What happens if you shoot the moon?

What happens if you shoot the moon?

Shooting the moon is when you want to win all the hearts and the Queen of spades. If you succeed, you gain no points that round and every other player gains 26 points (in some circles, you have an option to instead take 26 points off your score).

What card game can you shoot the moon?

That's the game of “Hearts”. When you win every hand that contains cards worth points (all hearts and the Queen of Spades), you are able to shoot the moon, giving other players 25 points (because the objective in hearts is to get the lowest amount of points possible.

How does shoot the moon work?

Shoot the Moon is an old fashioned wooden game that's been around since the 40s, but I recently played with it a friend's house and it's awesome! Basically all you do is place the metal ball on the metal rails at the bottom and slowly, very slowly, spread the metal rails apart at the top.

How do you shoot a card?

A popular method is to use your high cards to take tricks repeatedly, and then play your long suit starting with the highest card to run the table. By the time you hit the lower cards in your long suit, everyone else should be void, so you should win the tricks even with a three.

How do you play dominoes with the moon?

Players bid in turn, either bidding or passing. Each bid must be a number from 4 to 7, representing the number of tricks the player thinks they can take, and must raise the previous bid. If the bid is maxed out (7), the next player may "shoot the moon", which also obligates the bidder to take 7 tricks, but scores 21.

How do you play Moon?