Learn The History of Hearts

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A brief history of Hearts. Hearts is a really unique card game. It is an individuals game and it really goes back to a game that was played in Spain about 1750 called Reverse' and Quinoles. The only reason I know about, I think Quinoles is a term used in horse racing. But actually, it was a game that was set up where the object was to avoid losing tricks. So you almost play in reverse. That's were the origin of the game, it was written about in the eighteen hundreds, came over to America about eighteen twenty, eighteen thirty. All though different forms it were played prior to that in the colonies. It's one of those great classic card games that is played by many people when they're children. They're games that are made for Hearts and they basically teach you the rudiments of the game. You can purchase these games, or you'll see them in kids games packs. I know Microsoft put them on their computers and so forth. The modern game of Hearts was established in the nineteen twenties and thirties where features such as the queen of spades, the evil lady. What have you, were added to the game and then shooting the moon became part of the game in the nineteen forties and fifties. So we have evolved to now is the game of Hearts, with the queen of spades as a bad card. Shooting the moon, the deuce of clubs opening lead and so forth. It's a great classic card game and it's about two hundred and fifty years old.

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