How to Play

Overview
Hearts is played with a standard deck of 52 cards. The object is to get the lowest score. Each heart card is worth 1 point, and the Queen of Spades is worth 13 points. In this version of Hearts you play against 3 computer players. You can go to the Options Menu and set the difficulty level to Easy, Normal or Hard, as well as turn the game sounds on or off.

Game Play
After the cards are dealt, you must choose 3 cards to pass to another player. In the first round you pass cards to the left, in the second round to your right, then across the table, then you don't pass any. Once the cards are passed, the player with the Two of Clubs must play that card. Going clockwise, each player must then play a card of the same suit. If a player doesn't have a card of the original suit played, the player can play any card. Whoever played the highest card of the suit originally led takes the trick. Note: on the first trick, you can not play a heart card or the Queen of Spades. Whoever takes the trick leads off the next trick by playing any card. A player can not lead with a heart until hearts are broken, that is, someone has played a heart in a previous trick.

Scoring
The winner of Hearts is the person with the lowest score when someone else reaches 100 points. After each hand is completed the points are totalled. Each heart card is worth 1 point and the Queen of Spades is worth 13 points. There's a special case where one player gets all 26 points which is called "Shooting the Moon." When this happens each player receives 26 points except for the person who Shot the Moon.

Controls
Keys	Action
"5" or OK	Selects or deselects cards.
"6" or	Moves the cursor right.
"4" or	Moves the cursor left.
OK	Advances from screen to screen.
CLR	Returns to Main Menu and exits game.