Laravel 4 many to many relationship does not display the related data - many-to-many

Question

I'm working with the following models: Game, User and Player where Player extends User. In this case Game and Player have a relationship of N:N and User extends Confide. So code stands like:
app/models/Game.php
<?php
class Game extends Eloquent {
protected $guarded = array();
protected $table = 'users';
public $timestamps = false;
public function players(){
return $this->belongsToMany('Player');
}
}
app/models/User.php
<?php
use Zizaco\Confide\ConfideUser;
class User extends ConfideUser {
protected $table = 'users';
public $timestamps = false;
protected $hidden = array('password');
//Here go original Confide functions
}
app/models/Player.php
<?php
class Player extends User{
public function games(){
return $this->belongsToMany('Game');
}
}
I've populated the pivot table called game_player. As player extends user, pivot table is like this:
game_player
id
game_id
user_id
But if I run this super simple example I have an error:
$game = Game::find($gameId);
$player = $game->players(); //Error in this line
Error
Call to undefined method Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder::players()
I'm confused because I'm not having the error about pivot table was not found so I could think relationship is created fine.
On the other hand if I var_dump games var I obtain:
var_dump($game)
object(Game)[181]
protected 'table' => string 'games' (length=5)
//more var info about DB
protected 'relations' =>
array (size=0)
empty
protected 'hidden' =>
array (size=0)
empty
protected 'visible' =>
array (size=0)
empty
protected 'guarded' =>
If relationship would be created fine... shouldn't relations var have any data?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Just pointing out somethings that could solve the problem:
Your Game.php has the wrong table name.
When you get players, the line should be:
$game = Game::with('players')->find($gameId);
$player = $game->players;