Two letters in no particular order

 A short update on two games of Love Letter with two players to pass long days and longer nights.

(Make that three four games.)

I'll use this blog post to also jot down four games of Labyrinth and two games of Sphinx.

Baronification Continues

Christmas included two games of three players and one game of four players of Love Letter. 

Continuing tradition from last Christmas, the very first move my sister made was to guess I had the baron. 

I did.

Next round my mother did the same. 

And again, I did. It wasn't until fourth player joined us that I was no longer plagued by the baron on a constant basis. So absurd, but hey, at least it's memorable.

It's the baron

Before my bi-annual trip to Kuhmo I was involved in delivering Love Letters with two players. Once the day before, and another time before the bus left.

There must be something going on with the baron, as once again the game saw an uncanny amount of guessing the right card as the first card being played, most often involving the baron.

Baronified

Traditional Christmas visit to my parents ended up with love letters left and right on Christmas eve.

We had four players, and that changed the dynamics of the game a lot, when I've used to playing with two players.

A session of three rounds was played both before and after Santa came to explode some kittens. And during second session, the way I was haunted by Baron was bordering on supernatural.

When he wasn't my initial card, he was the second. When Prince dropped something from my hand, replacement was Baron. Multiple times I had two Barons in my hand. And I dare say this was no confirmation bias, as everyone else noticed it too. More often than once or twice I was kicked out of the game before I had a turn - by someone's guard, guessing I had Baron. When I didn't get both barons during game round, it was because the other baron was the card that was set aside that round.

Well, at least he has a pretty rose.

Update: another session of five games.

Race for Hearts

A quick note about a Love Letter game that lasted for eleven rounds - we chose to re-play two rounds because Countess was such an unruly troublemaker.

It was almost an anniversary for when the game was last played. How time flies and such...

Rose for the princess

Love letters were being sent once more a few days ago.

Though it looked like princess had already decided - none of the letters one of the players sent received any notion from her highness. Granted, it tends to affect outcomes when two times in a row the other players had princess in hand when baron showed up. This means automatic letter delivery with only two players. Princess really seems to like roses that much.

Instant Princess

Oh my, I have forgotten to make a note about last round of Love Letter that was played a week ago or so.

I remember how the round had quite a start, when the very first card that was played scored a thank you heart for one of us - Prince revealed the Princess right away.

Just a quick note of a round of Love Letter that was played a few days ago.

It was a close game of two players with the wooden hearts never being more than one point apart.

In a Night at the Court

A recent two player game of Love Letter, which was categorized by me either having the Princess in my palm every round, or Princess not being there at all. I suppose it wasn't that big of a surprise then, that in the end, it was my letters that reached the royal heart.

Her indecision

Yesterday I was a rival suitor for a princess for the first time ever.

There were two suitors, and considering how princess sent hearts for both of us, it must have been a tough decision for her to pick her companion for the end of days just on the basis of letters.

After eight rounds the situation was four hearts for both suitors. Fifth heart would be the most important decision.

And fifth heart was not mine.

Clearly there was some foul play going on behind my back, when princess herself was 'out of the game' during ninth round.

edit:

Since another round was played a day later, I'll edit that right in.

This time around I let nothing come in-between me and the princess, resorting to smear campaigns and forcing rival suitor to stay overnight at the church, buying me plenty of time to arrange the delivery of my letters, all the while taking care that no letter of my adversary would reach the hands of our beloved princess.

These lowly methods were prolific in securing me victory this time, but I'm afraid that one day princess will see through my fraud...

It's been quite a while since I bought any new games. But today I walked home with Love Letter in my bag.