A variant for bigger tables. Here's exactly what it changes from standard Hearts.
One 52-card deck, best with exactly 4 players
Each Heart is worth 1 point, the Queen of Spades is worth 13 β 26 points are in play each hand
Players must follow the suit led if they can
No point cards may be played on the first trick, and Hearts can't be led until they've been "broken" (played off-suit earlier in the hand)
Lowest total score wins once someone reaches 100
Two full 52-card decks are shuffled together (104 cards), so 5β7+ players can each still get a full, even hand
Since every card now has a duplicate, if the exact same card is played twice in one trick (e.g. both Jacks of Clubs), that pair cancels out β neither one counts toward winning the trick
If every card played to a trick cancels out, the whole trick carries over and gets added to the next trick instead of being collected
Scoring is otherwise unchanged: Hearts = 1 point, Queen of Spades = 13, lowest total still wins
Heads up: since a carried-over trick can double up, a single trick is sometimes worth more points than usual. Worth double-checking the count before you enter a round's scores.