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Hearts web sites, books, software and on-line games

Here are some other WWW pages with rules for Hearts and its variations:

• John Hay's Hearts page, from which quite a lot of the above information was taken.
• Alan Hoyle's Hearts Page for a typical set of rules.
• Jen Bullock's Hearts page also describes the basic game.

An excellent guide to the strategy of Hearts can be found in Joe Andrews' book Win at Hearts (Bonus Books Inc, Chicago. ISBN 1-56625-110-9), a new and expanded edition of which was published in 1998. Here you can learn about card passing technique, spade and heart suit management, how to make and defend against slams, strip plays and advanced endplays. Highly recommended for the aspiring Hearts player, this book can be obtained from the International Hearts and Spades Players' Association, which also organises tournaments and awards ratings.

Here are some Hearts computer programs:

• Freeverse software produce the shareware Hearts Deluxe program.
• MVP Card Games also have a shareware Hearts program.
• The TurboHearts program from Interactive Systems Inc also plays normal Hearts - not the Turbo variation described on this page

Here are some web sites which allow you to play Hearts on line against live opponents:

• Game Zone
• IPlay
• Excite Games
• PlaySite
• Yahoo! Games
• Igames
• Games Square has American Hearts as described on this page and also the Dutch 32-card game Hartenjagen
• Games People Play
• Funcom (available in English and Danish)
• Wireplay offers Black Maria (using a direct dialled connection - not via the Internet)