Spades

The Pack

The standard 52-card pack is used.

Rank of Suits

The spade suit is always trump.

Rank of Cards

A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.

Object of the Game

To win at least the number of tricks bid.

The Deal

The first dealer is chosen by a draw for high card, and thereafter  the turn to deal proceeds clockwise. The entire deck is dealt one at a  time, face down, beginning on the dealer's left. The players then pick  up their cards and arrange them by suits.

The Bidding

Each player decides how many tricks they will be able to take. The  player to the dealer's left starts the bidding and, in turn, each player states how many tricks they expect to win. There is only one round of  bidding, and the minimum bid is One. Every player must make a bid; no  player may pass. No suit is named in the bid, for as the name of the  game implies, spades are always trump.

Bidding for Nil

You can bid for zero tricks if you think your hand really stinks. A bid of nil carries additional benefits and liabilities. The concept is to make no  tricks at all, and you get a generous 50-point bonus for success (with  an equally heavy penalty for failure).  A more unlikely option is to blind nil, which carries with it the same concept of not taking any tricks, but you make the bid without  looking at your hand. The rewards and penalties are doubled (so the  consequence is plus or minus 100 points). You can only attempt the blind nil option if your side is 100 or more points behind. Because bidding  blind nil is a highly risky strategy, you should attempt it only as a  last resort. It’s also helpful to remember that it may be better for  your side to be down 100 rather than 90 points because of this option.

The Play

The game is scored by hands, and the winner must make a certain  number of points, which is decided before the game begins. Five hundred  points is common, but 200 points is suitable for a short game. The  player on the dealer's left makes the opening lead, and players must  follow suit, if possible. If a player cannot follow suit, they may play a trump or discard. The trick is won by the player who plays the highest  trump or if no trump was played, the player who played the highest card  in the suit led. The player who wins the trick leads next. Play  continues until none of the players have any cards left. Each hand is  worth 13 tricks. Spades cannot be led unless played previously or player to lead has nothing but Spades in his hand.

How to Keep Score

For making the contract (the number of tricks bid), the player scores 10 points for each trick bid, plus 1 point for each overtrick.

For example, if the player's bid is Seven and they make seven tricks, the score would be 70. If the bid was Five and the player won eight  tricks, the score would be 53 points: 50 points for the bid, and 3  points for the three overtricks. In some games, overtricks are called  "bags" and a deduction of 100 points is made every time a player  accumulates 10 bags. Thus, the object is always to fulfill the bid  exactly.

If the player "breaks contract," that is, if they take fewer than the number of tricks bid, then they go backwards the amount of their bid. For example, if a player bids  Four and wins only three tricks, the player or team goes back 40 points..

One of the players is the scorer and writes the bids down, so that  during the play and for the scoring afterward, this information will be  available to all the players. When a hand is over, the scores should be  recorded next to the bids, and a running score should be kept so that  players can readily see each other's total points. If there is a tie,  then all players participate in one more round of play.

 

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