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by marekjoz
Dec 25, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.

Sharing knowledge - as far as I know - should be beneficial for all and could be made by all having something valuable to say.
by marekjoz
Dec 24, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]

11. Do not open hearts for low Hearts are not possible to lead until someone drops a heart first - these rules are here mostly played. Imagine, that the low is the one, who takes the first point. Now he can lead a heart and you do not know, if he tries to moon, or is just kidding. It forces someone...
by marekjoz
Dec 24, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]

10. Do not play a suit, which low already hasn’t This a very simple rule. When you play a suit, which low already does not have, you help him to get rid of the cards, which are somehow problematic for him. He maybe did not have a Queen, but could have high diamonds, in example. By playing clubs, wh...
by marekjoz
Dec 22, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]

9. Try to cheat your enemy Tricky title does not mean you should feel encouraged to start an another account and try to play under another name :-) The best pat in hearts is, that it is a game on an edge between a common trust among members of a team trying to catch a low and trying to get in lead ...
by marekjoz
Dec 22, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]

8. Identify where the Queen is Easy to say, more difficult to achieve. There are hints, which you can use, to identify her. First of all - who leads spades? Who repeats leading spades? Why something else was played than a spade? Was there an opportunity to drop a Queen by a player (if would have a ...
by marekjoz
Dec 22, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]

7. Do not try to moon all the time This in most cases is practiced here by newbies, although old foxes do it from time to time as well. Like trying to moon 4 times in a row. True is that it is not so usual to succeed a moon, when players defended it good. Pure luck at dealing and a bad pass help a ...
by marekjoz
Dec 22, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]

6. Count cards in suits Unfortunately it is not only about the number of cards but also what particular cards left and who does not already have a particular suit. The first thing everyone should learn here. Number of hearts dropped in a round is displayed in the right corner on a score table. So t...
by marekjoz
Dec 21, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game?

5. Try to play low A lot about it I have written in the first post of this topic. Playing low means to try to increase the score of the „low” player in order to make the scoring table as flat as possible. A „low” is a player who leads in the current game - has the lowest score. In this example play...
by marekjoz
Dec 20, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game?

4. Pass reasonably Of course you will pass cards, which you do not need. Passing a heart is a good and simple protection against a moon. It is not a sure protection because the player, who receives your cards might have all the highest hearts already and your 8 of hearts made no difference. It is h...
by marekjoz
Dec 20, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game?

3. Let others lead a card It happens often, that when you feel safe to drop a high card, you do it at the very first moment you can, to avoid taking QS on it later in the round. When you drop the highest card and take a lead, then you are safe with this card, but you now need to have an idea what t...
by marekjoz
Dec 20, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game?

if you enjoy the tutorials, more to come: 1. Let others moon from time to time 2. Do not play spades to low 3. Let others lead a card 4. Pass reasonably 5. Try to play low 6. Count cards in suits 7. Do not try to moon all the time 8. Identify where the Queen is 9. Try to cheat your enemy 10. Do not...
by marekjoz
Dec 20, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game?

2. Do not play spades to low Let’s draw a playing table. ...........N ......W.......E ...........S You are sitting at the „S” position (South). The score table: E: 20 S: 50 N: 50 W: 50 You do not have a Queen of spades (QS), you do not know where she is. A few of possible scenarios: 1 . E has a Que...
by marekjoz
Dec 20, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

Re: What makes a good game?

1. Let others moon from time to time Most of people play here an „Ask” type of game, instead of an „Old moon” type. It means, that after a moon, a player can decrease his/her score by 26 points, instead of increasing by 26 the score of all the others. As of course it is in most cases crucial here t...
by marekjoz
Dec 19, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]
Replies: 27
Views: 1590354

What makes a good game? [TUTORIAL and HINTS]

OK, so after almost every game, players say a sacred: "gg".... Actually not every game was good. I would rather say, that less than 10% of them were good. Why do players say this and it sometimes compels others to say that the game was good? In my opinion a good game requires that every player tries...
by marekjoz
Dec 03, 2017
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: Cheaters /ip tracing etc - Possible solution
Replies: 6
Views: 24782

Cheaters /ip tracing etc - Possible solution

Since the discovery of aristo's 25+ different names and accounts used here only to ruin games of others' players and making a mess, a process of IPs tracing was widely used to trace such cheaters and abusers. Many here think, that you should be able to play totally anonymously, others think, that th...
by marekjoz
Sep 06, 2014
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: Quitting while hostng a game
Replies: 2
Views: 12167

Re: Quitting while hostng a game

Thanks Aidan. Unfortunately it confirms my suspicions regarding behaviour of some so called "top players". I can only hope it won't even more divide the Hearts' community until you have finalized some effective workaround. The good information at least is, that you already are aware, that there alre...
by marekjoz
Sep 05, 2014
Forum: GrassGames' Hearts
Topic: Quitting while hostng a game
Replies: 2
Views: 12167

Quitting while hostng a game

I observe lately some strange quits of some players, who host a game. Could you Aidan please investigate, if the punishment ofr quitting while hosting a game is properly calculated? Especially when host just closes an app? When the host quits, the game freezes for long until all connection are rebui...