Rules:

After all cards are dealt, each player looks at their hand and passes 3 cards and receives 3 cards. You must pass your cards before you can see what you’ve been passed.

1st hand – pass 3 cards to the left.

2nd hand – pass 3 cards to the right.

3rd hand – pass 3 cards across.

4th hand – pass 1 card to each player (aka the “funky pass”). 

After the 4th hand, you repeat the pattern. 

The player with the 2 of Clubs leads.

Play continues in a clockwise direction until each player has played a card. You must play a card of the suit that was led unless you don’t have any cards of that suit, in which case you can play whatever you want.  A few caveats:

You can’t play Hearts or the Queen of Spades on the first trick

You can’t lead Hearts until either Hearts have been played on the lead of another suit or the Queen of Spades has been played. At this point, Hearts are considered “broken” and can be led.

The highest card of the suit that was led wins the trick. Aces are high, followed by King, Queen, Jack, 10, and so on.

Whoever wins the trick gets to lead the next trick.

After all the cards have been played (13 tricks in all), the points are tallied.

Have fun!  No whining or complaining about how you were wronged by someone else’s play!