Heartless! Rules

Object

In Heartless! the object of the game is to be the last player remaining.

Scoring

Points are taken from, given to, lost from, and kept, depending on the current players roll.

When a player has no more points, they are ejected from the game. Their position on the board is marked with an icon of a bleeding heart.

Game Play

First, it must be determined how many players are in the game. The choice is made from the selector on the main splash page. A total of up to 12 players can play. There's no fun in playing a single player game.

Starting with Player One, the player clicks on the "ROLL" button, and the action buttons stop spinning. Each of the action buttons are marked with either "Lose", "Keep", "Give", or "Take".

The player then needs to perform each of the actions. This is done by first clicking on one of the action buttons. If the action says "Keep", no points are lost. If the action says "Lose", then one point is deducted from the current player. If the action says "Give", then the player MUST click on another players score box, and one point is deducted from the current player and given to the other player. If the action says "Take", then the player MUST click on another players score box and one point is taken from the other player and given to the current player.

After playing of all the actions, or if the current player looses all their points, the next player get's their turn.

Play continues until there is only one player left, and that player is the winner, and declared the most Heartless!

Betting

Each player starts with an equal number of points(hearts). If you are so inclined, you could play for real money :)

Strategy

Since the object of the game is to be the last player remaining, it's wise to "Take" from players who have the fewest points in an effort to knock them out of the game. It's a little bit trickier when it comes to the "Give" action. It's probably best to "Give" to the person that you are trying to be nice too :)