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Great Shakespearean Deaths Card Game

By Chris Riddell
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Great Shakespearean Deaths Card Game by Chris Riddell celebrates the most dramatic and memorable deaths from Shakespeare's plays. The game combines vibrant illustrations with strategic gameplay, challenging players to collect and compare the bard's famous fatal moments. With an educational twist, it offers both entertainment and insight into the darker aspects of Shakespeare's masterpieces.
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Format: Game
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You might enjoy this exciting card game if you have a love for Shakespeare's plays and a fascination with creative depictions of their dramatic death scenes. This illustrated game beautifully combines dark humour with literary fun, making it perfect for anyone who appreciates both a good laugh and the Bard's classic works.

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Great Shakespearean Deaths Card Game

Morbidly funny, literarily accurate, trivially entertaining, wittily illustrated, and even educational - this "top trumps" card game has a lark with everyone's favorite Shakespearean construct, the amazing deaths!

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Who had the greatest last words, and what were they? Who enjoyed the slowest, most tedious death? Who had it coming more than anyone else?

From the celebrated comedy ensemble SpyMonkey and acclaimed illustrator Chris Riddell, this hilariously morbid (and informative!) trump card game has players testing their knowledge while having a lark with everyone’s favourite Shakespearean construct: the amazing deaths!

Explore the intriguing world of Shakespeare’s characters with Great Shakespearean Deaths Card Game, perfect for those who delight in the dramatic and the darkly humorous.

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The Great Shakespearean Deaths Card Game is praised for its amusing and irreverent take on Shakespeare's works, making it an ideal gift for literature enthusiasts. The game features Chris Riddell's instantly recognisable illustrations and incorporates Shakespearean statistics sourced from a successful stage production, enriching the playful nature of the card game with authentic details.

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INFORMATION

Barcode: 9781452162478

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Color pattern: Gray

Recommended age group: Adults

Theme: Literature, History

Toy game material: Cardboard

Format: Game

Date Published: 12 September 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Chronicle Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Length: 38.0mm

Width: 93.0mm

Height: 143.0mm

Weight: 230g

Pages: 36

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About the Author

Chris Riddell is a British illustrator whose books have won many illustration awards including the UNESCO Prize and the Greenaway Medal. In 2015 he became the UK Waterstones Children's Laureate. His collaborations with Neil Gaiman (The Sleeper and the Spindle) and Paul Stewart (The Edge Chronicles) have been international bestsellers, and Chris is the writer and illustrator of the highly acclaimed Ottoline and Goth Girl series. His political cartoons appear in the Observer, the Literary Review, and the New Statesman.

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