Preliminiary Game Information

Spades was invented in 1930’s and was played quite widely there. Spades is a plain-trick game in which spades are always trumps. It is most often played as a partnership game by four players, but there are also versions for three, two or six players. In Spades of four players the four players are in fixed partnerships and one partner sits opposite to the other.

But basically Spades is a Four Player Game with the player sitting opposite to each other are partners to each other. If you have played Spades before, either on a computer or in the real world, then it will be easy for you you to understand strategies.

The Goal of the Game

The Goal of the Game is to correctly predict how many tricks you will take, and then try to take exactly that many & Be the first team to reach 250 points to win the game.

Game Rules :

Each game is composed of a series of deals, or rounds. Each round consists of 13 tricks, in which each player plays one card.
You should begin each round by making a bid, based on how many tricks you think you will take with your hand. You can also bet ‘Nil’ if you think you can avoid playing tricks. Your team will score points if you make your “Bid’ & lose points if you fail to make your bid.

Once the bidding is complete, a card is led by all the players as per their turn. You must play a card of the suit that was led, if you have it. If not, you can play any card in your hand.

You should play a card of the suit that has been led. If you don’t have the card of that suit, you should play the highest card of any suit you have. In this game the Spades ate the TRUMPS and it takes the tricks if you have the spades card higher than other player’s Spased card or Spade card of any value if no player have player Spade in the round.

The player who takes the trick leads the first card of the next trick. No player may lead a Spade until Spades have been broken.

Game Scoring :

Once the game is over, your score is converted to a tournament standings score.
Base Score: your game score times 10, but never less than 0 or more than 2,500.
Overpoints Bonus: one point for the difference between your team’s score and the opponent’s team score. If the opponents ended the game with the higher score, the Overpoints Bonus is 0.
Victory Bonus: if your team had the highest score at the end of the game, you get a bonus of 100.
Time Bonus: one point for each full second left on the clock If you run out of time before completing the game then your Time Bonus is 0.

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