Love Letter: 2nd Edition
BGG rank
BGG #14,479
BGG rating
7.3

Love Letter: 2nd Edition

2022

Rules assistance for Love Letter: 2nd Edition

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–5 players
  • 10 min
  • 5+
  • Complexity 2.3/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Love Letter: 2nd Edition

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Love Letter: 2nd Edition is a board game released in 2022 for 2–5 players, 10 minutes per game, and ages 5 and up. It was designed by Seiji Kanai and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Player Elimination, and Deduction.

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About the game

Love Letter: 2nd Edition (ラブレター 第2版) uses the same gameplay as the original Love Letter, with your goal being to get your love letter into the Princess' hands while deflecting the letters from competing suitors. From a deck with only sixteen cards, each player starts with only one card in hand; one card is removed from play. On a turn, you draw one card, and play one card, trying to expose others and knock them from the game. Powerful cards lead to early gains, but make you a target. Rely on weaker cards for too long, however, and your letter may be tossed in the fire! Whereas Love Letter included only 16 cards, Love Letter: 2nd Edition consists of 38 cards: the original 16 cards, 6 cards included in later editions of Love Letter, and 16 new cards. Players can either swap out original cards for new ones or simply add new cards to the deck for a wilder game.

Designers

Publishers

  • Arclight Games

Questions and answers

Love Letter: 2nd Edition supports 2–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.