Guillotine is a very silly game about a very somber subject. It’s hard to take it seriously… but that doesn’t mean we can’t try. In this episode, we talk with history professor Dr. Jennifer J. Popiel about some fascinating events of the French Revolution and the lessons it can offer us today, and designer Paul Peterson tells us about how his first original design came together.

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Immersed is produced by Cardboard Edison.

Special thanks to Dr. Jennifer J. Popiel and Paul Peterson; Eddie Rodriguez, Megan Cummings, and James Griffin; and Jen and Jim Paccioretti.

Editing assistance by Eric Booth.

Music:

Doh De Oh Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Guillotine test 02 by Glaneur de sons is licensed under an Attribution License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

La Marsellais by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. Public domain.

The Working Day by Ian Alex Mac is licensed under a Attribution License.

March of the Spoons Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sex and Death and God by Steve Combs is licensed under a Attribution License.

Action by Monplaisir is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Magic in the Garden. Written by Rafael Krux.

Whiteout by Little Glass Men is licensed under a Attribution License.

Lonesome Liar Dancing Up in the Trees by We Is Shore Dedicated is licensed under a Attribution License.

Fairytale Waltz Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Bouncy Gypsy Beats by John Bartmann is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Hanami Matsuri (花見祭り) by Fabian Measures is licensed under a Attribution License.

Parisian by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

No Rocking in the Jazzhands Zone by Peter Gresser is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

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ADVISERS: Justin Gibbs, Peter C. Hayward, Robin Kay, Loot & Lute

SENIOR INVENTORS: Steven Cole (Escape Velocity Games), Thomas Hornemann, Calvin Johns, Chris and Kathy Keane (The Drs. Keane), Karl Lange, Joshua J. Mills, Marcel Perro, Behrooz "Bez" Shahriari, Shoot Again Games

JUNIOR INVENTORS: Ryan Abrams, Luis Lara, Neil Roberts

ASSOCIATES: Dark Forest Project, Stephen B. Davies, Thiago Jabuonski, Nathan Miller, Matt Wolfe