Spades can be played in all modern browsers, on all device types (desktop, tablet, mobile), and on all operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. If you like Spades, try our other trick taking game Hearts. This variation is played without the Jokers. The order of the cards in the spades suit now becomes from highest to lowest: 2 of spades, 2 of diamonds, 2 of clubs, 2 of hearts, Ace of spades, King of spades, …, 3 of spades. In the Deuces High variation of Spades, the 2s in the game become the highest spades. We highlight only Deuces High, our personal favourite. Spades has many variations, both in terms of dealing, bidding, trump, gameplay and scoring. Play online for free and compete with other players or practice with the computer. For every 10 bags, 100 points will be deduced from your score. Learn the rules, strategies and terminology of Spades, a popular card game for four players and two teams. In reality, most players will underbid and try to lose tricks on purpose.
Try to bid one more trick than what you think you will win. Blind Nil is worth 100 points.Įvery trick above your bid will count as a bag. Bid Aggressively Spades is a game that rewards brave bidders. When a Nil bid succeeds, this is worth 100 points, and -100 points in case of failure. When a team wins the amount of trick they bid, they earn 10 points for each trick in the bid, and one point extra for each additional trick. If one or more trumps are played, the highest trump card wins, otherwise the highest card of the suit which was led wins. A player may not lead with a spades until spades have been broken (a spade card has been played to trump another trick).Ī trick is won by the player who played the highest value card. You must follow the suit if you can, otherwise any card can be played. The objective of the game is to win the amount of tricks that was bid. You can also bid Blind Nil (Double Nil) even before you view your cards. In this case, your bid will be scored independently of your partner.
You can bid Nil if you think you will not earn any trick. All players play in a partnership, so bids by each member of the partnership are added together. BiddingĪll players bid the number of tricks they are aiming to take. This is different from most other trick-taking games, in which the trump suit is determined during the bidding phase or by chance. The cards are ranked as follows from highest to lowest: A - K - Q - J - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2. Spades uses a regular French-suited deck of 52 cards. Spades is played with four players in two partnerships of two players each.