New! You can play with friends or computer controlled AI bots, or both. Smart AI focuses on bringing in new players to the game; pick up the game and just start playing. See inside the thought process of a mature AI originally published in 1990 and updated in 2020. To measure your progress, you will be training a puppy which will advance through its lessons as you learn Hearts. Puppy raising tips come from 16 years of service-dog training experience. This is a free, fun, family table card game along the lines of other trick-taking games like Spades, Sheepshead, Euchre, Whist, etc.