Playing Hearts

You play Hearts against three hands controlled by the computer. The objective is to score the fewest points. For each trick you win, you're awarded 1 point for each heart and 13 points for the Queen of Spades. You must use the same suit that's played first unless you're void of that suit. You take the trick if you've played the highest card of the suit played.

Play Hearts

Choose Hearts from the Games folder of the Start menu.

Click the cards to be passed, and click the Pass button.

The Two of Clubs is automatically played to start the game. If you don't have the Two of Clubs, wait for your turn, and then click the card you want to play. Continue playing until the hand is completed

Note the score, and click Play Next Hand. Continue playing hands until the first player scores 100 or more points. The lowest score wins.

Tip

Another scoring option is to "shoot the moon," whereby you collect all the points in one hand. If you succeed, each of the other players receives 26 points, and you receive 0 (zero) points for the hand.