and he sucks at games. Your bias is the only thing keeping you from enjoying this show.

[@TheLostStream]

It isn't Game the Game is Game the Game

[@blizz3975]

This is not Will TableTop quality. Host do not even know the rules. First video and you already lost my attention. And a dislike. Because this is not even G&S quality.