Tippit Modified

Tippit, a modified version

The game is played using two small coins.  Two teams face each other across a table and toss a coin to decide who will guess first.  The teams put their hands under the table and move the coins unseen between their hands.  When ready, one player knocks three times on the underside of the table and all the pairs of clenched fists (one containing the coin on each team) are placed on the table.  The guessing team, who can confer, must then attempt to find the coin in the following manner.

The person who is trying to find the Tippit points to the hand of an opponent and says either:-

·         “Take your left/right hand away.”  The tapped opponent opens the hand specified, and if the coin is not there, the person puts the hand by their side.  If the Tippit is revealed, then the team hiding the Tippit has won a point.  They score one point and hide the Tippit amongst themselves again.

·         “Tippit in your left/right.”  The tapped opponent opens his or her hand to show whether the coin is there.  If the Tippit is revealed, then the team searching for the Tippit wins a point.  They score and hide the coin.  If the Tippit is not in the fist mentioned, then the searcher has lost and the team with the Tippit scores a point and gets to hide it over again—once they have revealed who really had it all along.

We will play to the best of three matches.