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^Cby
^CMartin Richardson


 ^1THE PLAYERS^0

    You (player 1) vs. 3 computer opponents (players 2, 3, and 4)


 ^1THE DECK^0

    52 Card Pack


 ^1OBJECT^0

    To avoid taking tricks containing any Hearts or the Queen of Spades. 


 ^1THE PASS^0

    At the beginning of a Round, each player is dealt a 13 card hand.  You will 
 then select 3 cards in your hand to pass to the player on your left. (On 
 subsequent Rounds the pass will be to the right, across, and finally a Round 
 where each player will play the cards dealt.  After this "hold" hand, the pass 
 rotation will begin again by passing 3 cards to the player on the left.) 


 ^1THE PLAY^0
 
    Play begins with the player to the right of the dealer leading any card 
 except a Heart.  After the first Heart is played, Hearts are "broken" and may 
 be led.  Each player then plays, in turn, a card that matches the suit led.  
 If  a player has no more of that suit, the player may choose any card in hand, 
 including a Heart.  The highest card of the led suit takes the trick and the 
 player who takes it leads a card for the next round. 


 ^1SCORING^0

    At the end of each hand, player scores are totaled.  A player receives 1 
 point for each Heart taken in a trick, 13 points if the player took the Queen 
 of Spades.  However, if you should "Shoot the Moon" (capture all the Hearts 
 and the Queen of Spades) a total of 26 points is added to each of your 
 opponents' scores.  When one player's grand total reaches or exeeds 100 
 points, the entire game ends and the player(s) with the lowest score(s) win(s) 
 the game. 


 ^1CONTROLS^0

    To play a card, move the cursor with the <- -> keys. When the cursor is 
 below the desired card, hit [RETURN] to play it. To pass a card, move the 
 cursor under each card to pass and press the space bar.  A cursor will appear 
 over each selected card.  To unselect a card, position the cursor under a 
 selected card and press the space bar.  When you have selected your three 
 cards to pass, press [RETURN]. 

 Other controls are:  

        D - To set the time delay between each card as
            it is laid down.
        S - To toggle the sound on and off
        Q - To quit the game prematurely
        H - The rules
       F9 - Quits anywhere
      F10 - Brings up the current game scores


    To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type ^1HEARTS^0.

 DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FBRUN30.EXE
^FHEARTS.EXE
^FRETURN30.EXE
^FLARGCARD.DCK