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Guillotine
Year
1998
Players
25
Play time
30min
Min age
12+
Weight
1.27
BGG rating
6.54
BGG rank
#1625
Best with
4

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  • Guillotine is available as a public board game page on MeepleMates for group planning and collection tracking.
  • Best with 4 player according to player poll data.
  • BoardGameGeek average rating 6.54 and BGG rank #1625.
  • Groups use this page to connect Card Game, Age of Reason, Humor metadata with real play history, ratings and game night notes.
  • 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

Card GameAge of ReasonHumor

Mechanics

Hand ManagementSet CollectionOpen DraftingTake 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#604

Learn to play

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External data

Wikidata enrichment: 3 links · 4 facts · latest game data 07/05/2026.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 07/09/2026.

Links

  • Wikipedia (en)en.wikipedia.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 07/05/2026

  • Wikidatawikidata.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 07/05/2026

  • Imagecommons.wikimedia.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 07/05/2026

Facts

Publication date
1998-07-14
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Amigo Spiele