Coppit

Board for Fang den Hut! with 4 spokes; Coppit's board has 6 spokes.

Coppit is a running-fight board game created in 1927 by Otto Maier Verlag ^[1] which was originally called Fang den Hut (German for Capture The Hat). It was renamed has been re-released several times, most notably by the Spear's Games company in 1964. It is a game for 2-6 players and is based partly on luck with a die and partly on strategy. It is similar to the game Ludo and is nominally a children's game, although adults can enjoy playing too.

Each player has four conical, or hat, shaped playing pieces all of the same colour which start off in their home 'base'. The object is to move out of your base, capture, or 'cop', your opponent's pieces by landing on top of them, carry them back to your base, and 'imprison' them there. A player can have any number of pieces out of their base at any time. However whilst you are moving back to 'base' with a captured piece other players may in turn capture your piece. The winner is the player who has a piece (or pieces) which have not been captured. There are a few squares on the board which are of a different colour to the rest. If a piece is on these squares they cannot be captured.^[2]

See also

• Category:Cross and Circle games

References

1. ^ Trap the Cap at BoardGameGeek
2. ^ Rules of game and pictures of the board