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Hearts Rules
These are the rules I use for Hearts. There are many variations possible, but I use the basic ones from Wikipedia.
- The objective of Hearts is to get as few points as possible. Each heart gives one penalty point. There is also one special card, the Queen of spades, which gives 13 penalty points.
- When the game starts you select 3 cards to pass to one of your opponents. Typically you want to pass your three worst cards to get rid of them. Which opponent you pass to varies, you start by passing to the opponent on your left, then in the next game you pass to the opponent on your right, third game you pass across the table and in the fourth game there is no card passing.
- Each turn starts with one player playing a single card, also called leading. The suit of that card determines the suit of the trick. The other players then play one card each. If they have a card in the same suit as the first card then they must play that. If they don't then they can play one of their other cards. Once four cards have been played, the player who played the highest ranking card in the original suit takes the trick, i.e. he takes the four cards on the table and he then starts the next turn. Any penalty cards in the trick (hearts or queen of spades) are added to the players penalty score. So you want to avoid taking any tricks that have hearts or the queen of spades.
- The player who has the two of clubs at the start of the game leads in the first hand, and he MUST lead with the two of clubs.
- You cannot lead a trick with hearts, until hearts has been broken (played on another suit). So if it is your turn to lead and no heart has been played yet then you may not select a heart as the card to play first. In some variations of the game you can't play the queen of spades until hearts has been broken as well, but in this version you can always play the queen of spades and she doesn't break hearts.
- In the very first round you may never play a heart or the queen of spades, not even if you don't have any card in the suit of the lead card.
- Once all cards have been played the penalty points are counted and the player with the fewest points wins that hand. When one or more players reach 100 points or more then the entire game is finished, and the player with the least points win. If points are over 100 and there are two or more equal with the least points then play continues until there's only one winner.
- Shooting the Moon! Generally it's bad to get penalty cards, but there is one extra twist! If you get ALL the penalty cards (13 hearts + Queen of spades) then you get 0 points and the other 3 players get 26 points each! This is called Shooting the Moon. Trying this can be a really risky move though, since if another player gets just one of the hearts you'll end up with a lot of points...
As of 21.02.2014 I've changed the game so the Queen of Spades no longer breaks hearts. I used to get complaints that it didn't, then when I changed it to make sure she did break then I got even more complaints about that. So, it looks like most people want the Queen of Spades to not break hearts, so that's the way it'll be from now on. Please do not write to me requesting that I change this again!
About Hearts
This online version of the classic card game Hearts was made by me. My name is Einar Egilsson and over there on the left is my current Facebook profile picture! Hearts is the third card game I've made, the other two are Shithead and Crazy Eights. I used to play Hearts a lot when I was younger, it was one of the games that came with every version of Windows. I wanted to be able to play Hearts online, and just didn't think all the hundreds of other versions of Hearts would do! Of the card games I've made, Hearts is probably my favorite. At least I play it a lot more than the others.
The game is made using html+JavaScript+css with jQuery used for the animations. All the graphics used for the game I found at OpenClipArt, a great site with free graphics. The excellent playing card images were made by Nicu Buculei, and the player images were made by Gerald G.
Any comments, questions, ideas for other games or anything else can be sent to admin@cardgames.io.
This is version 2385 of Hearts.
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These MOGs run on a non-profit basis, requiring no payment from the players.
| Developer(s) | Release date | Required OS | Genre | Payment | Synopsis | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiance | Microsoft Research | March 16, 2000 | Windows | Space simulation/RTS Hybrid | Free to play | Players control space fighter ships, and fight for various factions. | 3D |
| Fantasy Masters | Zeonix | January 2003 | Windows | Collectible card game | Free to play | Network trading card game. Play with other users with your 50 card deck. | 2D |
| Freeciv | Open Source | January 5, 1996 | Linux | Turn-based strategy | Free to play | Build, explore and conquer. | 2D |
| Omerta | Omerta Game Limited | 26 September 2003 | Browser-based | MMORPG | Free to Play | Mafia-themed, text-based MMORPG | Text |
| OpenArena | Open Source | August 19, 2005 | Windows, OS X, Linux | First-person shooter | Free to Play | Open source quake 3 clone. | 3D |
| SubSpace | Virgin Interactive | November 30, 1997 | Windows | Action game | Free to play | 2D space shooting | 2D |
| Teeworlds | Open Source | May 27, 2007 | Windows, OS X, Linux | Platform Game/ Action Game | Free to play | 2D Action Platformer with a grappling hook. Wide variety of community created maps and game-modes. | 2D |
| Urban Terror | Open Source | August 5, 2000 | Windows, OS X, Linux | First-person shooter | Free to Play | Open source stand alone game based on a quake 3 mod. | 3D |
| Xonotic | Open Source | December 23, 2010 | Windows, OS X, Linux | First-person shooter | Free to Play | Fast-paced open-source FPS. | 3D |
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| Developer(s) | Release date | Required OS | Genre | Payment | Synopsis | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age of Empires Online | Robot Entertainment, Gas Powered Games | August 16, 2011 | Windows | MMORTS | Free to play with items that can be purchased from a shop or earned through gameplay. | MMORTS based on the Age of Empires series with quests, NPCs, PvE and PvP. | 3D |
| Apex Legends | Respawn Entertainment | 2019 | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Battle Royale | Free to play | Apex Legends fuses elements of a variety of video games, including Respawn's own Titanfall series, battle royale games, and class-based shooters. | 3D |
| Battlefield Heroes | EA Games | 2009 | Windows | First-person shooter | Free to play, with the option to purchase accessories such as guns, clothes, widgets etc. | Cartoon simulation game of WWII where players can choose to fight as a soldier for one of two factions, Royal or National, and fight for victory. | 3D |
| Battlerite | Stunlock Studios | 2017 | Windows | MOBA | Free to play | Battlerite consists of two teams battling against each other. Each player chooses a unique playable character called a Champion with unique offensive, defensive, and movement abilities. | 3D |
| Bloodline Champions | Stunlock Studios | 2011 | Windows | MOBA | Free to play, with option to unlock more cosmetic items and usable characters. | Arena-based PvP game where teams of 2-5 battle in three different game modes; team deathmatch, capture the flag and map point control. | 3D |
| Company of Heroes Online | THQ | 2010-2011 | Windows | Real-time strategy | Free to play, with option to purchase convenience items | Action WWII game where players quickly build a force to gain control of the map in 1v1 through 4v4 games in multiplayer or play alone. | 3D |
| Dota 2 | Valve | 2013 | Windows, OS X, Linux | MOBA | Free to play, with various cosmetic customization options available for purchase. Every single hero can be freely chosen in All-Pick mode. | Players control different heroes in a 5 vs 5 battle to control lanes. | 3D |
| Empire & State | Novel, Inc. | 2011 | Windows | MMORPG | Free to play, with the option to purchase additional content | Political strategy MMO | 2D |
| Fortnite Battle Royale | Epic Games | 2017 | Windows, OS X | Battle Royale | Free to play | 100 players skydive onto an island and scavenge for gear to defend themselves from other players; the last player or team alive wins the match. | 3D |
| Guns and Robots | Masthead Studios | 2013 | Windows | Third-person shooter | Free to play, with the option to purchase additional content | Comic-style, robot creation, online shooter | 3D |
| Heroes of the Storm | Blizzard Entertainment | 2015 | Windows, OS X | MOBA | Free to play, with options to purchase cosmetics and permanently unlock playable heroes | The game features various characters from Blizzard's franchises as playable heroes, as well as different battlegrounds based on Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch universes. | 3D |
| League of Legends | Riot Games | 2009 | Windows, OS X | MOBA | Free to play, with options to purchase cosmetics and unlock additional heroes with premium currency in addition to ingame currency | Players control different heroes in a 3 vs 3/5 vs 5 battle to control lanes. | 3D |
| Paladins | Hi-Rez Studios | 2018 | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | First-person shooter | Free to play | Hero shooter video game | 3D |
| Rec Room | Against Gravity | 2016 | Windows, PlayStation 4 | First-person shooter / Action RPG / Sports | Free to play | Social VR game including multiple game experiences, including FPS, action RPG, and sports. | 3D |
| Smite | Hi-Rez Studios | 2014 | Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | MOBA | Free to play | Players control a god, goddess, or other mythological figure, and take part in team-based combat | 3D |
| Team Fortress 2 | Valve | 2007 | Windows, OS X, Linux | First-person shooter | Free-to-play in perpetuity from June 2011, with some cosmetic in-game items available for purchase on a microtransaction basis.[1] | Cartoon-style first person shooter where two opposing but functionally identical factions battle for control of maps | 3D |
References[edit]
- ^Crossley, Rob (2011-06-23). 'Valve: Team Fortress 2 is free forever'. Develop. Retrieved 2011-06-23.