The 'theme' of Love Letter is that you're a suitor trying to pass a love letter to the princess. Love Letter was originally one of a series of games with an interconnected stories, and in the previous one the Queen tried to stage something of a coup and was executed. So the depressed Princess is in her room and we're among those trying to cheer her up. With a couple of exceptions, the 'card' is supposed to represent who you're using to get your letter to her despite the fact that she's isolated and not supposed to be getting them - one of the few people able to get in. Doing these from memory, but IIRC... >The Guard isn't killing anybody. Thematically, you're warning the guard to search (this person) for a letter. >The Countess is the sister of the executed Queen, which is why she bugs out if the Prince or King get involved (there's suspicion about whether or not she was involved in the coup). >The Princess herself is supposed to be nervous\inexperienced in matters of romance, which is why you can't simply hand her the letter (that is, play the card) - she'd "destroy the letter rather than admit to getting it" if I remember the line properly. >The Prince (some players call him Brad, since the card resembles Brad Pitt) is something of a "troll" who is having too much fun with this situation. Amusing note, I only recently learned I've been playing one particular hand combination wrong: King + Princess. Somehow it got into my head that passing the Princess counted as discarding her, costing the other player the game (and likely you now that everyone knows you have the Princess). Made sense thematically to me, since we ALL know how girls typically react to the boy Daddy seems to favor...
Thanks for sharing the real story of the game but I kind of like my Shakespeare version better with the murder and intrigue. I am glad you figure out that you were playing the Prince wrong. This is such a great little party game.
@@user-yuancode Hmm, seems TH-cam ate my reply. I'll try it without the link. It was part of the "Tempest" series of games by AEG - that they never did finish. So they sold the rights to the one game that succeeded off (Love Letter). It seems that some of the backstory may not be in the manual for the later printings? I wasn't able to get a straight answer on that question.
Some noting for the first round, you can kill halbert immediately after he use the king since you give him the guard, got the handmaid from him and drew a baron, you can use a baron to compare each player's card and win immediately.
The 'theme' of Love Letter is that you're a suitor trying to pass a love letter to the princess. Love Letter was originally one of a series of games with an interconnected stories, and in the previous one the Queen tried to stage something of a coup and was executed. So the depressed Princess is in her room and we're among those trying to cheer her up. With a couple of exceptions, the 'card' is supposed to represent who you're using to get your letter to her despite the fact that she's isolated and not supposed to be getting them - one of the few people able to get in.
Doing these from memory, but IIRC...
>The Guard isn't killing anybody. Thematically, you're warning the guard to search (this person) for a letter.
>The Countess is the sister of the executed Queen, which is why she bugs out if the Prince or King get involved (there's suspicion about whether or not she was involved in the coup).
>The Princess herself is supposed to be nervous\inexperienced in matters of romance, which is why you can't simply hand her the letter (that is, play the card) - she'd "destroy the letter rather than admit to getting it" if I remember the line properly.
>The Prince (some players call him Brad, since the card resembles Brad Pitt) is something of a "troll" who is having too much fun with this situation.
Amusing note, I only recently learned I've been playing one particular hand combination wrong: King + Princess. Somehow it got into my head that passing the Princess counted as discarding her, costing the other player the game (and likely you now that everyone knows you have the Princess). Made sense thematically to me, since we ALL know how girls typically react to the boy Daddy seems to favor...
Thanks for sharing the real story of the game but I kind of like my Shakespeare version better with the murder and intrigue.
I am glad you figure out that you were playing the Prince wrong. This is such a great little party game.
Can I ask about the name of the previous game in the series before love letters?
@@user-yuancode Hmm, seems TH-cam ate my reply. I'll try it without the link.
It was part of the "Tempest" series of games by AEG - that they never did finish. So they sold the rights to the one game that succeeded off (Love Letter). It seems that some of the backstory may not be in the manual for the later printings? I wasn't able to get a straight answer on that question.
Some noting for the first round, you can kill halbert immediately after he use the king since you give him the guard, got the handmaid from him and drew a baron, you can use a baron to compare each player's card and win immediately.
You’re right! Thanks