Guillotine is a nice little card game for 2-5 players. The setup is quick, the rules are simple, and a variety of strategies can lead to success.

As a queue of nobles marches toward the guillotine, players take turns decapitating the first noble in line. Before a player takes a noble’s head, they are given the opportunity to rearrange the queue slightly, aiming to claim high profile heads (such as Robespierre), stick their opponents with heads that will harm their reputation (such as a martyr) and spin the crowd so that the heads they have taken are worth more. Continue reading →