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Guillotine

Game ID: GID0149511
Game Info
Year
1998
Players
2-5
Age
12+
Playtime
30 min
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Description

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.

Description

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.

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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • very accessible for families
  • high nostalgia value
Cons
  • over-reliance on luck
  • limited strategic depth
Thematic elements
  • random progress through life events
  • life progression from education to career and family
  • casual, family-oriented simulation
Comparison games
  • Monopoly
  • Uno
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • life-event cards — random events influence career, income, or family milestones
  • roll-and-move — players progress along a track by spinning or rolling to determine movement
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Quotes (from this video)
  • that game was so mindblowing it was crazy and once I played it I knew I couldn't go back
  • we had to move on because when we had our child we found that those games were still out here
  • I outgrew them
  • it's such a variety instead of just hanging with the only the 10 Classics that we know
  • I needed something with more of a cerebral challenge
  • a bunch of different mechanics that keep you coming back for more
  • you got to move on to something new
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