Off With Your Head!

A card game that takes place within the tumultuous world of history''s royal courts, where fortune can be lost as quickly as it is won. Try to keep your head! In this 2-5 player game, you are a powerful noble, defending your royals and trying to behead those of your opponents. Choose your royal family: the Tudors, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette''s, the Borgias, Ferdinand II of Aragon''s, or the Habsburgs. On each turn, all players reveal a Royal Status card to score points for one of their royals. But beware of your ambition - if another noble plays the same royal rank, the highest-scoring one among them loses their head. If the fates are against you, you might encounter the King''s executioner, the Princess''s herbalist or the advisor''s spy. If they smile on you, escape with a royal guard or the jester. In this battle of wits, secure the highest prestige for your court, while trying to sabotage your rivals. The game is highly illustrated with beautiful artwork by Eleni Kalorkoti and is packed with fun, historical detail, provided by historian Catherine Fletcher. Inside the compact and beautifully designed box, find an accompanying booklet, giving context and colour to each royal character.

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Eleni Kalorkoti is an illustrator living and working in Edinburgh. Her clients include Google, The New Yorker, The New York Times, MSNBC, Hyundai, The Economist, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, the Guardian, TED, The Victoria & Albert Museum, McSweeney's and Buzzfeed.

Catherine Fletcher is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University. She's the author of several books on Renaissance history, including The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance, and a regular contributor to radio and podcasts including You're Dead To Me, Not Just the Tudors and History Extra.