The Coin Game - live virtual online multiplayer

The Coin Game is a fast-paced, multiplayer simulation that brings lean and agile principles to life. In just a few rounds, your team will feel the impact that batch size has on flow — no theory required.

How it works

Players each act as a workstation in a production line, flipping coins and passing batches to the next player. The facilitator runs the simulation across four batch sizes — 20, 10, 5, and 2 — and the timer tells the story. Smaller batches mean the first coin reaches the customer far sooner. The results are immediate, visual, and impossible to argue with.

What participants discover

• Why large batches delay value delivery — even when everyone is working flat out
• How reducing batch size improves flow and cuts time-to-customer
• The real cost of work-in-progress and push-based working
• A tangible, numbers-driven understanding of lean flow

Who it’s for

The Coin Game is ideal for lean and agile training sessions, Scrum and Kanban workshops, leadership programmes, and anyone who wants their team to truly understand flow — not just read about it.

Play anywhere, instantly

The Coin Game runs entirely in the browser — no downloads, no installs. Share a link with your players, launch as facilitator, and you’re ready to go in under a minute.