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HEARTS.TXT (Ver. 6a) November 17, 1989
HEARTS is a very easy card game to play and one that will
give you many hours of enjoyment. The rules for this game are
quite simple. After the cards have been shuffled, they are
dealt clockwise to each player. There are four players in this
game with each receiving 13 cards (a total of 52). The direc-
tion of play, like most card games, is clockwise around the
table. A player must always match the SUIT of the card that is
played first. If a player does not have the LEAD suit then he
or she can play any card in their hand. The cards are RANKED in
descending value from the A to the 2. The Ace (A) being the
HIGHEST rank. The player having the highest ranked card in the
lead suit takes that TRICK and BEGINS play on the next trick.
There are four cards in each trick (one from each player) and 13
tricks per hand. Each NEW HAND is started by leading the TWO OF
CLUBS.
The scoring of HEARTS is what makes this game unique from
most other card games. The LOWEST accumulated score wins the
game. The score is determined by the number of POINT CARDS that
a player has received in the tricks that he or she has taken.
The point cards are - all HEARTS, each counting as one point and
the QUEEN OF SPADES which counts as 13 points. There is a total
of 26 points for each hand. The score from each hand is then
added to your Game Score. When a player reaches or exceeds the
Game Point, then the game is ended and the player with the
LOWEST score wins that game.
If you are able to take all 26 points for that hand, then
you have "SHOT THE MOON" (a run) and each of your opponents will
receive 26 points. Remember, LOW score wins, and a score of 25
does not qualify as a RUN. You cannot lead a HEART or the QUEEN
OF SPADES until they have been BROKEN (one has already been
played), or unless this is all that remains in your hand.
At the beginning of each hand all players have the oppor-
tunity to PASS three cards to another player. The direction of
the pass is counter-clockwise. The first pass is to the player
on your RIGHT. The next pass to the player ACROSS from you and
the last to the player on your LEFT. The next hand is a HOLD
hand, in which no cards are passed. The pass rotation then
begins again.
3 The players are numbered from 1 to 4, with YOU playing
2 4 position number "1" at the bottom of the table. As
1 always, play rotation is clockwise.
The OPTION MENU can be called at any time throughout the
game. This is done with the ESCAPE key. The hand you are play-
ing will be SAVED and the game will continue upon your return
from the Option Menu.
When selecting your cards to PASS, you may void your
selection at any time by pressing the ESCAPE key. The process
will then begin again.
Use the RIGHT and LEFT arrow keys or ROLL the mouse to
select the card to play. After you have selected your card,
press the ENTER key or LEFT mouse button to play that card. The
keyboard CURSOR will skip played cards and will jump to the low
card of the suit in play. The CURSOR will also wrap from end to
end. Pressing the ENTER key or LEFT mouse button after each
trick will bypass the Delay and speed the game along.
The DOWN arrow key or LEFT mouse button will act the same
as the ENTER key and will respond "Y" to a question and the UP
arrow key or RIGHT mouse button will act the same as the ESC key
and will respond "N" to a question. This allows game play to be
conducted entirely from centrally located KEYS.
When using the DOS Shell from the Option Menu, be sure
that Hearts can find the file COMMAND.COM. This can be done
by setting the environment variable COMSPEC. At the DOS prompt,
type and Enter -- set comspec=[location]\command.com.
Any comments or suggestions will be gratefully accepted
and an honest attempt will be made to answer them. Please read
the file HEARTS.REG for additional information.
This program requires a computer with color monitor
capabilities and the following files present (in the same direc-
tory) to operate properly.
HEARTS.EXE - HEARTS.DAT - HEARTS.TXT
--- Good Luck and Enjoy ---