Love Letter: Premium Edition FAQ
33 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Components and Setup
How to Play and End of a Round
Game End and How to Win
About the People
- Does the Constable's affection token still apply if the Constable is discarded only because you were knocked out, or if you survive to the final showdown and lose?
- Do a Constable or a Count still take effect when a Prince forces them into the discard pile?
- If you play the Princess voluntarily, are you knocked out of the round?
- If you discard the Assassin on your own turn, do you draw a replacement card?
- When a Guard names your number, can you refuse to reveal the Assassin?
- If you Guard a player holding the Assassin, are you eliminated whatever number you name?
- Can a Guard name a number that is not in the deck, such as 11?
- How long does a Sycophant's choice last?
- Can a Sycophant choose a player who has a Handmaid in effect?
- Can the Sycophant choose yourself, and what does that force on the next card?
- If a Sycophant is followed by a Priest, whose hand does the Priest look at?
- If one Sycophant is followed by another, must the second Sycophant choose the same player?
- When a Cardinal is played under a Sycophant, must you look at the Sycophant's target's hand?
- Can the Cardinal choose yourself as one of the two players who trade hands?
- Can the Jester's token be placed on a player protected by a Handmaid?
- Can the Jester be played on yourself?
- Does a Jester still work if the player who played it is knocked out of the round?
- Can the Bishop name yourself as the player to guess?
- During a Baron comparison or any other mid-round effect, does the Princess beat the Bishop?
- Does the Princess still beat the Bishop at round end when the Bishop has Counts in its discard pile?
- How is a round-end showdown between the Princess, the Bishop and a Countess with two Counts resolved?
- Do multiple Counts in your discard pile each add 1 at round end, so that a Countess with two Counts beats the Princess?
- If the deck is empty when a Prince forces a player to discard, what card does that player draw?