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Doctor,
you are needed in the emergency room, STAT, and bring a deck
of cards! Get read for some open "hearts" card-playing
as you hone your technique or simply learn the basics of Hearts.
Beat 3 other challenging computer players. Improve your skills,
shoot the moon and prepare with surgical precision. Nurse,
who's got the two of clubs? |
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Hearts
is a trick taking based game in which the object is to avoid
tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades. Hearts
is generally played with 4 players using a standard 52 card
deck. Each player receives 13 cards. There is no trump suit
and hearts are worth 1 penalty point and the queen of spades
is worth 13 points. The object of the game is to avoid points.
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On
the first hand of the game, each player selects three cards
and passes them facedown to the player to their left. The
cards passed to you are then added to your hand. On the
second hand of the game, three cards are passed to the player
to the right. On the third hand, three cards are passed
to the player across. On the fourth hand, no cards are passed.
This passing cycles repeats throughout the game: left, right,
across, hold.
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The
player holding the 2 of clubs starts the game by playing
that card. The play then proceeds clockwise. Players must
play the suit of the card led if they have it. After each
player has played a card, the trick is over and the player
who played the highest card in the suit led wins the trick
and leads the next trick. Players may then choose which
card to lead with. Players cannot play hearts or the queen
of spades on the first trick of the game. Players cannot
lead with hearts until hearts have been broken. This occurs
the first time a player plays a Heart. A player may lead
hearts if there are no other options to play even if earts
are not broken.
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Points
are assessed at the end of each trick per number of hearts
taken and if the queen of spades was taken. If a player
takes all of the hearts and the queen of spades (26 points),
then they have "Shot the Moon" or "Dug the Ditch". When
this occurs, the player has the option of having 26 points
taken from their score or having 26 points given to each
other player. The game ends when a player has received 100
penalty points. The winner is the player with the least
points at this time.
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You can choose from the following avatars:
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Currently
Available
In
Development
Arena Dodgeball
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Golf Caddy
Linkword
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Copyright
© 2004-2008 Requiem Software Labs, inc.
Hiptop is a registered trademark of Danger, Inc.
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