Hearts

How to play Hearts

Hearts is the classic four-player trick game where you want to take nothing. Every heart costs a point and the queen of spades costs thirteen; the lowest score wins.

Controls: To pass, tap three cards and press PASS. When it's your turn, the cards you can play are raised: tap one, then tap it again (or press PLAY) to put it down. Arrow keys and Enter work too.

Tips

• Pass the queen of spades away unless you hold plenty of low spades to protect her. The ace and king of spades are risky to keep too.
• Try to empty a short suit in the pass. Once you're out of a suit you can throw your hearts and the queen on someone else.
• Lead low cards, and play the highest card that still loses when you follow.
• Nobody can throw points on the first trick, so that's a safe time to get rid of a high club.
• Watch for someone taking every point: if one player gets all the hearts and the queen, everyone else takes 26.
• The game ends when someone reaches 50. Keep an eye on the scores and feed points to whoever is winning.