Hearts Card Game‪!‬ 4+

I love this game and have been playing for many years. My understanding of the rules says that you cannot lead with a heart unless the suit has been broken or you don’t have any other suit cards in your hand. I have found on this game, that while I cannot lead a heart unless it’s broken, the computer can lead at any time with a heart. I think there’s a glitch in an otherwise great app.

I have enjoyed playing this game for several months. Today I encountered a problem. When a card is laid, it is sometimes not displayed. This has happened on the card I lay, the player to the left, and the player to the right. It has occurred 4 times in a single game. This game is running on IOS11.2.1; I have not encountered the problem on an older iPad running on iOS 9.

I am also a bit disgruntled with the way the app rearranges the cards to look pretty part way through a game. Several times I have pressed a location on the keyboard only to find that at the instant I press it, the cards have shuffled and I play a card that is disastrous.

The problem with the missing cards has got worse, now occurs several times in one game rather than occasionally. Also following the latest changes, how is a change of 4 a low-scoring hand in some cases, but scores of 1,2, or 4 are high-scoring hands. This is unnecessary nonsense - put it back as it was before.

Update Feb2023 - after being OK for several months, the missing card problem has reappeared. This has occurred several times in one game, and has occurred in successive games. It’s bad enough trying to remember which cards have been played, without having to guess. The game is now unplayable.

I really like this app and have played it for several years. However, for the last few weeks I am getting inexplicably kicked out of the game. If I try to make a comment (in the lobby or during a multiplayer game) I will get kicked out and the App closes. Sometimes I will get kicked out and the App will close when I choose a card to play. I am hoping that Mr Shelly can sort this out as I would really like to return to playing this game.