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Hearts

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PLAYERS
4
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Deal all 52 cards evenly, 13 to each player.

2

Before play, each player passes 3 chosen cards to a neighboring player, rotating the pass direction each hand.

3

The player holding the two of clubs leads the first trick; players must follow the suit led if able.

4

Hearts cannot be led until a heart or the queen of spades has been played in an earlier trick ("breaking hearts").

5

Each heart collected in tricks won counts as 1 penalty point, and the queen of spades counts as 13 penalty points.

6

Play multiple hands until a player reaches an agreed point limit, often 100; the player with the fewest points at that point wins.