Hearts is an 'evasion-type' trick-taking card game for four players. Each player, in clockwise order from the dealer, plays a card from their hand. Players must follow suit and can play any card, including a penalty Heart or the Queen of Spades, if they do not have the led suit. The trick and any penalty points it contains are won by the player who played the highest-value card of the suit that was led. The objective is to be the player with the fewest points by the end of the game.