FAQ

• Spades is played with 4 players divided into two teams. On the app you can play single player, multiplayer, or in tournament mode. • Spades is played with a standard 52-card deck. • The 2 of hearts and 2 of clubs are removed from the deck and replaced with the 2 jokers.

The objective is to reach the target score by bidding and winning the appropriate number of books. On the app the targets are 150, 300, or 500 points.

• A book is created after all four players play a card. • For each hand dealt there are 13 books. • The winner of the book is the player with the highest ranking card.

• The spades suit trumps all. • In this version there are a total of 16 spades • In this order, the top 5 ranking spades are: Big Joker, Little Joker, 2 of Diamonds, 2 of Spades, Ace of Spades. • In the remaining suits the ace is the highest card and the 3 is the lowest. • Remember the 2 of hearts and the 2 of clubs are removed. • The 2 of diamonds and the 2 of spades are ranked in the top 5.

• Players must always follow the suit of the leading card. • A spade can only be played when a player runs out of cards in the leading suit. This is called spades broken. • Players can only lead with a spade after spades are broken.

• Each player decides how many Books they expect to win based on the cards in their hand. • The minimum bid per player is one. As a team the minimum bid is 4. • However, collectively, both teams must have a total of 11 bids per round. • Every player must make a bid; no player may pass.

• This is when a team bids without looking at their hand. • You can only go blind when your team is losing by at least 100 points. • The minimum blind bid is 6. • When a team wins a blind bid, they are rewarded double the points. • When they don’t make their blind bid, they are penalized double the points.

• If a team matches or exceeds the amount of books they bid, they receive ten points for each successful book bid. • If the team exceeds their bid, those books are considered overs. • Overs do not have a point value • but if a team gets 10 overs, they are penalized 100 points. • If a team makes less books than the amount bid, that is considered getting stuck. • If a team gets stuck, the score is decreased by the amount of books the team bid. • Getting stuck 3 times results in the loss of the entire game. • If a team bids 10 books and makes their bid , 200 points are rewarded. • If a team bids 13 and makes their bid, they automatically win the entire game. • So, the goal is to always fulfill the exact bid.