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Designed By	Paul Peterson
Art By	Mike Raabe Quinton Hoover
Published By	Amigo Spiele Darwin Project Play Factory PS-Games Wizards of the Coast
Year Published	1998
# of Players:	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (63 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (16 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (27 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game Humor
Mechanic
Primary Name	Guillotine
Alternate Names	斷頭台
Expanded By	Show Expansions »
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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 least 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,' which is what makes the game interesting. After three days worth of chopping, the highest total carries the day.

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Awards

1998 Origins Awards Winner, Best Traditional Card Game.

Online Play

http://www.gametableonline.com (Java)

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Components

1 rule book
1 small cardboard guillotine display
50 card noble deck (cards with yellow backs with head in a basket)
60 action cards (cards with white backs with queen throwing cake)

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3	Rules forward march vs let them eat cake	2009-06-16	jeffkaufman	6
6	General XTREME GUILLOTINE!	2009-05-18	KhyrosFin...	1
0	General Similar to Family Business?	2009-04-14	Benski	3
0	Sessions 5 player session	2009-03-10	gopher37	0
4	Variants Team Game Variant + 3 Fun Rule Variants	2009-02-23	clarkcent	0
2	Variants What do you think of this simple change in rules.	2009-01-29	asianavatar	9
4	General I used the Scarlet Pimpernel to end the game, and I felt dirty afterward.	2009-01-27	mugs	15
1	Sessions The Ultimate Game	2009-01-18	Whaleyland	1
1	Variants Guillotine: American Variant	2008-12-19	robo	2
3	Sessions Guillotine – A surprisingly eventful game - [session report]	2008-12-16	ackmondual	3

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Custom cards

My text-only version of the cards, rules included. Thanks to ackmondual for the card reference and cheeseontoast for the rules scan. You can print the cards on A3-paper. Card backs are at the end on a separate sheet, make a sufficient amount of those. If you find errors or incomplete texts, I'll be happy to correct them. Based on the images here, I think ackmondual had left out some phrases.

aquarian

2009-06-04

Teaching aid for Guillotine - in Hebrew

המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים

koby_shachar

2009-04-27

Traduzione carte Guillotine in Italiano

Italian translation of Guillotine cards: translation for both english and german version of the game. v. 1.0

Prometeo

2009-01-13

Guillotine card paste in simplified chinese

Guillotine card paste in simplified chinese.革命断头台牌表

eastfire

2008-12-26

Guillotine card references

Contains a list of all of the noble cards and action cards used in the game for the US, Wizards Of The Coast/Hasbro edition version. Card attributes are also included such as quantity, color, point values, text, etc. Microsoft Excel format allows for alternative sorting orders, filtering (pre-activated), formatting, and user additions to suit personal preferences.

ackmondual

2008-11-30

Tuckboxes to use with card sleeves v.1.0

Firepigeon

2007-12-04

Guillotine.rtf

Inventario de Cartas de Guillotina traducido al español

Mr.Baggins

2007-07-09

Noble Cards.doc

Noble cards translated from German to English - enjoy :-)

shadowknave

2006-10-11

Action Cards.doc

Action cards translated from German to English - enjoy :-)

shadowknave

2006-10-11

Guillotine.doc

Spanish Rules / Reglas en Español

Kiko_Senda

2005-08-22

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Num Ratings:	5237
Average Rating:	6.54
Standard Deviation:	1.29
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.3
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Personal Comments:	1934
Users Owning:	5443
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Review from the Game Report Online Website	http://gamereport.com/tgr19/guillotine.html	2001-11-02
Review from Dan Becker's Game Site	http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/games/reviews/Guilloti...	2001-11-02
Review from Mathew Baldwin's Aces Up Website	http://www.acesup.com/reviews/guillotine.html	2001-11-02
Summary of Cards	http://spotlightongames.com	2002-01-23
Rules in HTML from WotC's Vault	http://www.wizards.com/vault/main.asp?x=guillotine...	2001-12-06
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
Review by BrettSpillGuiden - Scandinavian independent boardgame site	http://www.brettspillguiden.no/kritikker/757952.sh...	2004-05-04
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/Guillotine.htm	2005-01-31
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/guillotine.html	2005-11-29
Review in Italian at Giochidatavolo.net	http://www.giochidatavolo.net/gdt/modules.php?name...	2007-03-14

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