How do you play hearts card game for dummies?

In Hearts, the cards rank in regular fashion, from ace to 2, with the ace being high. You must follow suit (play a card in the suit led) if you can, and if you can’t, you can play whatever you want. Each player throws in a card, and whoever plays the highest card in the suit led wins the trick.

What is the object of hearts card game?

Hearts is a trick taking game that requires 4 players and a standard 52 playing card deck with Aces high and 2’s low. The objective of the game is to have the fewest points when someone reaches 100 points. For other trick taking games, see our guides for Spades and Euchre.

Can you play Hearts online?

Enjoy the classic game of Hearts with real live players! Hearts Online is the best FREE multi-player Hearts game available for Windows. Just press play and you are matched up with human players from all around the world.

What happens if you shoot the moon?

Shooting the moon is when you want to win all the hearts and the Queen of spades. If you succeed, you gain no points that round and every other player gains 26 points (in some circles, you have an option to instead take 26 points off your score).

Does The Queen of Spades count as breaking hearts?

A trick is won by the highest card played on the suit led. The winner of a trick leads next. If a player has the lead and all he has left is hearts (queen of spades is considered a heart), he may lead a heart. THE BLACK LADY: The Queen of Spades is a “minus” card additional to the hearts, counting 13.

Do you pass cards in hearts?

After the cards have been dealt, each player chooses three cards to pass to an opponent. Players pick their cards after they’ve looked at them, and before they’ve received cards from their opponents. Cards are passed to the right at the first deal, to the left with the second, and across with the third.

What is the queen of spades in hearts?

In the Hearts family of card games, the queen of spades is usually considered an unlucky card; it is the eponym of the Black Maria and Black Lady variants of Hearts. The player who ends up with the queen of spades after a match scores 13 points (points are to be avoided in this game).

What does Queen of Spades mean in crazy eights?

Here is a blog post and discussion about Crazy-8-Countdown describing a version in which Jacks skip the next player, Twos make the next player draw two cards or play another Two as usual, and the Queen of Spades makes the next player draw five cards. No ‘reverse direction’ card is mentioned.