The more you play, the more you’ll see opportunities to trick your opponents into taking the hand and adding points to their score. Passing these to your opponent makes it less likely for you to lose the hand and potentially take in any penalty points that are played. Typically, you’ll want to get rid of any higher-ranking cards: Aces, Kings and Queens. At the beginning of every round, when you pass three cards to your opponent, try to pick the three worst cards you've got. Once four cards have been played, the player who put down the card of the starting suit with the highest value takes all the cards. If a player does not have a card of the same suit, then they may play any other card in their hand.

That player decides what suit to play (however they can only start with a heart card if one has already been played), then other players must play a card of that same suit, if possible. The players choose three cards to pass on to an opponent at the beginning of every round and whoever holds the two of clubs must start the first turn with that card.Īfter the first hand, the player who took all of the cards in the previous hand will start the next hand. To start the game, each player is dealt 13 cards. Each heart you bring in gives you one penalty point, and the special card, The Queen of Spades, is worth 13 penalty points. In this classic card game, the goal is to score as little points as possible.

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