Facts on Shooting the Moon

In a game of Hartenjagen online, there is really nothing more frustrating than getting a hand full of hearts and face cards. Not only does it increase your chances of losing, by making it difficult to avoid hearts, but it also almost guarantees you’ll be getting the queen of spades. Nonetheless, all hope is not loss, for Hartenjagen has made it so that players unlucky enough to get really bad hands, full of hearts and face cards, still have a chance at winning - albeit a much smaller one.

Hartenjagen has given this special rule the name “shooting the moon.” However, this rule also has other names such as “running,” “getting control” or “capmangoe.” From a player’s perspective, this rule is an excellent addition to the current set rules as it gives players more room to use strategy and tactics and eliminates those hopelessly one sided situations. Though opting to shoot the moon in Hartenjagen may become a viable option when you have a lot of heart cards in your hand, this strategy is not without its risks.

As anyone might discover, as he or she searches the Internet for the rules of Hartenjagen, the rules on “shooting the moon,” make it as such that even missing out on a single heart card results in a backfire of strategy. This means that when players choose to shoot the moon, he or she must play it like it’s all or nothing and give it his or her all. Despite the fact that shooting the moon is difficult as it is, players forced to rely on this risky strategy still have to contend against the counter strategies of the other three players.

Surely, those other players won’t just sit down and do nothing when they discover that you’re going all or nothing, unless of course if you’re playing against a computer opponent in online Hartenjagen. In that case, by all means save yourself the trouble of coming up with counter strategies as computer opponents would literally just sit there and continue to play as their programming dictates. Conversely, when you’re playing against human opponents, one should always play smart and patiently. In most games of Hartenjagen, where one uses the “shooting the moon” strategy against the other players, the player who can keep a leveled head often prevails.