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Spades RulesPlaying the game of Spades is very easy to understand, but once you know the basic spades rules you will find out that there are many different Strategies to this game. There are also different variations of the game but all the spades games have the same basic rules.Start Playing Spades Spades is played with 4 players. The four players are in fixed partnerships, with players sitting opposite each other. Deal and game play are clockwise. A standard deck of cards (52cards) is dealt. The players take turns when dealing and all the cards are dealt so each player receives 13 cards. Rank of Cards A standard cards pack of 52 cards is used. The cards, in each suit, rank from highest to lowest: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Bidding The player to the dealer's left starts bidding and then in clockwise direction all other players make their bid. Every player has to estimate how many tricks he will make in that round. There is no second round of bids, meaning every player can bid once. A bid of zero tricks is called a "NIL". There is an extra bonus for the players who bids a nil and succeeds in the round (don't make any tricks at all). On the other hand there is also a penalty for not bidding a nil. Playing Spades The player on the dealer's left starts playing after the bidding round ends. He may throw any card but a spade for the first trick. Each player in clockwise direction MUST follow this suit if he can. If a player cannot follow the suit he may play whatever suit he wishes. A trick is won with the highest card of the suit, if there is no spades card in the trick. A trick containg a spades card is won by the highest spade. Please note that Spades are not allowed to be led until one player has played a spade on a lead of another suit. Counting the score A player that takes as many tricks as its bid calls for receives a score equal to 10 times its bid. Additional tricks (overtricks) are worth an extra one point each. But one must be aware of those extra tricks (called bags). A player that over a few rounds gets a penalty of 50 points for every 5 bags. If a player does not make his bid, he looses 10 points for each bid he made. For example: Suppose a player whose score is 337 bids 5 tricks. If he wins 7 tricks he scores 52, taking it's score to 389. If he win 8 tricks, he score 53, but lose 100 because he now has 10 bags, and his score becomes 290 (337 + 53 - 100). If he wins 9 tricks, he scores 54 and lose 100, bringing his score to 291. Successfully Bidding NIL is rewarded with 50 points. a Blind NIL is when a play doesn't see his cards and bids a nil. This doubles the reward to 100 points. |
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