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The other players then need to lay down clubs until all four have played. Once the pass is complete, the player who has the two of clubs will start the first “trick” by laying it on the table.

The second round passes to the right, third round straight across, and fourth no passing).

At the beginning of a round, you have what’s called the “pass.” Each player chooses three cards to pass to their left (if it’s the first round. If you’re playing with four people, then each player gets 13 cards in their hand. Everyone tallies up their scores during and after the game to make sure it’s up to date, and at the end, the biggest loser wins! Make sense? It will hopefully make more sense after we explain the specifics of the Hearts game setup. At the end of the game, you want to be the person at the table (whether it’s real or digital) who has the least amount of tricks won. There are ways to earn points in this game, often called “winning tricks,” and you want to avoid that. So, the easiest way for us to remember the scoring is to think of golf – the lower your score, the better. This will make it easier for you to understand why the rules are structured the way that they are. Ready to get old school? Easy to Play, Hard to Winįirst and foremost, we have to explain to you the overall concept of the game. That being said, let’s explain a little more about the game so that you can jump right in if you’ve never played it before. Anyway, this isn’t so much a history lesson as it is an introduction to our version of this awesome game. It was most commonly played with four players, but you can bring in as many people as you want, as long as it’s three or more. Don’t mistake its age for a sign of dullness, however, because this 270-year-old card game has stuck around for a reason – it’s super fun! How else would it have survived for so long? Speaking of, Hearts was originally based on a game called “Reversis” that became popular in 18 th-century Spain. As much as we love to feature some of the most beloved classics from the arcade era, we have to show respect for really old games like Hearts.