Likewise the person who passes you cards knows that they sent you.

When you pass left or right the person who receives them knows what you gave them & may be able to infer your strategy based on that.

The passing cards phase is almost as important as the order in which you lay cards.

they have nothing but Hearts remaining in their hand.

a Heart has already been laid & the suit is broken.

Players may not lead with a Heart unless either:.

Players may not lay the Queen of Spades or any Hearts on the opening hand.

Whoever has the 2 of clubs starts the game by laying it.

Players must follow the suit led when laying a card if they hold that suit in their hand.Before play begins players may be required to exchange 3 cards with other players.When someone hits 100 points the game is over and whoever has the lowest total score thusfar wins. Players continue to play new hands until someone hits 100 points.If a player manages to capture all 13 hearts and the Queen of Spades then they score zero points and all other players have 26 points added to their score.The winner is whoever has the least points at the end of a hand.The Queen of Spades is worth 13 points.Each Heart inside won tricks is worth a point.If you win a trick and there is a Heart in it then you score a point.Whoever wins a hand leads the next hand.If there are no Hearts and no Queen of Spades in the hand then no points are scored.Whoever lays the highest card in the suit which led wins the hand.The menu has buttons to resume the game, start a new game or read game rules. The game has buttons for sound control and bringing up the menu in the upper right corner.

Use your mouse left click on the cards you want to pass at the beginning of a hand.

The welcome screen has a sound control button in the upper right corner.

Click on the yellow PLAY button on the game’s welcome screen to start your game.

Try to score the fewest points by not winning tricks which contain a heart or the queen of spades in them.

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