Day Five: Fall in Love with Hearts

Day Five: Fall in Love with Hearts

Hearts, a classical card game enjoyed by millions worldwide, is one of our oldest games and has received some special GamePoint flavor to turn it into an exciting 4-player game certain to leave you wanting (much) more. If you're into card games at all (or into free Coins), TODAY is the day to try Hearts as it's our game of the day for our 'Fall in Love with GamePoint' event. This means an extra Coin gift just for entering the game AND another event medal.

Just a quick refresher for the people that haven't played Hearts before or decided to take some time off from one of the best card games around:

Hearts on GamePoint has two different modes of play, American or Dutch. 
• In American Hearts, players work to avoid penalties. All numbered and lettered cards are played. All hearts are worth 1 point and the Queen of Spades is worth 13 points. 
• In Dutch Hearts, players work to end up with 0 points after someone else has reached the maximum amount of points. Only 7, 8, 9, 10 and lettered cards are played. All hearts are worth 1 point, the Jack of Clubs is worth 2 points and the Queen of Spades is worth 5 points.

Basic rules of the game: 

1. All players are dealt cards. The player with the Two of Clubs starts. Before starting though, in American Hearts, players choose 3 cards from their hand and passes them face down to their neighbor. 
2. Players place cards following the suit played, unless they do not have that suit in their hands.
3. During the first round, neither any Hearts card nor the Queen of Spades can be played. After the first round, the first Heart can be played when a player cannot follow suit. Then players may set the suit as Hearts.
4. For each Heart gained during a trick, the player receives 1 penalty point. Gaining the Queen of Spades in a trick results in gaining 13 penalty points. 
5. After thirteen rounds, points are counted and the player with the fewest points wins.
6. In Dutch Hearts, players aim to score points after someone has reached the maximum amount of points. This decreases the total points and the first to reach 0 points wins!

If it's been a while since you played, quite a few things have changed. We:

  • Added a new top bar, introduction screen, new chat, claim gift, in-game roomlist and full screen option (October 2014)
  • Introduced a quick lobby and saved game settings (July 2014)
  • Switched from Java to Flash (January 2014)
  • Offered the ability to continue a game with 2-3 players if one player leaves (February 2013)
  • Set Hearts as a Coin game (January 2013)

During special occasions, we added previews for players regarding upcoming versions.

We hope you'll join us in Hearts today!
Your GamePoint Team

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KatrinaS26 -
Thank you for the medal/gift
JimPend -
Did not receive the medal for entering and playing. Will try again later
BrittanyKnicke -
didnt get a thing
AidaGP -
Hi BrittanyKnicke, when you're in-game, open your Wallet (click your avatar) and check the Gifts tab. You'll definitely see your gift there.
BombMom -
Didn't get a thing- then went to Word Tornado and same thing- Not fair- and unhappy that is for sure
AidaGP -
Hi BombMom! Check the Gifts tab in your Wallet (click on your avatar while in-game) to see your Coin gifts. It looks like you've successfully received all of them so far!
cinders1960 -
Tried going into Hearts twice and never received a medal. I got all the others so I don"t know what happened. I hope this is rectified and I get my medal. Thank you
jaxson6 -
Didn't receive it. I tried 2 times and nothing. Please help.
KatrinaS26 -
I have a blank spot where the medal should be, so I'm assuming that maybe the image is obscured somehow. Hopefully GP can let me know if there is a problem with the picture or maybe I didn't receive it all together, idk since other's did not get theirs.
AidaGP -
Hi KatrinaS26,

So at the moment there is a blank spot at the top of your Events Medals page? The text for the day appears but the image of the medal itself isn't visible? If this is still the case, please contact our Helpdesk and if possible try to include a screenshot. We'll look into that asap. Thanks for the feedback!
hockeymomA -
did not get gift or medal, is not in gifts
KatrinaS26 -
Hi Aida -
Maybe it was glitching earlier, but the image is now showing, so no issues. Thanks for replying!
alxjoy -
I love all your games
alxjoy -
Please send coins to those who love your games ty
RoseKidcats -
I am about ready to cry! Hearts sounded like a fun game, so I read the rules and went off to try my luck. The problem IS GP that you don't give us ALL the rules. We were playing and then something about 'Shoot the Moon' and then something about passing 3 cards, then 1 card and then I got KICKED from the table and didn't have a clue how to get back to my game table. What is "shooting the moon got to do with not trying to get points and HOW and WHY did I get booted from my table??? Going off to cry..............