#QUEEN OF SPADES CARD GAME PLUS#

The other players can take advantage of this to get rid of their ace and king of spades safely on the first trick of the suit - safe, that is, unless you have sneakily exposed the queen of spades having no other spades. For example, if you expose the queen of spades, then the first time that someone leads a spade you are not allowed to play the queen if you have other spades. If you expose a card, you are not allowed to play it to the first trick in which that suit is led, unless you have no other cards of that suit. If the player who takes the exposed ten of clubs gets no other scoring cards it is worth +100 rather then +50. Therefore if the ten of clubs and pig are both exposed and the same player takes both, that player gets -800 (4 x -200). Ten of clubs exposed The ten of clubs quadruples the value of all scoring cards taken by the same player instead of doubling them. Jack of diamonds exposed The sheep is worth +200 instead of +100. Queen of spades exposed The pig is worth -200 instead of -100 (or +200 to a player who takes all the hearts) If a player takes all the hearts this will therefore be worth +400 instead of +200. Specifically:Īce of hearts exposed All hearts are worth double. The effect of exposing a card is basically to double its value. There are four cards which may be exposed by their holders before the start of play: ace of hearts, queen of spades, jack of diamonds, ten of clubs. All the other cards played to tricks are turned face down when the trick is complete, and are kept in a single heap.

The sheep (jack of diamonds) is still worth a further +100 to a player who takes all the hearts.ĭuring the play, the hearts, pig, sheep and ten of clubs are kept face up in front of the players who take them in tricks. If a player takes all the hearts and the pig as well, then the score for the pig becomes +100, making a total of +300.

#QUEEN OF SPADES CARD GAME PLUS#

Note that it is necessary to take the 4, 3 and 2 of hearts to get this plus score, but you don't need the pig (queen of spades). If one player takes all the hearts, they score +200 instead of -200. Note that the 4, 3 and 2 of hearts are scoring cards, even though they score zero, so the ten of clubs plus the three of hearts score twice zero which is zero. If the player does take other scoring cards, the ten of clubs counts nothing in itself, but doubles the value of all other scoring cards taken by that player. In addition the ten of clubs counts +50 if the player who takes it takes no other scoring cards. The object is to take or avoid taking in tricks particular cards which carry a penalty or bonus to the person who wins them. The trick is won by the highest card of the suit led. If you cannot follow suit you may play any card. In the first hand the holder of the two of spades leads to the first trick in subsequent hands, the player who took the pig (queen of spades) on the previous hand leads to the first trick.Īny card may be led (there is no restriction on leading hearts or spades). As usual in Chinese games the cards are not actually dealt out by a dealer: instead the deck is stacked face down and each player in turn takes a card from the top of the pile until all the cards have been taken. Everyone plays with the cards they are dealt.ĭeal and play are anticlockwise. Unlike in Western Hearts, there is no passing of cards. At the beginning of the hand all the cards are dealt out equally to the players. When 5 play it is necessary to take out two cards - the twos of clubs and diamonds. Four can play as individuals or as partners - partners sit opposite. The cards in each suit rank from high to low: A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. The game is for four or five players using a standard 52 card pack. In the game, the queen of spades is a penalty card, known as the pig - players may try to drive out the pig by leading spades also the loser of the game is known as the pig, and may be required to grovel under the table as a penalty. It is popular with Chinese Weiqi (Go) players when relaxing between tournament games.Īn approximate English translation of the name of the game is Chase the Pig: zhu means pig or boar and gong is to root out, or force out of hiding. This is a Chinese version of Hearts, which was taught to me by Guo Juan.

Queen of spades card game