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{{Short description|Board game}}
{{Infobox game
| name          =
| image         = Fang den Hut.jpg
| caption       = Board for ''Fang den Hut!'' with four spokes; Coppit's board has six spokes
| years         = ''Fang den Hut'' 1927–present<br/>''Coppit'' 1964–present
| genre         = Strategy
| players       = 2–6
| ages          = 5 and up
| setup_time    = 2 minutes
| playing_time  = 30–60 minutes
| random_chance = Die rolls
| skills        =
}}
'''Coppit''' is a [[Running-fight game|running-fight]] [[board game]] created in 1927 by Otto Maier Verlag<ref>{{bgg|1730|Trap the Cap}}</ref> which was originally called in {{langx|de|'''Fang den Hut'''}} (or '''Capture The Hat''' in English). It was renamed and has been re-released several times, most notably by the [[J. W. Spear & Sons|Spear's Games]] company in 1964. It is a game for two to six players and is based partly on luck with a [[dice|die]] and partly on strategy. It is similar to the game [[Ludo (board game)|Ludo]] and is nominally a children's game. The emblem on [[U-995]], the world's only remaining German [[German Type VII submarine#Type VIIC.2F41|Type VIIC/41]] submarine, features two '''''Fang den Hut''''' characters, as seen on the game's board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.hnsa.org/conf2004/papers/berryman.htm|title = U-995: War at Sea}}</ref>
==The game==
<gallery caption="Board variants">
File:Fang den Hut board-04.svg|2–4 players
File:Fang den Hut board-06.svg|2–6 players
File:Coppit board-06.svg|2–6 players (variant)
</gallery>
Each player has four conical, or hat-shaped, playing pieces all of the same colour that 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, while you are moving back to 'base' with a captured piece other players may in turn capture your piece. The winner is the last player to have an uncaptured piece. There are a few squares on the board that are of a different colour to the rest; if a piece is on these squares it cannot be captured.<ref>[http://www.boardgamecompany.co.uk/Coppit(VG162).htm Rules of game and pictures of the board] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012210606/http://boardgamecompany.co.uk/Coppit%28VG162%29.htm |date=2007-10-12 }}</ref>
==Reviews==
*''[[Games & Puzzles]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/sim_games-and-puzzles_1975-04_35/page/24/mode/2up | title=Games and Puzzles 1975-04: Iss 35 | date=April 1975 | publisher=A H C Publications }}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Board games introduced in 1927]]
[[Category:Children's board games]]
[[Category:Roll-and-move board games]]
[[Category:Cross and circle games]]
[[Category:Running-fight board games]]