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Partnership spades against three bots trained on 10,000 self-played hands. No signup, no download — the game starts instantly. New here? The rules are below the table.

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How to play spades — the rules this table uses

  • You sit South. North is your partner; West and East are the other team. 13 tricks per hand.
  • Everyone bids the tricks they'll take: 1–13, or nil (zero). Team bid = both partners combined.
  • Follow the led suit if you can. Spades are always trump.
  • You can't lead a spade until one has been played on another suit ("breaking" spades) — unless spades are all you have.

Spades scoring, the short version

ResultPoints
Team makes its bid+10 × bid
Each overtrick (a "bag")+1, and the bag counts against you
Ten bags collected−100, bags reset
Team misses its bid ("set")−10 × bid
Nil made (zero tricks taken)+100 to that player's team
Nil failed−100, and those tricks don't help the partner's bid — but they do count as bags

Free matches play to 300. The Daily Deal is three hands, cumulative, scored as your team's points minus theirs.

The Daily Deal

  • Everyone in the world gets the same shuffle — cards, bots, dealer. Flips at 00:00 UTC.
  • Three hands, cumulative score — one shot. Ties rank by fewer bags: cleaner spades wins.
  • Cheat-proof without accounts: your browser sends the move transcript, never a score. The server replays it through the same engine — bots included. Doesn't reproduce? Doesn't post.
  • Streaks count consecutive days played — showing up is its own leaderboard.

Spades strategy notes from the table

  • Count sure tricks, then stop flattering yourself. Aces are tricks; kings usually; that proud queen is a bag.
  • Long spades are the quiet engine. Every spade past your third is nearly a guaranteed trick — the bots bid exactly this way.
  • Partner bids nil? Your job flips. Take every trick they're in danger of winning.
  • Bags are a slow leak. Ten cost 100 — with your bid made, dump junk under partner's winners.
  • A discard means a void — and a void means trumps are coming for that suit.

Spades FAQ

Is it actually free? Yes — no signup, no download, no app. Ads run between hands and in the sidebar, never during one.

What spades rules does this table use? Exactly the bullets and table above — also on the table itself via the rules & scoring link, mid-hand or fullscreen.

Are these the "official" spades rules? Spades has no governing body. This is the standard partnership set tournament rooms use; our table calls, stated openly: failed-nil tricks don't help the partner's bid but count as bags, matches to 300, no blind nil (yet).

How does the leaderboard stop cheaters? Your browser submits the move transcript, never a score — the server replays every move through the same engine, bots included. Doesn't reproduce, doesn't post.

Do I need an account? Never. Your device gets an anonymous token; you pick a table name when you first post. Taken names get a numbered tag.

Is this spades against the computer? Yes — three computer opponents, and the one across from you plays as your partner. They can't see your cards; each bot plays only from what a human in its seat would know.

Can I play spades full screen? Yes — the ⛶ button at the top of the table takes the whole game full screen (Esc or the same button exits). The cards scale up with it.

Can I change how the table looks? Yes — three styles: Midnight, Card Room, Neon Arcade. The three THEME dots at the top right of the table switch them any time, mid-hand included. Looks only; cards and rules never change.

Phone friendly? Built phone-first: big touch targets, two-row hand, fullscreen mode. Same Daily Deal, same board.