_Hardwood Hearts_ is one of Silver Creek Entertainment’s “Hardwood” line of
card games. This game offers rounds of Hearts against computer players or
three other online players.

Rules of Hearts are followed exactly, and house rules can be set when creating
a new table (such as scoring the Jack of Diamonds as -10, or allowing players
to “shoot the moon” and/or sun). Team rules can also be set, placing two
players cooperatively against the other two at the table.

As with the other Hardwood titles, players can use animated “Fooms” to convey
emotions to other players, such as luck, anger, or playfulness (throwing
snowballs). A variety of different backgrounds can be selected, and some
background themes come with optional ambient effects (like beach sounds). The
presentation also has a bit of glitz, with sparkles coming off each Heart card
played, or an ominous theme when the Queen of Spades is thrown down.

After the New Xbox Experience, _Hardwood Hearts_ was updated to include Xbox
Avatar support.