On the fourth hand no cards are passed at all. The cycle then repeats until the end of the game. The person who holds the 2 of clubs must lead it to the first trick. The other players, in clockwise order, must play a card of the suit which was led if possible. If they do not have a card of that suit, they may play any card. The person who played the highest card of the suit led wins the trick and leads to the next trick. It is illegal to lead a heart until after a heart has been played to a previous trick, unless your hand contains nothing but hearts.
Discarding a heart, thus allowing hearts to be led in future, is called breaking hearts. In general, discarding a penalty card on a trick is called painting the trick. A player whose hand consists entirely of hearts may lead any heart, thereby breaking hearts, even if hearts have not previously been broken.
Players are permitted to lead spades to any trick after the first. In fact it is a normal tactic to lead lower spades to try to drive out the queen. This is sometimes known as smoking out the queen. Normally, each player scores penalty points for cards in the tricks which they won. Each heart scores one point, and the queen of spades scores 13 points. However, if you manage to win all the scoring cards which is known as a slam or shooting the moon , your score is reduced by 26 points, or you may choose instead to have all other players' scores increased by 26 points.
The game continues until one player has reached or exceeded points at the conclusion of a hand. The person with the lowest score is then the winner. Some play that only 12 cards are dealt to each player. During the deal, four cards are dealt to a face down kitty, which is added to the tricks of the first player who takes a penalty card.
A kitty can also be used to cope with the fact that the cards cannot be dealt evenly when there are more or fewer than four players. Some play that players are not required to pass any cards if they do not wish to.
They simply pass on the cards that were passed to them without looking at them. This could result in a player getting their own cards back. Some players allow hearts to be led at any time.
This was the original rule, but in the USA nearly everyone now plays that heart leads are forbidden unless hearts have been broken. The original rule was that player to the left of the dealer always leads to the first trick rather than the holder of the 2 of clubs leading it , and may lead any card. Some people still play that way. If you play with the now usual restriction on leading hearts then the opening lead can be anything but a heart.
Some play that is illegal to play points on the very first trick, unless of course you have you have nothing but penalty cards in your hand. Some play that the Queen of Spades breaks hearts. In other words, hearts may be led anytime after the Queen of Spades or any heart has been played.
In the four player game, each player is dealt thirteen cards. Players must follow suit if able to do so. If they can't, the player can play any card. The trick is won by the highest card of the suit led and the trick winner then leads.
After looking at his or her hand, each player chooses three cards and passes them face down to another player. All players must pass their own cards before looking at the cards received from an opponent.
The passing rotation is:. The player holding the 2 of clubs after the passing plays that card to start the first trick. Each player must follow suit if possible.
If a player has no cards in the suit led, a card of any other suit may be discarded. Exception: If a player has no clubs when the first trick is led, a heart or the Queen of Spades cannot be played.
Hearts may not be led until a heart or the Queen of Spades has been played this is called 'breaking' hearts. The Queen of Spades can be led at any time. Each heart captured incurs a penalty point. The queen of spades is worth 13 points. At the end of each hand the total pently points accrued are added to your overall score. Alternatively, a target score can be agreed upon. When the first player reaches the target, the game ends. The player with the lowest score wins. The game ends when a player reaches points.
Whoever has the lowest score when points is reached is the winner. You can submit your score to the leaderboard. Pass the two of Clubs. The two determines which player starts. If you pass the two to another player, you may be able to get rid of your highest club on the first trick with little risk.
Pass the Ace and King of Spades unless you also have many lower Spades in your hand. This makes you less likely to get stuck eating the Queen of Spades. If you have the Queen of Spades pass it unless you have many lower Spades, plan on trying to Shoot the Moon, or have other voided suits which allow you to quickly dump the Qneen on someone else in the game.
If you have many Spades in your hand including the Queen try to pass cards which allow you to void either Diamonds or Clubs. Never lead with an Ace. Hearts is the third card game I've made, the other two are Shithead and Crazy Eights. I used to play Hearts a lot when I was younger, it was one of the games that came with every version of Windows. I wanted to be able to play Hearts online, and just didn't think all the hundreds of other versions of Hearts would do! Of the card games I've made, Hearts is probably my favorite.
At least I play it a lot more than the others. All the graphics used for the game I found at OpenClipArt , a great site with free graphics. The excellent playing card images were made by Nicu Buculei , and the player images were made by Gerald G. Any comments, questions, ideas for other games or anything else can be sent to admin cardgames.
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