Hearts
Dodge hearts and the Queen of Spades, or shoot the moon. 4 players.
Also known as Black Lady and Black Maria.
How to play Hearts
- 1Each round, pass three cards: left, then right, then across, then no pass.
- 2The 2♣ leads the first trick. Follow suit if you can; otherwise play anything. The highest card of the suit led wins the trick.
- 3No hearts or Q♠ on the first trick (unless you have nothing else). Hearts can’t be led until a heart has been played.
- 4Each heart taken is 1 point; the Q♠ is 13. Take all of them — shoot the moon — and everyone else gets 26 instead.
- 5Play until someone reaches the chosen score (100 unless the host picks another). Then the lowest score wins.
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