How to Play

Love Letter: Premium Edition

2-8 players 20-30 min 7.4 Board Game Geek Rating

Love Letter Premium expands the classic deduction game to eight players with premium components including oversized cards and wooden hearts. Players secretly hold cards representing palace residents, using their abilities to deliver letters to the princess while eliminating opponents. Win by being the last player standing or holding the highest-value card when the deck runs out.

Published 2016

Love Letter: Premium Edition

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Prepare the deck
Shuffle all 32 cards together into one deck for 5-8 player games
2
Place the deck
Put the shuffled deck face-down on the table
3
Set aside one card
Draw the top card from the deck without looking at it and set it aside
4
Deal starting hands
Each player draws one card from the deck

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Draw a card
Take one card from the deck into your hand
2
Play a card
Choose one of your cards to play and resolve its effect
3
Guard (1)
Name a player and guess a card value (except 1); if correct, that player is eliminated from the round
4
Cardinal (2)
Choose exactly two players (you may include yourself) who swap their hand cards; you may then look at one of their cards but cannot reveal which card it was
5
Baroness (3)
Look at the hand card of one or two players; you cannot tell others what you saw
6
Courtier (4)
Choose a player (including yourself); the next card you play must target at least that player if it requires targets
7
Count (5)
At round end during comparison, add 1 to your card value; this stacks if you have both Count cards in your discard pile (adds 2 total)
8
Constable (6)
This card has no effect when played; if it is in your discard pile when you are eliminated, you receive one Love Token
9
Dowager Queen (7)
Choose another player still in the round; secretly compare hands, and the player with the higher value is eliminated
10
Bishop (9)
Name a number and choose a player; if that player has a card of that value, you receive a Love Token
11
Jester (0)
Choose another player you predict will win the round; place the Jester token next to them
12
Assassin (0)
This card only activates when in your hand; if another player plays the Guard against you, regardless of what number they guess (even 0), the Guard player is eliminated but you are not

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Win the round
Be the last player remaining in a round, or have the highest card value when the deck runs out
2
Collect Love Tokens
The round winner receives one Love Token
3
Tiebreaker with Count
If card values are tied, compare total values of cards in each tied player's discard pile
4
Win the game
Collect 4 Love Tokens to win in 5-8 player games
5
Multiple paths to tokens
You can earn tokens through round wins, the Constable ability, the Bishop ability, or the Jester prediction
6
Immediate victory
If earning a Love Token brings you to 4 total, you win immediately
7
Resolve ties
If two or more players reach 4 tokens simultaneously, they play additional rounds until one player wins outright

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