Coin Flip
Call it in the air. The fastest way to settle anything.
A coin, flipped for the whole room at once. Everybody calls it in private, the coin lands, and the reveal shows who was right. It takes about five seconds and it settles arguments.
- Players
- 2 to 12 players
- Usually takes
- About 3 minutes
- What it plays from
- Words and phrases
- Ways to play
- Pass and play, Online room, Party screen
How it plays
This is the smallest game in Koven and it is here for a reason: something has to decide who goes first, which team gets the awkward player, or whose turn it is to make the tea. Everybody calls heads or tails on their own phone and nobody can see anybody else’s call until the coin has landed, which is the part a real coin cannot do. It is also the format the engine is built against, so it is the first thing to try if you want to see how a Koven room works.
What happens in a round
Straight from the game itself: these are the phases the room moves through, in order, with the clock each one starts on.
Call it
Heads or tails. Nobody sees your call until the reveal.
15 seconds
And it is
Here is the coin, and here is who called it right.
5 seconds
Who it suits
- Settling who goes first, without anybody hunting for a real coin
- A quick look at how a Koven room works before you start a proper game
- Two to twelve people, in any of the three play modes
How you can play it
Pass and play
One phone, passed around the room. No signal needed, no accounts, nothing to set up.
Online room
Everybody on their own phone, in the same room or three hundred miles apart. Guests join with a four letter code and no download.
Party screen
The telly or a laptop shows the game to the whole room. Phones become controllers, so nobody has to squint at somebody else’s screen.
Play it with your own words
Every format runs on a deck, and you can write your own. A deck you make is yours to share with your family by code straight away. Anything you publish to strangers is read by a moderator first.
Play it tonight
Koven is in beta. Leave your email and we will send you a link when there is space, or open the player if somebody has already given you a room code.
Join the waitlist Open the player
Free on the free tier, like every other format in Koven.