Guillotine (1998)

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Designer	Paul Peterson
Artist	Quinton Hoover Mike Raabe
Publisher	AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH Darwin Project Hasbro Play Factory PS-Games Wizards of the Coast Show More »
Year Published	1998
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (122 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (35 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (54 voters) [poll]
Honors	1998 Origins Awards Best Traditional Card Game Winner 2003 Fairplay À la carte Winner
Subdomain	Family Games (83 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Humor
Mechanic	Hand Management
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Primary Name	Guillotine
Alternate Names	斷頭台
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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.

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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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Dutch edition

Publisher: PS-Games, Wizards of the Coast

Artist: Quinton Hoover, Mike Raabe

Year: 2007

Product Code: PSG39

Size: 9.94 x 8.77 x 0.89 inches

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French edition

Publisher: Play Factory

Artist: Mike Raabe

Year: 2007

Product Code: 3700427700121

Size: 6.50 x 6.50 x 2.17 inches

0.44 pounds

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English second edition

Publisher: Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast

Artist: Quinton Hoover, Mike Raabe

Year: 2005

Product Code: WOC 21888

Size: 7.00 x 5.00 x 4.88 inches

0.50 pounds

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French Edition

Publisher: Darwin Project

Artist: Quinton Hoover, Mike Raabe

Year: 2004

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English First Edition

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Artist: Quinton Hoover, Mike Raabe

Year: 1998

Product Code: WOC06400

Size: 7.19 x 5.13 x 0.88 inches

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Polish stickers for Guillotine.

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Resumen de las reglas al estilo JcK

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Tradução das Regras para Português

Rules translation to portuguese (based on the german version) - Tradução das regras para português (baseado na versão em alemão) - Version 1.0

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Board Game Rank:	701
Family Game Rank:	216
Num Ratings:	8143
Average Rating:	6.53
Standard Deviation:	1.29
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Users Owning:	9162
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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=9433&zoekcr...	2011-12-10
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/3937.pdf	2011-12-10
Polish review at http://planszowki.polter.pl	http://planszowki.polter.pl/Guillotine-c7773	2011-05-19
German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/guillotine	2011-05-09
German review - Cliquenabend	http://www.cliquenabend.de/spiele/700000-Guillotin...	2011-05-09
German review - Spielonaut	http://www.spielonaut.de/site/kritik/start2.htm?/s...	2011-05-09
German review - Holgs Spieleteufel	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=193	2011-05-09
German review - Ludozine	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ludozine/...	2011-05-09
German review - FAIRspielt	http://www.fairspielt.de/Spiele/guillotine.php	2011-05-09
German review - Pöppelkiste	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/frame/frame.htm?/gutesp...	2011-05-09