If you succeed in collecting the Q♠ and all of the ♥’s, your opponents will receive 26 points. There is also a special game condition, called “ Shooting the Moon”. Once the score threshold has been reached, all Players will tally their total scores, and the lowest score wins the game. When playing with more people, consider lowering the score threshold somewhat, or the game may take a very long time. This is determined at the start of the game, and with four players is traditionally 100 points. The game continues until one of the Players tallies together the score threshold. Then, a new hand will be played, with cards dealt out, and once again, the Player dealt the 2♣ will lead the first trick. In four-player Hearts, this is 13 tricks.Īt the end of the hand, scores will be tallied. The game will continue on in this way, lead card moving clockwise, until all of the tricks in a given hand have been played. A Queen of Spades used in the Hearts card game Hearts may be broken by either playing the Queen of Spades, or when a Player cannot follow the suit of a trick, and therefore chooses to play a hearts card.įigure 1. Hearts are also trump cards, but may only be played after hearts have been “ broken”. This makes Q♠ a “ trump card”, one that does not have to follow suit and can still win the trick. The Q♠ may also be played at any time, even during the first trick. Player 3 has no clubs, and cannot follow suit, therefore, plays 10♦Įven though, numerically, Player 3 had the highest value card, Player 3 did not follow suit and therefore cannot win the trick.Players must do what is called “ following suit.” This means that the lead card in a trick, the first card played, determines the suit of the trick. CombinationsĬards in Hearts are valued numerically in ascending order, and aces are always high. After the first trick, the Player clockwise of the last lead Player will lead the next trick. If the 2♣ was discarded at the start of the game, then the 3♣ will lead the game instead. The lead card is always the 2♣ unless one is playing a greater-than-four-player variation. Playing the Q♠ into another Player’s ace will lose you the trick, and force a 13-point card into their score total.Įach Player should pass their three cards clockwise, and then the game may begin. This is because if those negative cards are in your hand, you are able to control when they are played. All players face each-other, and because of this, one should pass three “junk” cards that do not help them win.Īlthough hearts♥ and the Queen of Spades are negative cards to win in the trick, they might not necessarily be “junk cards” in the hand. Hearts is a cutthroat game, with no teammates. Unlike other trick-taking games, there are no melds or bids in Hearts. The game starts with each player receiving their 13 cards (in four-player Hearts). For the purposes of simplicity, the rest of this guide will assume that four-player Hearts is the game in question. Once the deal for each hand has been determined, then the game may start. Therefore, in a game of 7 people, the 2♦, the 3♦, and the 2♣ should be discarded. Diamonds should have precedent over being discarded, as clubs are necessary for the leading hand. The lowest value of these unimportant suits will be taken.įor example, in a game of 7 people, 52 is not divisible by 7. Traditionally, these “discards” will be taken from the two unimportant suits of the game, diamonds and clubs. In a non-standard variation of play involving 3, 5, 6, 7, or 8 Players, cards must be removed from the deck so that each player has an even number of cards. Dealingĭepending on the number of players in a game, different amount of cards will be dealt to each player.įor example, in a four-player version of Hearts (which is the standard arrangement) each Player will be dealt 13 cards. Hearts, as a trick-taking game, involves each Player receiving a “hand.” This article will give detailed, step-by-step instructions on playing the Hearts card game. However, there are some key differences between the these two games which will be further explored at the bottom of this page.Įssentially, Hearts is a fun card game using the standard Anglo-American 52-card deck that can be played with 2, 3, 4 or even more people. Hearts is a classic trick-taking card game, similar to the popular game Spades.
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