Love isn’t optional, it’s a gamble against heartbreak.

Every round, players secretly choose a number and reveal it at once. Play the highest card and Female Lovebirds come home with you; play the lowest and it’s Males. Land one of each, and that pair falls in love and flies away, one less problem, one step closer to a clean slate.

The tension? You never know what everyone else is about to play. Go big and you might win the extreme you wanted, or hand your opponents exactly the birds they needed. Play it safe in the middle, and watch someone else scoop up the whole flock. Nine turns, zero certainty, and a pile of Sadness Points waiting for anyone who guesses wrong.

Rules explained in three steps, rounds over in minutes, and easy enough for the whole table to fall in love with it, no experience required, just a willingness to break a few hearts along the way.