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Hearts is a trick-taking card game played with four players. The object of the game is to gain as few point cards as possible, with the point cards usually being all the hearts and the Queen of spades. As soon as one player reaches a set number of points the game is over and the player with the lowest score is declared the winner.

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Playing Hearts

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The game is played with four players. North, east and west are computer players and you are the south player. A game is made up of several rounds. In each round players gain points by taking point cards. The objective is to gain as few points as possible. The game ends as soon as one player reaches a set ammount of points. The player with the lowest ammount of points is declared the winner. How many points a card is and when the game ends depends on the ruleset. See the <link linkend="hearts-rules">game preferences</link> for more details.

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Each player is dealt a hand of cards at the beginning of a round. You have the opportunity to select three cards that you do not want and pass them to another player. In the first round of a game the cards pass left, in the second round they pass across the table, in the third round they pass right and in the fourth round no cards can be passed. Click on the three cards that you want to pass along and then click on the player you want to pass them to.

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After the cards have been passed, the round itself begins. Rounds are made up of several tricks. Each player plays one card during a trick. The trick is started by the player who took the previous trick. The other players must play a card of the same suit as the card that started the trick. If you cannot follow the trick then you can play another card. Click on a card in your hand to play it. A card that is valid to play will turn blue when you hover the mouse cursor over it. The player who played the highest card that followed the suit of the first card wins the trick and takes the points in that trick.

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The round ends when all the cards have been played. All points that each player gathered are added together. If none of the players has reached the set limit then another round is played.

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Menus

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The menu bar at the top of the application contains the following menus:

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Game

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<menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></shortcut><guimenuitem>New game</guimenuitem></menuchoice> - Start a new game of <application>Hearts</application>