If you get a bad hand, you may try not to pass the highest cards and instead try to 'Shoot the Moon' and get all 26 penalty points.

When passing cards to another player, remember which cards you passed and to whom, also note who passed cards to you, it may give some clues about his strategy.Special Rule: if one player gets all 26 penalty points, he will get 0 points, and all other players will get 26 points instead. When the game ends, the player with the lowest number of penalty points wins. The game ends once one of the players reaches 100 points (you can change this number from the Options menu). Hearts are broken when any player doesn't have a card from the leading suit and played a Heart instead.Ī Broken Heart icon will appear on the lower left side (next to your score) once Hearts are broken. You cannot play the Queen of Spades or a Heart on the first turn of the round.Ī player may lead with a Heart only after hearts were broken. When the round starts, the player who has the 2 of Clubs is the first to play, and he must play that 2 of Clubs. When a player doesn't have a card of the leading suit, he has a chance to play any unwanted cards, like the Queen of Spades or high Hearts, knowing that he cannot win this turn and take any penalty points. This player will also play first in the next turn. If one or more of the four cards carry penalty points (a Heart or the Queen of Spades), they are added to the player's score. If a player doesn't have a card of that suit, he is free to play any other card.Īfter all players played a card, the player who played the highest card of the leading suit takes all Four cards. Other players must play a card of the same suit. In the fourth round, there is no passing.Įach turn starts with one player playing one of his cards, this is the leading card of the turn. In the third round, to the player on the right. In the second round, to the player in front. In the first round, to the player on the left side.

When the game starts, each player selects three cards to pass to another player: The lowest-ranking card is 2, and the highest card is Ace. The Queen of Spades is worth 13 penalty points. The goal of the game is to avoid getting penalty points. Our version is played by four players - You (brown monkey) against three computer bots (blue otter, yellow bird, red fox).

Playing card queen of hearts