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Editorial Review:

It's the revolutionary card game where you win by getting a head! This irreverent and humorous card game takes place during the French Revolution. Players represent rival guillotine operators vying for the best collection of noble heads over 3 rounds. Each round, 12 nobles are worth varying points, depending on their notoriety. During your turn, play action cards to change the order of the line so you can collect the best nobles. Will you be skillful enough to bribe the guards and collect Marie Antoinette? Or will you lose points for beheading the Hero of the People? Heads are going to roll - the player with the most points at the end of the game, wins! Game comes with 110 cards and rules of play. For 2 - 5 Players, Ages 12 and Up.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

A card game that is funny like good cartoons. More for kids though:

The cards are very humoristic and a pleasure to play with. The rules are easy to understand. I played with a colleague and it got a bit boring, although we got a good chuckle out of a few cards. However, I was disappointed because this game is not challenging for adults. There is very little strategy.
There are simple choices to make in the game, good for kids. If I had that in my tweens / teens years, I think we would have had a ball!

great game for adults, too!:

Some folks have commented that this is more of a family/kid-friendly game. I do not agree. The people in my life are in the early-30's group, and we enjoy Guillotine very much. We play it at the pub, while camping, while waiting for dinner to cook, or even during commercials on a long-haul-prime-time night.
This game is like a Pixar movie: it's cartoony and fun for kids, but there is definitely adult sensibility thoroughly integrated into the content. This game is huge on strategy and even card... more info

revolutionary game where you win by getting a head:

Guillotine is a card game with a French Revolution theme. That sounds kind of grim but actually the presentation is so comical that it is light hearted and amusing black humor. The cartoony illustrations are fantastic and the cards themselves are bright and sturdy.
Players are rival executioners trying to get the most points by beheading nobles with the most notoriety. simple.
I'll briefly describe how it is played:
The game has two decks of cards, an Action Deck and a Noble Deck.
The... more info

Great geekdom:

So if you think you know Dungeons and Dragons, check this stuff out. Makes fun of it in a way that even non-gamers can enjoy. Plus most of the stuff is a funny twist on either something real (duck in a dungeon) or else a twist on a D&D item. Enjoy!

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