Hearts update is now in alpha

[ArcovandenBroek]

Is it possible to turn off the log when play "real-time"?

It's not fair to see all played cards.

[Jellby]

Nothing prevents the players to write down the cards played.

[elmoL]

I'm not a slow player but this version plays too fast. I'm in favor of all the new options (J◇, etc) but I enjoyed the previous version much more.

[ufm]

I'm not a slow player but this version plays too fast. I'm in favor of all the new options (J◇, etc) but I enjoyed the previous version much more.

As above I added 0.1s delay after card play and it doesn't make the game faster obviously.
Also, automated plays occur only when they have no choice at all, thus they do not change the pace of the player choices.
And... I don't want to get personal, but according to the game statistics you actually play slower than the average BGA players.
Check the time spent stat from each Hearts game.

[ArcovandenBroek]

I don't think you want to change much or anything, unfortunately we have no choice.

My question is: why did you update the game? It was working perfectly!

[ufm]

https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31027

[cybrweez]

I'm for these updates. Just wish the pre-select would work for turn based

[Scarabevert]

Hello,
I was a regular player and thought all was perfectly fine. The updates seem useless and even frustrating to me because it becomes to be difficult to know witch rule applie when you enter the game now.
I don't know how you can please everyone thought.
Thanks

[Jorenftw]

Seems like the big texts are being shortened. Cool! Thanks a lot ufm and don't listen to the haters. Lots of improvements!

[ufm]

Hello,
I was a regular player and thought all was perfectly fine. The updates seem useless and even frustrating to me because it becomes to be difficult to know witch rule applie when you enter the game now.
I don't know how you can please everyone thought.
Thanks

Possible variants:

- Initial points
You should know this one as this was the only variant in the previous version.

- Player count, count hand score
These are pretty much obvious.

- Skip uneventful final tricks
This option changes only the late stage game speed of each round, not affecting the rules at all.

- Jack of Diamonds (Omnibus Hearts)
- Face value scoring (Spot Hearts)
- High Spades scoring (Black Maria)
I removed the score chart in the tables with the default scoring rules.
If the scoring chart appears, it means at least one of these variant rules is in effect.
You can find out what the variants do by reading the chart.

- Others
Check the space between the top bar and the played card zone.
When any other variants are in effect, their names will be written there and they are self-explanatory.