I have so far really loved the game. It’s almost therapeutic when you know what to do, it’s strategic without getting frustrating. It’s easy to study and collect stats and cards without overworking the princess. However, the only thing that doesn’t make sense to me is that sometimes I will have the required card for a situation in my deck but it won’t appear in the response deck causing me to lose favour and affection. Is there something I’m doing wrong or is that supposed to happen?
The deck represents the Princess's subconscious and emotional state. To simulate how she's her own person making her own decisions, she only draws five cards out of the deck for a card check. So you can tell her stuff to make her more paranoid (black cards), but that only makes it more likely she'll pass an upcoming black card check, not guaranteed.