![]() ![]() When thinking about what to bid, you ideally want to bid the exact number of tricks you end up taking, so you want to have a good idea of how strong your hand is. The ten of spades is the ultimate winner. Here, there was a series of attempts to trump, as everyone but the leading player was out of hearts. In this case, the three of spades wins, beating the ace of diamonds! Of course, to be a legal play, that player would have to be out of diamonds. If multiple spades are played, the highest one wins. ![]() This means that any spade will beat any non-spade, regardless of rank or whether it was led (but you still have to follow suit if possible). In Spades, the suit of spades is a trump suit. The rules from Hearts still apply, but with a new wrinkle. In order to understand how much to bid, we need to know how to win tricks. When each player has made their bid, play starts with the player to the dealer’s left leading a card. This can be any number from 1 to 13 (zero is a special case, I’ll get to that in a moment). Next, starting with the player to the dealer’s left, each player will bid the number of tricks they think they will take in the hand. Get acquainted with your partner’s playing style because you’re going to be winning or losing together!įirst, choose a dealer to begin, and shuffle and deal out the entire deck. With the players sitting around a card table, you are partners with the player sitting across the table from you. Unlike Hearts, where every player is out for themselves, Spades is a partnership game. You’ll probably also need some paper to keep track of scores. Spades is a game played with a deck of cards and four people. In this series of posts, I’m going to be teaching you how to play some classic games that are easy to learn, fun to play, and quite possibly already in your home! Today, it’s another trick-taking game, with a few added wrinkles. Hello everyone! My name is Dan, I work at the Main Library, and I love games. ![]()
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