Game Guide
Hearts
Avoid hearts — unless you can take them all
Overview
Hearts is a trick-avoidance card game. Players try to avoid taking heart cards and the queen of spades. But if you can capture every single one, you 'shoot the moon' and flip the scoring.
Quick facts
- Players
- 3–6 players (individual)
- Format
- Individual
Objective
Have the lowest score when the game ends. Each heart is worth 1 point, the queen of spades is 13 points.
How Scorecard tracks Hearts
Each heart taken = 1 point. Queen of spades = 13 points. Shoot the moon (take all hearts + queen) = everyone else gets 26 points instead.
Configurable rules
These settings can be adjusted when creating a match or saved as a custom ruleset.
End game mode
End after a point threshold is reached, or after a fixed number of rounds.
Renege penalty
Configure whether renege affects round scoring and how many points are transferred.
More about Hearts
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