Capital Punishment
BGG rank
BGG #30,169
BGG rating
3.8

Capital Punishment

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Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–4 players
  • 60 min
  • Complexity 1.0/5

Rules assistant for Capital Punishment

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Capital Punishment is a board game released in 1981 for 2–4 players and 60 minutes per game. Its main mechanics are Roll / Spin and Move, Track Movement, and Dice Rolling.

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About the game

This game was published for political reasons, to "make" a point. That it turns out to be somewhat enjoyable is purely coincidental. In this game, a player may win by maneuvering all four of their "criminals" in such a way that they are all in Life Imprisonment, Death Row, or the Electric Chair. Or the player may use their two "liberals" to spring the opposing players’ criminals from the "Path of Justice" back to the Street often enough to turn all fifteen of each opponent’s Innocent Citizens into Victims of violent crimes. Victims go to Heaven.

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Publishers

  • Hammerhead Enterprises

Questions and answers

Capital Punishment supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.