**Dirty Hearts**

                                    **by**

                               **Arthur Crump**

 **Table of Contents**
 **=================**
        1. Getting Started
                a. How to Play Dirty Hearts
                b. Requirements
                c. Installation & Setup
                d. Starting Dirty Hearts
        2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
        3. How to Contact Us

 **1. Getting Started**
 **==================**

 **a. How to Play Hearts**
 **---------------------**

        There are many variations of the game of Hearts,
        Dirty Hearts is one variation.

        Each player is dealt 13 cards. The Player with the
        2 of Clubs is the first to discard. Afterwards, play
        continues around the board in a clockwise direction.

        The first card of each play is known as the trick
        card. If possible, each player must discard a card
        in the same suit as the trick card. If a player
        no longer has a card of the trick suit, then the
        player has the option of discarding a card from the
        trump suit, or any other suit.

        The trump suit is the Heart suit, and a Heart card
        can only be played after a player runs out of the
        trick suit.

        In each round the player who discards the highest
        card of the trick suit wins the hand. Each Heart card
        is worth 1 point, and the Queen of Spades has a
        value of 13 points.

        There is a total of 200 points to a game. The player
        with the lowest score wins the game.

 **b. System Requirements**
 **----------------------**

        To run Dirty Hearts, you'll need the following system:

                An IBM-compatible, 386 or better computer
                Two Megabytes of RAM
                A VGA monitor
                Windows 3.1, or Windows 95
                Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
                Mouse

        You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:

                Pentium processor
                Four Megabytes of RAM

 **c. Installation and Setup**
 **-------------------------**

        1. To get started with Dirty Hearts on a hard disk:
                a. Insert the Dirty Hearts disk in your
                        floppy disk drive ('A', or 'B')
                b. From Windows 'run' A:\setup or B:\setup" and press
                        Enter.
                c. Follow the screen directions.

 **d. Starting Dirty Hearts**
 **------------------------**

        To start the game, double click on the Dirty Hearts
        icon in Windows.

 **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
 **======================================**

        If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
        needing to get help. Try the following:

        If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
        try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
        disk cache.

        If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness
        on your monitor.

        If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
        electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
        your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
        you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
        that were displayed.

 **3. How to Contact Us**
 **====================**

        Write to:

                **AGCrump**
                **P.O. Box 8216**
                **Inglewood, CA 90308**

        E-mail:

                **ao545@lafn.org**

 Dirty Hearts is Copyright 1997 Arthur Crump