LOV'IN GAME is a board game with a track representing a heart pierced by an arrow.
THE AIM OF THE GAME is to form a couple and guide them to the star at the tip of the arrow.
PLAYERS : At the START SPACE, all players are single and play with a numbered SOLO TOKEN assigned according to their order of arrival. The number of players can vary from 3 to 7. Each player takes turns rolling the dice and moves their token the number of spaces indicated by the dice.
The SOLO players move along the track in any direction they choose, in search of a partner.
FORMING A COUPLE : The goal of each player is to form a couple with another player, whether they are single or already part of a couple. Several situations can arise :
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN 2 SINGLES ON THE SAME SPACE : Regardless of the space, except for the Start space, they can form a couple if both agree.
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN MULTIPLE PLAYERS ON THE SAME SPACE : Except on the Start, Progression / Regression spaces. The last arriving player rolls the dice and may ask one of the present players to do the same. If both roll the same number, they form a new couple. The other member of the potentially impacted couple becomes single again and returns, as a solo player, to the Start space.
Once two players have formed a couple, they keep their respective numbers but exchange their SOLO TOKENS for a single COUPLE TOKEN. This token consists of a heart made up of two half-hearts, each representing one member of the couple. Each member of the couple moves the COUPLE TOKEN clockwise according to their initial order of arrival.
PROGRESSION OR REGRESSION OF THE COUPLE : During the game, the couple encounters situations that either strengthen or weaken it, affecting each half-heart.
At the formation of the couple, both half-hearts are white. As they improve, they turn red. When they deteriorate, each half-heart changes from white to black or from red to white. If the entire heart becomes black, the couple separates: each member becomes single again and returns to the START space with their SOLO TOKEN
SPECIAL SPACES :
START SPACE : all players start the game here. Each time a couple reaches or surpasses this space, one of their half-hearts changes to the next color, provided they have already completed one full lap and their COUPLE TOKEN is not already entirely red.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT SPACE : when a player, single or part of a couple, lands on this space, they can propose to another player, single or not, to join them and form a new couple.
EMPTY DICE SPACE : solo players or couples can choose to count it as a space or skip it, depending on their interest.
TWO RINGS SPACE :
when the COUPLE TOKEN is entirely red, it must land exactly on the TWO RINGS SPACE. From there, it moves directly to the star at the tip of the arrow and wins the game.