About Hearts
Hearts is the classic trick-taking game where you want to take as few points as possible. Every heart in your tricks costs 1 point, and the queen of spades costs a whole 13. Before each round, you pass three cards to another player – to the left, to the right, across the table and no passing, in turn.
With a TV and phones, the trick sits in the middle of the TV, while your phone shows your hand and lights up the cards you can play. On one iPad, you pass the screen around, and it hides the cards every time it changes hands.
When someone reaches the points limit, the player with the fewest points wins. And if you take all the hearts and the queen of spades, you’ve shot the moon – then everyone else gets 26 points.
How to play
- Choose three cards you want to get rid of, and pass them on.
- The 2 of clubs leads. Follow suit if you can – otherwise you can throw away another card.
- Hearts can’t be led until a heart has been thrown away.
- The highest card in the suit that was led takes the trick and leads next.
- Hearts are worth 1 point and the queen of spades 13. Lowest score wins.