Guillotine
BGG rank
BGG #19,876
BGG rating
6.4

Guillotine

1987

Rules assistance for Guillotine

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

  • 2–4 players
  • 90 min
  • 10+

Rules assistant for Guillotine

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

Guillotine is a board game released in 1987 for 2–4 players, 90 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Philippe Hernandez and its main mechanics are Simulation, Team-Based Game, and Voting.

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About the game

This is game about the French Revolution. Every player leads one of the 4 Groups of the "Konvent", the Parliament of this time. The game works in rounds. In every round the players send their 6 Group-Members to different places on the gameboard where they either earn recognition or can vote about what happens to other members. For example there is a "Revolution-Tribunal". The members there (max. 4) vote on other members who are accused. A negative vote can bring the accused Group-Member a visit to the guillotine! There are other places with different functions and every player can negotiate an agreement with others. But...no one has to do, what he promised during those negotiations. Treachery everywhere (at the right time of course!) is a main thing in this game. The winner is the player who holds the most living group-members after a maximum of 10 rounds.

Publishers

  • Avril & Floréal

Questions and answers

Guillotine 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.