Dirty hearts card game rules

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Once a trick has been played, anyone may look at the cards until cards are played for the next trick, so pay attention.

Play continues until all players are out of cards. In a 4 player game, this means there are 13 tricks in a standard hand. Under most circumstances, each heart taken adds 1 point to a player's score. Also the Queen of Spades often called the "Black Lady" adds 13 points to a player's score. The Jack of Diamonds gives the person who takes it points. However, if a player takes all 13 Hearts and the Queen of Spades, that player has "Shot the Moon," and may either subtract 26 points from her score or add 26 to all opposing players' scores.

The Jack of Diamonds is not required to Shoot the Moon. However, many groups play a different variant and require the Jack to shoot. In 3 and 5 player games, the number of cards dealt won't deal out evenly so you nead to deal with this..

I asked people who read this page to contribute their rules for how to handle misdeals and reneging. These rules seem to vary wildly depending on the seriousness of the game. Here are some of their suggestions:. There is are not many sites which helpful give strategic advice. Right now, the best advice I can give is to play, play, play. If you're looking for "expert" advice, there is little information on the web at present, but it is increasing.

This page had the most I'm aware of, but is now defunct. I managed to save a copy of it from the WayBack machine. Other than than, the best source for info is below. The only other resources I'm aware of are the books listed below , in particular the Andrews one.

I used to have this information stored in a page on a wiki I controlled, but I have grown impatient with all of the spammers flooding it with links and disabled the whole thing. Several manufacturers have produced hand-held LCD hearts games in the past. These days, however, they are nigh impossible to find and I am unaware of any current sources for the devices.

To reiterate: I do not know where any are available for purchase. I cannot help you find one for purchase. As an alternative to a dedicated, hearts-only device, I highly recommend purchasing an inexpensive Palm and downloading one of the Palm OS programs. Palms are smaller, more functional, and useful than the dedicated games. In addition, the user interface for the Palm hearts programs are far superior and there are thousands of other programs games, utilities, etc.

For a specific example, according to the rec. Dyer, version It is not listed in Radica's on-line catalog, and until June , I had never seen one, and I have not been able to find one for sale anywhere.

I tried contacting Radica about it, but they never responded to provide me with information. In , someone sent me a link to a company that still had them in stock and I own one. I've checked back and they were no longer in stock a long while ago. Other companies also made hand-held hearts games. There is no trump suit. The winner of the trick collects it and places it face down.

Hearts may not be led until a heart or the queen of spades has been discarded. The queen does not have to be discarded at the first opportunity. If you have only hearts, or only hearts and the queen of spades, are you allowed to play a point card on the opening turn, or does the hand basically have to redealt? If you have 13 hearts although the odds of that are really low , you can play your first trick as a Heart. Additionally, there are several different rules variations regarding Shooting the Moon, the Jack of Diamonds play in the game and more.

Best Wishes, The Bicycle Team. There is a mistake in the directions about the card to remove for a three player game. Is it the 2 of diamonds or clubs? When lifeguards play, a common passtime, the Jack of Diamonds is 10 to the good.

The Queen of Spades is 13 to the bad and each Heart is one to the bad. If you get all the Hearts and the Queen of spades that is called shooting the moon and becomes 26 to the good.

Thanks for sharing Stuart! Club Login Log in to Club Rewards using the email and password you provided when you signed up. Signup Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. The Pack The standard card pack is used. Object of the Game To be the player with the lowest score at the end of the game.

The Deal Deal the cards one at a time, face down, clockwise. The Play The player holding the 2 of clubs after the pass makes the opening lead. The queen can be led at any time. Log in to Reply. Niko Heartlove April 18, at am. The Bicycle Team March 17, at pm. If one player has won all 13 hearts and the Black Maria this is known as shooting the moon , that player can choose to subtract 26 points from his or her score or to add 26 points to every other player's score.

Hearts is played to points any score can be agreed on before the game begins, but 50 is a good minimum. When one player reaches or passes the agreed-upon score, the game ends. The player with the lowest score wins.

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