Overview Male and female contestants compete for "each other" in romance games. Social Reviews 0 Discussions 2. Login to be first! Go to Discussions. Content Score Can't find a movie or TV show? It is one of the ultimate gateway games. This does mean, however, that, as with all massively successful games, there is now a whole host of spin-offs, variations, and clones on the market.
Today our task is simple — like we have done with Munchkin and Pandemic — we are going to take a look at the different versions of Love Letter to determine which one is the best overall. Before we begin, please note, as with all of these comparison articles, I have not played all of these versions.
Instead, we will be looking at third party data sources to come up with an empirical and impartial version of Love Letter that is better than the others. To establish which is the best version of Love Letter we need to determine which versions of Love Letter we will be looking at. For the sake of this analysis, we are not looking at every version from all 26 different publishers. Instead, we are only going to look at versions that fall into two categories —. This means we are not taking Star Wars Love Letter into account because it was only released in Russian.
What this does is leave us with seven version of Love Letter that we will be looking at today. These are:. This is an interesting split, and one which is not too dissimilar to Munchkin.
Obviously, there are more versions of Munchkin so they cover more genres; however, franchises made up the majority of Munchkin versions as well. For each version of Love Letter , however, we need to really look at the rules to understand the differences in the games. For this we need to divide the games into two sets — firstly, those that use the basic rules versus those versions of Love Letter that use enhanced rules as well as what those rules are.
After that, we need to look at the differences in the number of players. With the current split of games, there are two that use standard rules — these are Love Letter and Batman Love Letter. These are, in the loosest sense and not wanting to go into too much detail —. Batman Love Letter is, as much as it pains me to say as one of the versions I own, identical to the base game — only with Batman as a theme.
We can also look at how many players there are for each version of Love Letter , showing the malleability of the game. This varies depending on the version, with 4 being the norm. So, depending how many players you have, this may already be starting to look like a clear-cut decision.
If you have a gaming group of seven, for example, then Love Letter Premium is your only choice. If you have five then you could go for Lovecraft Letter or Love Letter Premium , depending on if you like the idea of Cthulhu and insanity as in-game metrics. Next, we are going to look at some of the basic data from Board Game Geek BGG to show and highlight the differences in the game.
This includes rating, but it also includes complexity. The complexity of the game is not usually something which determines whether a game is a good one or not. Instead, it can more be used to guide your own purchase decisions based on what is right for your gaming group. What we can see here is that Love Letter , generally speaking, is not a complex game. None of the games are rated above 1. That is phenomenally low for a game, making it one of the least complex games ever created.
To give you an idea, Monopoly has a rating of 1. Yes, Adventure Time Love Letter is statistically easier than Pick Up Sticks in theory — however, this kind of highlights issues with crowdsourcing subjective data. It is not the most reliable source ever but it is still relatively useful to look at nevertheless. It is like Love Letter but just for more people and those additional cards will make it more complex in the long run.
I mentioned earlier that the base Love Letter game is the sixth most owned game by registered users on BGG. The card deck is shuffled, and the top card is set facedown to the side and is not used in the game. If playing a 2-player game 3 additional cards are removed but placed face up.
Each player is then dealt a single card and the remaining deck is placed centrally facedown. Players can look at their card but may not show other players. There are 16 cards in total in the game their numbers range 1 through 8 as written on the card.
The closer to 8 a card is the higher-ranked it is. You will then pick a card from your hand to discard and will do so following the effects on the card. Two have significance in the game: the schoolboy's and the schoolgirl's. Their locker locations vary per game depending on the schoolboy's location. The locker locations are highlighted with an outline and a hovering arrow above the locker.
When the schoolboy reaches the selected locker, both the highlight and arrow disappear. One of the lockers may open spontaneously during game play, if the schoolboy stays near one for too long.
When the locker opens, it reveals a white cat that exits and starts wandering the hallway. The cat will constantly walk around the area without stopping. Other students cannot walk past the cat. The school bell is never seen but heard twice in the game.
The first bell signals the end of the first period. The second bell rings once the player finishes reading the letter or time runs out. If time runs out, the classmates leave and the schoolboy cries, "Oh now! I've waited too long! Now I'll never know who the letter is from! The Love Letter's Soundtrack consists of two music tracks.
The main theme plays from the start of the game, and the letter theme plays whenever the player holds down the left mouse button. The game was developed using Flash Develop and Flixel [2] It was not possible to win the game at the time of its release for the Jam, [3] but basic assets of the game, including music and a timer, managed to make it into the game within the time limit. About two months after its initial Ludum Dare release, a completely playable version of The Love Letter was released on February 14,
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