How to Win at Hearts on Your Computer

Download or read book How to Win at Hearts on Your Computer written by Dennis Littrell and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Win at Hearts on Your Computer: Beat the Bots in Apps and on the Web is simply the best book on the card game of hearts ever published. Period.It is also the only hearts book that focuses on the Microsoft hearts game that comes with the Windows operating systems and on hearts game apps that you can play on handheld devices such as the Kindle, the Nook, the iPhone, etc.You'll learn how your robotic opponents "think," what cards they are likely to pass to you, and what their tendencies are at various stages of the game. You'll acquire quick and easy strategies for "passing cards," "the first two tricks," "middle to late play," and "end play." Strategic problems such as when to hold the Queen of spades and when to pass her Dark Majesty are resolved in a clear and readable fashion.You'll acquire "The Fine Art of Shooting the Moon" and learn some tricks that will give you the edge not only against the bots but against human opponents.You have fun going over some of the illustrative games that Dennis Littrell played and second guess his sometimes not so sharp play. (Sometimes only!)But most of all, this long-awaited book, aimed at beginning players as well as seasoned veterans, is a fun learning experience.