This game plays one hand of the card game Hearts. The object is to avoid winning tricks that contain any of the 13 hearts or the queen of spades. To deal the cards, press the DEAL button. After the cards are dealt, press the PLAY button to begin play. The human player leads (any card) to the first trick. The other players follow in order, playing a card of the same suit as the card led, if possible, or otherwise playing any card. The highest card of the suit led takes the trick. The winner of a trick leads the first card to the next trick. To take a trick, simply click on the card that you want to lead to the next trick (or click FINISH if it is the last trick). A player taking a trick receives one point for every heart in the trick, and thirteen points if the queen of spades is in the trick. The object of the game is to take the fewest points, or to take every single point ('shoot the moon'). A player who shoots the moon wins the game. If no player shoots the moon, then the player with the most points loses. Note that due to the limitations of Zillions, this game plays only one hand, players do not pass cards before play begins, and your hand is not sorted by suit. Hearts dates from the 1800s and is a variation on older 'nullo' games, in which the object is to lose tricks rather than taking them. |