- Year
- 1998
- Players
- 2–5
- Play time
- 30min
- Min age
- 12+
- Weight
- 1.27
- BGG rating
- 6.54
- BGG rank
- #1632
- Best with
- 4
Board game
Guillotine
斷頭台
Designed by Paul Peterson
MeepleMates notes for Guillotine
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- Best with 4 player according to player poll data.
- BoardGameGeek average rating 6.54 and BGG rank #1632.
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- Recommended player counts include 2, 3, 5.
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.
Categories
Age of ReasonCard GameHumor
Mechanics
Hand ManagementOpen DraftingSet CollectionTake That
Best with how many players
1
Not rec.
2
Recommended
3
Recommended
4
Best
5
Recommended
5+
Not rec.
Community votes from BoardGameGeek
Language dependence
Moderate in-game text(46 of 84 votes)
Sub-rankings
- Family Game Rank#608
Videos
YouTube1
BoardGameGeek8
Review3
Session2
Instructional1
Unboxing1
Humor1
External data
Wikidata enrichment: 3 links · 4 facts · latest game data 07/26/2026.
Latest Wikidata run: ok · 09/12/2026.
Links
- Wikipedia (en)en.wikipedia.org
Source: WikidataUpdated 07/26/2026
- Wikidatawikidata.org
Source: WikidataUpdated 07/26/2026
- Imagecommons.wikimedia.org
Source: WikidataUpdated 07/26/2026
Facts
- Publication date
- 1998-07-14
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Amigo Spiele
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast