Hearts- Card Game Classic is a digital rendition of an old and classic card game Hearts. It is provided by Games By Post and this online mobile game can be downloaded and played totally for free on App Store and Google Play. The game rule and goal remain consistent with its physical card version and the game control is designed specifically for mobile devices. Players need to tap to draw and discard cards throughout the game. Although Hearts card game has many variants in terms of rules and number of players, this mobile version, as its title suggests, adopts a classic edition of game rule and playing mechanics. It opens the game with a conventional four-player setting and a standard 52 cards deck. The goal of the game is to discard and get rid of scoring cards with penalty points as many as you can. The game terminates when one player has reached 100 penalty points and the player who scores the lowest wins the game. The card game starts with deals and passings in four hands.  From the second hand onwards, players will pick three cards and pass them face-down to other players to their left, right, and opposite accordingly while receiving cards being passed over to them. The gameplay follows a number of core rules. First, player who holds two of clubs cards has to lead a trick. Then other players shall follow suit by clockwise order. However, if a player has no cards of the same suit, then he or she can discard any other card of their choices. It should be noted that players cannot start a trick with a card of hearts unless such card has already been played by other players in previous tricks. The only exception is when the player who leads a trick has no other cards but hearts, then he or she is allowed to play a card of hearts, which is known as “breaking hearts”. In the meantime, the cards of spades are allowed to be played from the second trick. Besides, players usually start the trick with a lower card of spades in order to lead out the queen of spades, the scoring card with the highest penalty point 13. At the end of each trick play round, players who discards the highest number of the suit wins the trick. At this time, his leftover cards will be scored if there are any hearts (penalty point 1) or queen of spades(penalty point 13). However, if a players wins a trick without any scoring cards left, they are known as “shooting the moon”, which would deduct 26 points of their total score or add 26 points to the opponents. 

This game is receiving a generally positive feedback from players who usually have played the game either with physical cards or online for many years. In that sense, this game delivers a reliable and stable playing experience. Although some reviews suggest that it should include certain popular variations of the game, this classic game version has well served its purpose. Since players can opt for different hard levels, this game can provide plenty of practices and grinding experience for leisure players who would like to improve their hearts game skills. The game is totally free with some ads and it offers no further purchase, which loyally retains and transfers the traditional card game on the go.