Hearts Card Games
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Hearts Scoring and Shooting the Moon

In common four-player Hearts, each heart scores one penalty point and the queen of spades scores thirteen. There are twenty-six penalty points per hand. Other spades do not carry that penalty.

Count penalty cards

In common four-player Hearts, each heart scores one penalty point and the queen of spades scores thirteen. There are twenty-six penalty points per hand. Other spades do not carry that penalty.

Shooting the moon

Taking all hearts and the queen of spades is shooting the moon. A common rule gives each opponent twenty-six points; some tables subtract twenty-six from the shooter instead. Follow the selected game rules.

Worked example

Four hearts plus the queen of spades score seventeen penalty points. This is not a moon because other players still took some penalty cards.