Guillotine is a card game created by Wizards of the Coast and designed by Paul Peterson.

Game equipment consists of two decks of cards, "Nobles" and "Actions", and a small cardboard structure representing the guillotine itself.

This is mostly symbolic, though it can serve as a convenient indicator of the direction of the "line" of face-up Noble cards played on the game table representing condemned persons waiting to be beheaded.

A card symbolizing Maximilien Robespierre (beheaded in 1794) causes the "day" to instantly end upon his decapitation.

Garnish with extremely amusing art and you have Guillotine, the hilarious new card game from Wizards of the Coast about trying to get a head.

"[1] A review from Lautapeliopas praised the entertainment value, ease of play, and theme while criticising the components and omissions in the game's rules.