Love♥Letter

How to play Love Letter

1. Goal: win tokens of affection by winning rounds. First to 6 tokens wins at 2 players, 5 at 3, 4 at 4, 3 with 5 or more.
2. Setup: one card is set aside face down each round (in a two-player game three more are turned face up for everyone to see). Everyone is dealt one card.
3. Your turn: draw one card, then play one of your two. Do what it says. Higher numbers are stronger at the showdown but weaker to hold when the Guard comes knocking.
4. Knocked out: your card goes face up in front of you and you sit out the rest of the round.
5. Round end: when only one player is left, or when the deck runs out at the end of a turn — then the highest card still in hand wins the round.
6. Protected: a player who played the Handmaid can't be targeted until their next turn. If every opponent is protected, you still play a card and it simply has no effect.
7. You must play the Countess if you also hold the King or the Prince.

The cast

Love Letter is by Seiji Kanai. This is an unofficial fan implementation of the Premium edition's cast; the deck grows from the 16-card classic core at 2–4 players to the full 32 cards at 7–8.