Scenes from the Show

Inside Knowledge

Sae-byeok explores an air vent and witnesses workers melting pots of sugar. Sang-woo learns of her discovery and guesses that the next...

Crossing the Bridge in the "Glass Stepping Stone Bridge" Game

Only 3 players of the 16 original players survive the game because they don't work as a team. Some players have more information than...

Zero-sum Game in the "Marbles Game"

Several groups play odds and evens (holjjang) with their marbles. Both players grab a random number of marbles – holding it hidden in...

Strategic Behavior in the "Red Light Green Light" Game

We see a few instances towards the end of the game where players begin to act strategically by signaling, hiding behind, and even...

The Importance of Remaining Rational in the "Red Light Green Light" Game

Some players don’t fully understand the rules and payoffs of the game. In the traditional form of the game, elimination means being sent...

Should You Go First or Last?

Players in the upcoming game must select a numbered vest that will determine their playing order. Initially, players pick numbers in the...

Pick Your Game of Marbles

For the fourth game in the series, players must select a partner and then play a game against each other using marbles. Each pair must...

Sharing Secrets

It turns out that one of the players (#111) is working outside of the official games to help some of the masked workers sell body parts....

Attack or Sleep?

The players have not been given very much food in an effort to motivate them to attack each other. One guard explains that “we gave [the...

Everyone's Desperate to Play

Nearly everyone playing in these games have been selected because of enormous debts. After the first game, the players call a vote on...