A two-player card game about love,
obsession, and bad decisions
Yandere Girlfriends
Imouto, Osananajimi, Senpai
About the Game
Yandere Girlfriends is a two-player lane-battler card game of obsessive devotion.
Play cards across three Zones to compete for
the hearts of three yandere girls and win Affection Points.
First to
12 Affection Points wins the Timeline.
What happens when obsessive love becomes a battle of wits?
Sharp Strategy
Tight lane control from Air, Land & Sea fused with the read-your-opponent tension of Love Letter and Hanamikoji. Every card is a commitment. Every bluff is a gamble.
Creepy Charm
The unsettling sweetness of Doki Doki Literature Club and the reality-warping dread of MiSide, distilled into a card game you can hold in your hands.
What's in the Box
Affection Tokens
×12Track Affection Points across rounds. First to 12 wins the Timeline.
Lock Tokens
×4Track locked Zones. 1 token per turn locked. Remove when the lock expires.
Affection Cards
×18 / 24Your hand, your weapons. Each card has a Devotion value (1-8) and a unique ability. Play face-up to trigger abilities at full Devotion, or face-down as a bluff worth 2 Devotion with no ability.
Zone Cards
×3Home, School, and Town. Each zone is a battlefield where players compete for affection. Place them in a row to form the board. Adjacency matters: cards played outside their home zone lose Devotion.
Zone Bonus Cards
×9Advanced Mode only. Hidden modifiers dealt face-up under each Zone at the start of each round. They reward specific patterns or alter rules for that Zone.
Reference Cards
×8 (4 per player)Quick-reference cards for each zone's abilities, plus a rules summary. Keep them handy during play.
All components at a glance
How to play (Simple Mode)
Setup
- ▸Lay 3 Zone Cards: Home ↔ Town ↔ School (fixed, left to right)
- ▸Shuffle all 18 Affection Cards (Devotion 1-6)
- ▸Deal 6 cards to each player. Keep your hand hidden.
- ▸Set aside remaining 6 face-down (accessible by abilities)
- ▸Player who goes second reveals 1 card from their hand
On your turn
Play a card or back off
- ▸Face-up: Full Devotion in matching Zone, ability fires immediately. Adjacent Zones = half Devotion. Non-adjacent = 0 Devotion
- ▸Face-down: Always 2 Devotion, no ability, identity hidden
- ▸Back Off: Concede the round early (opponent scores 2-5 points based on your remaining cards)
Scoring on round ends
- ▸Which side has higher total Devotion controls the Zone. Ties go to the first player.
- ▸Control 2 of 3 Zones = score 5 Affection Points
- ▸Zealous Penalty: Win all 3 Zones = LOSE 3 points instead
- ▸ Loser goes first next round. First to 12 Affection Points wins the Timeline.
Mid-game board state
End of round scoring
How to play (Advanced Mode)
Setup
- ▸Shuffle 3 Zone Cards into a random row and confirm adjacency out loud
- ▸Deal 3 random Zone Bonus Cards (one per Zone) from the current pool
- ▸Shuffle all 24 Affection Cards (Devotion 1-8). Deal 8 cards to each player
- ▸Sculpt Phase: Each player secretly discards 2 cards face-down. Start the round with 6 cards in hand, 8 cards in the set-aside pile.
- ▸Player who goes second reveals 1 card from their hand
Devotion 7-8 Cards
- ▸No ability. Instead, they have a Cost (a price to play face-up)
- ▸Can't pay the Cost? Play it face-down as a normal 2-Devotion card
Bonus Scoring
- ▸Meaningful Location: Control a Zone with this bonus = +1 point (even if you lost the round)
- ▸Escalating Obsession: +1 point per 2 cards in the Zone (only if you won the round)
- ▸Bonus pool rotates on a 3-round cycle to prevent repeats
Mid-game with shuffled zones & bonus cards
End of round: Bonus scoring applied
Full Rulebook
Want the complete rules, card reference, and scoring tables? Download the official guidebook.
Simple Rules, Infinite Strategies
Easy to Learn, Hard to Master
Two minutes to learn and set up, ten-minute matches, hours to master. Every card is a mind game, every round a new puzzle.
Cutthroat Under the Cuteness
Deep strategy hides behind adorable cards. Bluff, read your opponent, and fight for every point in a ruthlessly competitive two-player duel.
24 Unique Cards
Every card has gorgeous art and a distinct ability: sculpt hands, flip face-down cards, move cards between Zones, or lock a Zone entirely. No filler, all interaction.
No Two Games Alike
Loads of replayability. Advanced Mode shuffles Zones, random Bonus Cards, and high-cost cards that reshape every round.
“I don't understand all the rules yet but I flipped my opponent's strongest card face-down at the last second and won. This game is perfect!”
— Jamie K., first game ever
“It's a 15 minute game. We have been playing for three hours. Nobody will admit they want to stop.”
— Sam & Jo
“I thought it's just Air Land and Sea with anime girls. Then I realized it is not.”
— No I'm not a weeb!
“Despite the randomness of a card game, there is almost zero luck here. If you lose, it's because your opponent completely outsmarted you. Period.”
— ProTabletop, Game Reviewer
“The theme is a bit much honestly. But I've played it eleven times this week so what do I know.”
— Taylor B.
“Dropping an 8-Devotion Boss card feels exactly like the moment in the anime where the cute girl finally snaps and the lighting goes dark. Absolute cinema!”
— Konekemi (Vtuber)
Meet the Girls
Three zones, three obsessions. Choose wisely!
Imouto
She's always been here. She just made sure you can't leave.
"You don't need the outside world, Onii-chan. You only need me!"
Osananajimi
She owns the space between places. Every route leads back to her.
"We have so much history together... so why are you still looking at them?"
Senpai
She picked you before you knew you were being picked.
"I'll cut ties with everyone else just to make sure you look only at me!"
Home - Imouto's Domain
Late-night games. The smell of something burning in the kitchen. She's been waiting for you.
Town - Osananajimi's Domain
Convenience store runs. Rooftop sunsets. Commutes that always overlap. Every route leads back to her.
School - Senpai's Domain
Classroom politics. Reserved seats. Hallway encounters that were never accidental. She runs this place.
Every card tells a Story
Gorgeous and powerful cards. Each one is a confession, a threat, or a promise.
Peaceful
Obsession
“I bought this for the cute anime girls. I am leaving with profound psychological trauma.”
— Chris L.
“The box art sitting on my shelf has gotten more comments than anything else I own. Half concerned, half wanting to know more.”
— Sam, Card Game Collector
“My mother walked past while I was playing and asked why the girl on the card looked so happy about the blood on her shirt. I didn't have a good answer.”
— Friend of the non-weeb guy above
“I played the Imouto's 8-Dev card, looked my big brother dead in the eye and whispered, 'You don't need the outside world, Onii-chan.' He hasn't spoken to me since Tuesday.”
— Yuuki, 18 (VTuber)
“My little sister beat me 12-0 in 25 minutes and said 'onii-chan you never had a chance' and I think she meant more than the game.”
— Makoto, Yuuki's brother
Ready to Play?
Compete for affection across three zones. Outwit, outplay, and outlove
your rival.
First to 12 points claims victory.
Gallery
3D renders, card arts and more
