Love Letter
Can you discard the King without trading hands?
The turn rule requires resolving the played card's effect, and the Prince and Handmaid sections give the only exceptions.
- Love Letter rulebook · Rulebook · Player Turn
- Love Letter rulebook · Rulebook · 7. King
- Love Letter rulebook · Rulebook · 5. Prince
- oi_you_nutter · Community · 2020-01-22
- xipuloxx · Community · 2020-01-24
- tarrkid · Community · 2014-09-16
No. Playing the King forces a trade with another player, and you must apply the effect of the card you play. The exceptions are a card forced out by a Prince, and a King whose targets are all protected by a Handmaid.