Setting the tables…
Setting the tables…
Hearts is the classic four-player trick-taking game: dodge every heart and stay away from the queen of spades. Lowest score at 100 wins. Play our Verified version now, and if your family has always played it your own way, put those house rules on the table too.
DeckLex Verified means faithful to a stated ruleset, with every simplification disclosed.
A hand runs ~25 min.
The honest bit
Faithful to a stated ruleset
Built as Four-player Hearts over a standard 52-card deck dealt 13 each: follow the led suit; each heart is one penalty point and the queen of spades is thirteen; hands play until someone reaches the target score, then the fewest points wins, with 5 disclosed simplifications — so the rules never change under your feet.
You keep your dealt hand — there's no passing cards before the round.
The same player leads the very first trick; after that the trick winner leads.
Whoever won the last trick leads the next hand.
You can lead any card — hearts don't have to be "broken" first.
There's no "shooting the moon" — penalty points always count against you.
Your family passes left, right and across? Or always shoots the moon? Make that version.
Your family plays it differently? Describe your house rules and deal them tonight.
Create your house rules