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1998 · 2-5 players · 30min · weight 1.27 · 22,334 ratings
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ID
116
Name
Guillotine
Year
1998
Rank
1071
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.2684
Num weights
1550
Bayes avg
6.38891
Average
6.5401
Users rated
22334
Num owned
34537
Wanting
191
Wishing
1509
Num comments
5113
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:16:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Hand ManagementOpen DraftingSet CollectionTake That
Categories (3)
Age of ReasonCard GameHumor
Description (594 chars)
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.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).