If you have the Ace or King of Spades it may be beneficial to lay them and get rid of them then follow up either by laying low in another suit or laying another Spade below the Queen.

If the person to your left won a trick then on the next hand you get to lay last so do not risk any surprises from other players dumping cards on you, so get rid of the highest card you possibly can without taking the deal.

If you have a Heart valued in the middle of the deck and want to Shoot the Moon try to lead a hand with it early so you force others to decide to eat 4 points or let you book the trick.

If possible, try to get rid of your weaker cards before eating the Queen of Spades.

If you think someone is trying to Shoot the Moon and they have already ate the Queen of Spades then keep high cards in your hand to try to win control of the deal to prevent them from Shooting the Moon.

If you get stuck eating the Queen of Spades try to lay some of your middle value Hearts to force people to either eat the points or let you have them & try to end off with a suit you have many of where you know others do not have any to complete your shot at Shooting the Moon.

If you have no intent to Shoot the Moon and do not have the Queen, King or Ace of Spades & you have won the prior trick you should keep laying Spades until you force someone to eat the Queen.

If you are not holding the Queen of Spades you typically want to lay in a fashion that allows you to get rid of your highest cards as soon as you can while giving yourself the most flexibility with future plays & not risking eating the Queen of Spades.

If you are passing left you typically want to pass the 2 of Clubs.

If you have both the 2 of Clubs and Ace of Clubs you should pass one of them.

The Ace of Clubs is less risky than other Aces since you can lay it on the first trick and players are prohibited from laying any Hearts or the Queen of Spades in the opening hand.

When swapping cards it is usually best to pass along Queen, King, or Ace of a suit unless you are trying to Shoot the Moon.

If you have the Ace, King, or Queen of Spades & few low spades you should pass the high Spade cards unless you want to shoot the moon.

Having a large number of low value Spades (anything below the Queen) lowers the odds you will get stuck eating the Queen of Spades.

Try not to lay off low ranking Spades as someone may send you the Queen, King or Ace.

In general a great strategy to have is to try to have 3 or fewer suits if possible so that you have flexibility in laying off cards.

When you pass across the person both knowns what you sent them and what they sent you.

Likewise the person who passes you cards knows that they sent you.

When you pass left or right the person who receives them knows what you gave them & may be able to infer your strategy based on that.

The passing cards phase is almost as important as the order in which you lay cards.

they have nothing but Hearts remaining in their hand.

a Heart has already been laid & the suit is broken.

Players may not lead with a Heart unless either:.

Players may not lay the Queen of Spades or any Hearts on the opening hand.

Whoever has the 2 of clubs starts the game by laying it.

Players must follow the suit led when laying a card if they hold that suit in their hand.

Before play begins players may be required to exchange 3 cards with other players.

When someone hits 100 points the game is over and whoever has the lowest total score thusfar wins.

Players continue to play new hands until someone hits 100 points.If a player manages to capture all 13 hearts and the Queen of Spades then they score zero points and all other players have 26 points added to their score.The winner is whoever has the least points at the end of a hand.The Queen of Spades is worth 13 points.Each Heart inside won tricks is worth a point.If you win a trick and there is a Heart in it then you score a point.

Whoever wins a hand leads the next hand.

If there are no Hearts and no Queen of Spades in the hand then no points are scored.

Whoever lays the highest card in the suit which led wins the hand.The menu has buttons to resume the game, start a new game or read game rules. The game has buttons for sound control and bringing up the menu in the upper right corner.Use your mouse left click on the cards you want to pass at the beginning of a hand.The welcome screen has a sound control button in the upper right corner.Click on the yellow PLAY button on the game’s welcome screen to start your game.Try to score the fewest points by not winning tricks which contain a heart or the queen of spades in them.

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