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Box art for Guillotine

1998 · Paul Peterson

Guillotine

2–5
Players
30m
Play time
12+
Min age
1998
Published
6.5
Rating
Light
Weight

About this game

The French Revolution is famous in part for the use of the guillotine to put nobles to death, and this is the macabre subject of this light card game. As executioners pandering to the masses, the players are trying to behead the most popular nobles. Each day the nobles are lined up and players take turns killing the ones at the front of the line until all the nobles are gone. However, players are given cards which will manipulate the line order right before 'harvesting' heads, which is what makes the game interesting. After three days of chopping, the highest total carries the day.

Categories

Age of ReasonCard GameHumor

Mechanics

Hand ManagementOpen DraftingSet CollectionTake That

Designers

Paul Peterson

Publishers

Wizards of the CoastAMIGOAvalon HillDarwin Project

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