Card Game Hearts
The card game hearts has evolved over the years.
Card game hearts. Object of the game. Keep low hearts is an evasion type trick taking card game where you play against 3 other opponents and try to earn the lowest score by avoiding hearts and especially by avoiding the 13 point queen of spades. Here are the rules for the card game hearts. The objective of hearts is to get as few hearts as possible.
Since then this scientific card game has come a long way. I wanted to be able to play hearts online and just didn t think all the hundreds of other versions of hearts would do. It gives you 13 penalty points. This is a game where you want a lower score rather than high.
Hearts is the third card game i ve made the other two are shithead and crazy eights. Each heart gives you one penalty point. I used to play hearts a lot when i was younger it was one of the games that came with every version of windows. Also the queen of spades or calamity jane is worth 13 points.
Hearts is a trick taking card game in the reverse family of card games in which taking points is a bad thing. Many trick taking games are not directly related to bridge or whist. The standard 52 card pack is used. In modern day hearts unlike reversis each heart is worth one point.
Points are taken by taking tricks that have a card in the heart suit or the queen of spades. The queen of spades is known as a penalty card because you get 13 points if you take a trick containing the queen of spades. The classic card game where you can shoot the moon but look out for the queen of spades. It originated in spain in the 1700 s at that time heart was called reversis.
To be the player with the lowest score at the end of the game.