Herz zu Herz

Herz zu Herz
A patience game
Origin Germany
Type Non-builder
Deck Single 32-card Skat pack
Playing time 2½ minutes
Random chance High
See also Glossary of patience terms

Herz zu Herz ("Heart to Heart") is a simple game of patience, that is played with a French-suited Skat pack of 32 cards. The aim of the game is to get rid of all the Hearts from the pack.

Rules

Herz zu Herz, layout after the 3rd round. The patience is not complete because not all the Hearts have been laid off.

Like most games of patience, Herz zu Herz is a card game for one person. It uses a basic Skat deck of 32 cards.[1]

At the start of the game, the pack is shuffled and placed as a stock face down on the table. Next, the top three cards are drawn and placed in a row, face up. Any cards of the suit of Hearts are laid off to form a separate stack and this process is repeated four times with three cards each time. After than the rest of the cards in the talon are shuffled with the upcards and three cards are drawn again and the Hearts laid off. This is repeated five times. If this round does not result in all the Hearts being laid off to the Hearts pile, there is a third round of shuffling, drawing 3 cards and laying off any Heart.

The patience is solved if, after this third round, all the Hearts are in their own pile, otherwise the game is lost.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 „Herz zu Herz“. In: Irmgard Wolter-Rosendorf: Patiencen in Wort und Bild. Falken-Verlag, 1994; S. 11. ISBN 3-8068-2003-1.
  2. ↑ „Herz zu Herz“. In: Katrin Höfer: Patiencen: Für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene. Neue Beispiele und Varianten. Aufgaben und Lösungen. Schlütersche, 2010; S. 89–90. ISBN 3-8068-2003-1. (Google Books)

Literature

  • "Herz zu Herz". In: Irmgard Wolter-Rosendorf: Patiencen in Wort und Bild. Falken-Verlag, 1994; p. 11. ISBN 3-8068-2003-1.
  • "Herz zu Herz". In: Katrin Höfer: Patiencen: Für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene. Neue Beispiele und Varianten. Aufgaben und Lösungen. Schlütersche, 2010; pp. 89–90. ISBN 3-8068-2003-1. (Google Books)
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