Re: [pbmserv-dev] Hearts and MHearts

[Ted Rathkopf <ted-pbmserv-lists@rathkopf.net>]

Meanwhile, back at the model home, John Williams <williams@tni.com> said:

> It seems to be the whim of the programmer whether the variants are
> combined or separate.


Hearts and MHearts aren't really just two variants of the same game.

In the beginning, there was Hearts.  It played a single hand of
hearts, and had a number of problems (ability to lead hearts before
broken, not making sure that you followed suit, etc.).  I submitted
patches to the author, which were applied slowly, if ever.  I
expressed interest in fixing it so that you could play a full game
instead of a single hand, and the author told me he had plans to do
that, and he would appreciate it if I waited for him to do it.  After
a year of waiting, I wrote MHearts from scratch.  (The "M" is for
match, or multihanded.)

MHearts does have a couple of options, most notably -jacks which makes
the Jack of Diamonds worth -10.

-- 
Ted Rathkopf