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The usual rule is that when a nil fails, the tricks won by the nil bidder do not count towards making the partner's bid, but do count as bags for the team. If a bid of nil fails - that is, the bidder takes at least one trick - the bidder's side loses 100 points, but still receives any amount scored for the partner's bid. If a bid of nil is successful, the nil bidder's side receives 100 points addition to the score won (or lost) by the partner of the nil bidder for tricks made. If a side does not make its bid, they lose 10 points for each trick they bid. Any bags beyond 10 are carried over to the next cycle.

A side which (over several deals) accumulates 10 or more bags has 100 points deducted from its score. Additional tricks (bags) are worth an extra one point each. Spades may not be led until either some player has played a spade, or the leader has nothing but spades left in hand.Ī side that takes at least as many tricks as its bid calls for receives a score equal to 10 times its bid. The winner of each trick leads to the next. Spades is a high tempo game with ever changing strategies. Also you can team up with others at any point in the game to try and keep the leader in check. This way it is totally up to you when it comes to outwitting the competition. Each player, in turn, clockwise, must follow suit if able if unable to follow suit, the player may play any card.Ī trick containing a spade is won by the highest spade played if no spade is played, the trick is won by the highest card of the suit led. Playing solo spades online is even more fun than playing spades with a partner. The player to dealer's left leads any card (except a spade). The partnership also has the objective of winning the number of tricks bid by the Nil's partner. There is an extra bonus for this if it succeeds and a penalty if it fails. This is a declaration that that the player who bid Nil will not win any tricks during the play. Players are not allowed to pass and bids once made cannot be altered. Each team adds together the bids - number of tricks that team must try to win in order to get a positive score. The cards are shuffled and dealt clockwise.Īll four players bid a number of tricks. The first dealer is chosen at random, and the turn to deal rotates clockwise. The four players are in fixed partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other. Its major difference as compared to other Whist variants is that, instead of trump being decided by the highest bidder or at random, the Spade suit is always trump, hence the name.Ī standard pack of 52 cards is used ranked from highest to lowest: Spades is a descendant of the Whist family of card games, which also includes Bridge, Hearts, and Oh, Hell. The bids and tricks taken are combined for a partnership. The object is to take at least the number of tricks that were bid before play of the hand began.

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So why should you give our version a try? We tried to recreate all the fun of original game in a tiny download package. As any other successful game, millions of clones have been created on all possible platforms.

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Spades is created by MarketJS.Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s, however the game truly took off after release as a part of Microsoft Windows in 1992. Use your mouse or trackpad to choose the card you want to play. Are you ready for a fun card game involving strategy, probability and taking chances? Controls: Team up with the computer, make your bids and attempt to win the game. The objective of Spades is for your partnership to accurately estimate the strength of your hands in the bidding, and then in the play to take as close to your estimate of tricks as you can. The players take turns playing out one card from their hands clockwise around the table. Spades is traditionally a game for four players, played in partnership (with the partners sitting opposite each other). In this game, your objective is to take the number of tricks (also known as 'books') that were bid before play of the hand began. Spades is a card game created by MarketJS.

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