Hearts

What you get

• Game scorecard Sixteen hands with the passing direction printed on each row, a point value reference, and a box for how your table handles the moon.
• Table quick reference How a hand goes, the rules that trip people up, common house rules, and notes for newer players.
• Five colors Jade, navy, burgundy, slate and blush, all in the one download.
• Your group's name Optional, printed in the header and footer of every sheet.
• Large print option Bigger type on the sheets you write on, for easier reading at the table. Same price.

2 sheets · US Letter landscape, 11 × 8.5 in · vector PDF, sharp at any size · prints in color or grayscale

How hearts scoring works

Every heart you take is worth one point, and the queen of spades is worth 13. Points are bad, and the lowest score wins.

That makes 26 points in every hand. The four scores in a row have to add to 26, which catches a miscounted trick immediately.

The game ends when any player reaches 100, and whoever has the lowest score at that moment wins.

The passing cycle

Before each hand you pass three cards. Left on the first hand, right on the second, across on the third, and no passing at all on the fourth. Then it repeats.

Every row on the scorecard is labeled with that hand's direction, so nobody has to keep count.

Shooting the moon

If one player takes all 26 points, they shot the moon. Either they subtract 26 from their own score, or everyone else adds 26.

Groups differ on which, so the sheet has a check box for recording yours before you deal. A hand where the moon was shot will not total 26, which is the one time the row check does not apply.

Large print

Check the large print box when you customize and the scoring grid comes out with noticeably bigger type and taller rows, which most people find easier to read across a table.

The grid is what grows. Reference panels and the fine print stay at their normal size, so nothing gets squeezed off the page, and the sheet still holds a sensible number of rounds.