Tricks and trump · 4 players, everyone for themselves

Dodge the hearts and duck the queen

Hearts is the game where the fewer points you take, the better you do. Every heart costs you one and the queen of spades costs thirteen, unless you are brave enough to take them all and shoot the moon.

  • 4 players, everyone for themselves
  • Lesson included
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Hearts is one of the 21 games in Cards Royale.

Hearts in Cards Royale on iPhone

How it plays

Hearts in three steps.

  1. Four players each get thirteen cards, then you pass three cards to a neighbor, left, then right, then across, and every fourth hand nobody passes.

  2. The two of clubs leads first, you follow suit if you can, and the highest card of the suit led takes the trick.

  3. Each hand spreads twenty-six points around the table, and when someone reaches one hundred, the player with the lowest score wins.

Read the full rules of Hearts

Did you know? Hearts belongs to the whist family and has been an American favorite since the late 1800s.

The moments you play for

Why Hearts gets under your skin.

A table of four with no partner to blame.

Shoot the moon

Take every heart and the queen in one hand, then give each opponent twenty-six or take twenty-six off yours.

Pass three

Before the first trick you hand three cards to a neighbor, and three of theirs come back to you.

Break hearts

Nobody can lead a heart until one has been played, and the queen of spades does not count.

Screenshots

Hearts on every screen.

The same table on iPhone, iPad, Mac and the iPhone Duo. Scroll sideways to see them all.

  • Hearts in Cards Royale on iPhoneiPhone
  • Hearts in Cards Royale on iPhone Duo, half openiPhone Duo, half open
  • Hearts in Cards Royale on iPhone Duo, unfoldediPhone Duo, unfolded
  • Hearts in Cards Royale on iPhone Duo, foldediPhone Duo, folded
  • Hearts in Cards Royale on iPad, landscapeiPad, landscape
  • Hearts in Cards Royale on iPad, portraitiPad, portrait
  • Hearts in Cards Royale on MacMac

Deal me in for Hearts.

It is one of 21 classics in Cards Royale. Free, with no ads.

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