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Hearts is a card game for 4 players, every man for himself. It uses the standard 52-card pack.
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== Overview ==
  
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'''Rank'''
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* Hearts is a card game for 4 players, every player for themselves.
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A (high) to 2 (low).
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* It uses the standard 52-card pack, ranked A (high) to 2 (low), with the figure cards being KQJ high to low.
  
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'''Setup'''
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== Setup ==
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The entire deck is dealt, giving you a hand of 13 cards. After looking at your cards, choose to pass to another player.
 
  
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The passing rotation is: (1st hand) to the player on your left, (2nd hand) to the player on your right, (3rd hand) to the player across the table, (4th hand) no passing. The rotation repeats until the game ends.
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The entire deck is dealt, giving each player a hand of 13 cards. After looking at your hand, choose three cards to pass to another player.
  
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'''Tricks'''
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The passing rotation is:
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After passing cards, the player holding the 2 of clubs leads the first trick.
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* (1st hand) to the player on your left,
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* (2nd hand) to the player across the table,
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* (3rd hand) to the player on your right,
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* (4th hand) no passing.
  
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Each player must follow suit if possible. If you have no cards of the suit led, you may play a card of any suit. Exception: You may not play a heart or the Queen of Spades on the first trick, even if you have no clubs.
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The rotation repeats until the game ends.
  
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The highest card of the suit led wins the trick. The winner of a trick starts the next trick.
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== Tricks ==
  
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Hearts may not be led until a heart has been played (this is called "breaking" hearts). The Queen of Spades may be lead at any time. [NB: In traditional Hearts, playing the Queen of Spades also breaks hearts.]
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* After passing cards, the player holding the 2 of clubs leads the first trick.
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* Each player must follow suit if possible. If you have no cards of the suit led, you may play a card of any suit.
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** Exception: You may not play a heart or the Queen of Spades on the first trick, even if you have no clubs.
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* The highest card of the suit led wins the trick. The winner of a trick starts the next trick.
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* Hearts may not be led until a heart has been played (this is called "breaking hearts").
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** In traditional Hearts, playing the Queen of Spades also breaks hearts. The Queen of Spades may be lead at any time after the first trick.
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* There is no trump suit.
  
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There is no trump suit.
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== Scoring ==
  
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'''Scoring'''
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* At the end of each hand, each heart taken by a player counts -1, and the Queen of Spades counts -13.
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At the end of each hand, each heart taken by a player counts -1, and the Queen of Spades counts -13.
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* If one player has taken all 13 hearts ''and'' the Queen of Spades (this is known as "shooting the moon", or "slam"), that player scores 0 and all other players score -26.  Warning other players about an attempt to shoot the moon is team play, and a breach of Hearts etiquette.
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* When one or more players reach zero, the game ends.
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* The player with the highest score wins.
  
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If one player has taken all 13 hearts ''and'' the Queen of Spades (this is known as shooting the moon), that player scores 0 and all other players score -26.
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== Variants ==
  
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When one or more players reach zero, the game ends. The player with the highest score wins.
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=== Normal ===
  
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'''Variants'''
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Game ends at 100 points
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Normal game is 100 points.
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Quick game is 75 points.
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=== Quick ===
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Game ends at 75 points
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=== Modern & Autocomplete ===
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The very popular Modern Variation (in which the "hold" or "no pass" hand is skipped) will be added shortly, along with Autocomplete.

Latest revision as of 14:34, 24 December 2021

Overview

  • Hearts is a card game for 4 players, every player for themselves.
  • It uses the standard 52-card pack, ranked A (high) to 2 (low), with the figure cards being KQJ high to low.

Setup

The entire deck is dealt, giving each player a hand of 13 cards. After looking at your hand, choose three cards to pass to another player.

The passing rotation is:

  • (1st hand) to the player on your left,
  • (2nd hand) to the player across the table,
  • (3rd hand) to the player on your right,
  • (4th hand) no passing.

The rotation repeats until the game ends.

Tricks

  • After passing cards, the player holding the 2 of clubs leads the first trick.
  • Each player must follow suit if possible. If you have no cards of the suit led, you may play a card of any suit.
    • Exception: You may not play a heart or the Queen of Spades on the first trick, even if you have no clubs.
  • The highest card of the suit led wins the trick. The winner of a trick starts the next trick.
  • Hearts may not be led until a heart has been played (this is called "breaking hearts").
    • In traditional Hearts, playing the Queen of Spades also breaks hearts. The Queen of Spades may be lead at any time after the first trick.
  • There is no trump suit.

Scoring

  • At the end of each hand, each heart taken by a player counts -1, and the Queen of Spades counts -13.
  • If one player has taken all 13 hearts and the Queen of Spades (this is known as "shooting the moon", or "slam"), that player scores 0 and all other players score -26. Warning other players about an attempt to shoot the moon is team play, and a breach of Hearts etiquette.
  • When one or more players reach zero, the game ends.
  • The player with the highest score wins.

Variants

Normal

Game ends at 100 points

Quick

Game ends at 75 points

Modern & Autocomplete

The very popular Modern Variation (in which the "hold" or "no pass" hand is skipped) will be added shortly, along with Autocomplete.

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