Avoid hearts (1 pt each) and the Queen of Spades (13 pts). Lowest score when someone hits 100 wins.
A four-hand trick-taking game: dodge the penalty cards. Each heart costs 1 point and the Queen of Spades costs 13 — and points are bad, so the lowest score wins.
💡 Void yourself in a suit early so you can dump the Queen of Spades or a high heart on someone else.
📜 Did you know? Microsoft Hearts shipped with Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (1992) to show off network play, and hides a debug mode that reveals everyone's cards — unlocked with a registry value ZB=42, a nod to Zaphod Beeblebrox and the answer to life, the universe and everything.