Guillotine: The Revolutionary Card Game Where You Win By Getting a Head!

by Guillotine by Wizards of the Coast

Product Features

• 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 three rounds.
• 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!
• Boxed set of 110 cards

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00000JYUS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,048 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Product Description

Editorial Review

This gallows-humor, "revolutionary" card game rewards players who get a head--literally. The premise is that each player is a guillotine operator during the French Revolution, trying to score points for the most prestigious beheadings. If you behead Marie Antoinette or King Louis XVI everyone will be impressed, but who's going to care if you lop off the head of a palace guard? Players work with two decks of cards--one that holds the usual suspects, including a palace clown, a local martyr (players lose points for beheading her), a councilman, and, for the highest points, the king and queen. The other deck holds the strategy cards, helping players to play their best hand in order to roll the biggest heads. While this game involves some strategy and maneuvering, the most fun is in the artistic and playful cards and humorous historical references. --Gail Hudson

Product Description

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 three rounds. Each round, twelve nobles are lined up for the guillotine. The nobles are worth varying points, depending on their notoriety. During your turn, you play action cards to change the order of the line so you can collect the best nobles. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins! 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!

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun card game, July 11, 2011

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Justin Michels (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Guillotine: The Revolutionary Card Game Where You Win By Getting a Head! (Toy)

This is a fun card game that can be very competitive if you want to play it that way. This game is versatile to play with adults for ruthless action, or fun for children too. My wife loves this game and we play it often. Quick game doesn't take that long and it's easy as well.