♥ Love Letter ♥

[sourisdudesert]

We are really happy to announce that Love Letter, a game by Seiji Kanai published by Alderac Entertainment Group, is now available on Board Game Arena!



Yes, we love that game! It's easy to learn, fast to play, and addictively fun. It's also easy to pack, and great to introduce people to board games. Actually, a game of Love Letter has taken up residence in the suitcase of one of BGA admins, travelled to a lot of places and met a lot of people

In Love Letter, you'll play a member of the royal court trying to seduce the most beautiful heart in the realm, the Princess! But you can't really meet her, you know, because of everything. So all you've got is ink, feather, paper, your literary talent and some ingenuity to get her your letters full of flame and passion through intermediaries of various ranks at court. But of course, anything can happen and get your letter lost in a duel, discarded by negligence, or blocked by a guard, if you do not benefit from the benevolent help of a handmaid. So you will have to choose carefully who to trust, and hope for the best that your letter may find its way to the closest person to the Princess, so that she reads your letter first - if you haven't been able to intrigue to block all the letters of other lovestruck noblemen!

Love Letter comes from Japan and was quite a novelty at the time of its release, coming to define a new class of minimalistic games. At the start of the game, you get one card, then on your turn, you draw another from the deck, and you chose which one to play. Simple, right? Yes, but... speculation comes into play. Each step of the way, you'll try to guess - by probability and intuition - in the hands of which of 8 possible characters the letters of your opponents are currently held, in order to disturb their plans and protect yours. And sometimes you'll be awesomely right... or mightily wrong Then in any case, as the rounds are really quick, you'll be eager for the next one!

For those who do not know how to play, we recommend the fun & excellent Tabletop episode with Will Wheaton, or the (quickest) video from The Dice Tower.

We'd like to thank Alderac Entertainment Group for trusting us to adapt Love Letter online. Love Letter is joining BGA as our 5th "premium catalog" game (counting expansions). This means that only BGA club members can create new tables, but as always, anyone can join! So, if you want to spread some love... ♥ join BGA ♥

We hope that you'll love that game as much as we do! Now if you'll excuse me, I have a letter to write...

[Falconr3]

Thank you for finally releasing this!~ I don't like how the cards played are simply listed as numbers, though.

[sourisdudesert]

I don't like how the cards played are simply listed as numbers, though.

Thanks for your message. Yes, we had to do it to save space on the screen.

[mathgrant]

Why no two-player option? Can't you at least allow two-player games, but recommend against them, like 6 nimmt! does?

Also, if I may ask, by what process is it determined which games will be premium games and which ones won't be? Does the game publisher decide?

[sourisdudesert]

Hi,

Why no two-player option?

On BGG, 62% of the community disrecommend 2p configuration for Love letter - which is quite big. On BGA games starts frequently with the lower possible number of players, so we took the decision not to implement 2 players game considering that there will always be plenty of opponents here

by what process is it determined which games will be premium games and which ones won't be?

This is a common decision between the publisher and BGA.

[Oso]

Easy for play and nice with 4 players. Could be a little "lucky", but excellent for a filler or a party game!

[Black_and_White]

I like this game so much

[EulerianLoupe]

Is it possible to allow for the following option, as a variation before the game begins?

Show the players on the right, as done in all BGA games, but keep their identities hidden in the game. To keep identities hidden, they must be randomized after each round and referred to as "Right Player," "Opposite Player," etc. This would minimize thwarting and make the game more strategic. Thanks - love the game!

[StringsAndVerses]

Is it possible to allow for the following option, as a variation before the game begins?

Show the players on the right, as done in all BGA games, but keep their identities hidden in the game. To keep identities hidden, they must be randomized after each round and referred to as "Right Player," "Opposite Player," etc. This would minimize thwarting and make the game more strategic. Thanks - love the game!

That would make the game *less* strategic for those of us who are playing to actually win... We wouldn't be able target the person about to win and end up eliminating the lower point players, making winning even more about chance than it is.

I would like to see the player's ELO hidden in game. Having ELO visible leads to metagaming when deciding which of two equally positioned characters is targetted in game.