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600 sounds a bit high. That's about one US supported coup/regime change every 6 weeks.

Majority fail. It's like the number of failed attempts at assassinating Castro. You only need one to succeed. Even if it's an exploding cigar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/638_Ways_to_Kill_Castro

Do 2 exploding cigars count as 2 coup attempts?

You only need one successful exploding cigar to succeed at overthrowing Castro. The burden of success in thwarting a coup attempt is always on the recipient.

If you pass your saving throw, add +1 to CHAR, as few things are as cool as surviving an exploding cigar!

Tell that to Daffy Duck.

If I had a nickel every time someone posted on a random internet forum id have a lot of nickels

Coups d'état.