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Guillotine

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The card game Guillotine is a caricature style card gamed, aimed at poking fun at the French Revolution. Your job is to earn top bragging rights by beheading the most popular nobles in the deck (they are worth more points). Some nobles are worth up to five points, while others are actually worth negative points - so it is best to try to pass them off to your opponents! Each round is played as one day, with the third day as the last round. Twelve noble cards are lined up on the table for each new day. Players place the guillotine at the first card on the right hand side. Nobles can only be collected from where the guillotine stands, however, the order of the line is always changing due to the various action cards put into play. Action cards allow players to move cards forward or backward a set number of spaces, randomly rearrange the entire order of the line, take all the cards out of line and start with twelve new cards, switch cards with another player, switch the guillotine to the back of the line, and various other actions! The line is always in a state of flux, making it a fun and unpredictable game. Whoever has the most points at the end of day three wins the game. An addicting card game that is sure to please any blood thirsty crowd!

Contents of Guillotine:

• 50 Noble Cards
• 60 Action Cards
• Cardboard Guillotine with Executioner
• Illustrated Rules

Submited By: Heather Meissner on 10/31/2007 This is one of the best games to play for a game night! It is fairly easy to learn - as you get the hang of it right away. There are two types of cards in the deck - the Noble Cards (which give you your points ranging from 5 points down to negative points) and your action cards which allow you to manipulate the line of cards to your advantage, to take another player's cards, or to mess up another players hand. As you collect Noble cards, you place them in your own score pile - face up. Twelve Noble cards are placed in a line on the table and a miniature guillotine is placed at the front of the line. You have to take the first Noble in line unless you have an action card that allows you to move a noble (and there are several variations of these types of action cards). Some action cards allow you to reverse the line, and the guillotine is moved to the end. You will find the possibilities endless. The artwork on the cards is very amusing, depicting caricatures of the people from the French Revolution era. We absolutely love this game because it is fun to play, it takes about thirty to forty minutes, and it is amusing.

Submited By: Hans Isaacson on 03/08/2007 One of the greatest games of "spite your neighbor" ever created. There's a bit of chance to the game, but the strategy possibilities are very rich. An awesome game!

Submited By: Bill Cox on 10/31/2006 I never knew the French Revolution could be so much fun. As might be guessed from the title, this one is a bit different from most card games. You're an executioner shortly after Bastille day, and you get to collect nobles, well their heads anyways. King Louis and Marie Antoinette join others such as palace guards, the Bad Nun, tax collectors and Piss Boy for you to enjoy. The more famous, or more hated by the people, the more points they're worth. A deck of cards allow you to randomly rearrange the order of the 'guests', push people to the front of the line, hide in the crowd, or even steal from your rival executioner's (other players) baskets. Add Matyrs and other tragic victims which can give you negative points and Heads will Roll!

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