Spadesthe classic partnership card game, online free

Spades is a partnership trick-taking card game for four players in two teams of two, played with one standard 52-card deck. Each hand, every player bids how many of the 13 tricks they expect to win, then all 13 tricks are played with spades as the permanent trump suit. Teams score against their combined bid, and the first team to 500 points wins the match.

Each of four players gets 13 cards. Starting left of the dealer, everyone bids a number of tricks (or Nil, a bid of zero). The player left of the dealer leads the first trick with a non-spade card; everyone must follow the suit led if able, otherwise any card may be played. Spades beat every other suit, and the highest card of the suit led wins if no spade is played. After 13 tricks, hands are scored and the next hand deals.

Yes. spadesgame.app is completely free and runs entirely in your browser. There is nothing to buy, download, or install, and there are no interruptive video ads, premium tiers, or paywalls.

No. You play instantly against three computer opponents — a partner and two opponents — with no lobby, no waiting for a fourth player, and no account. Your stats are saved locally in your browser.

A Nil bid is a bid of exactly zero tricks — a bet that you will take none of the 13 tricks in the hand. Succeed and your team earns a 100-point bonus (200 for a blind Nil, bid before you look at your hand). Fail by taking even one trick and your team loses the same amount. A Nil bid does not add to your team's combined trick target; your partner's bid still has to be met on its own.

Spades cannot be led to a trick until a spade has already been played to some earlier trick in the hand — that first spade "breaks" spades. The only exception is a player who holds nothing but spades and has no other legal lead. Once broken, spades can be led freely for the rest of the hand.

A team that takes at least as many tricks as its combined bid scores 10 points per trick bid, plus 1 point for every trick won beyond the bid — these extra tricks are called "bags." A team that falls short of its bid loses 10 points per trick bid instead. Bags accumulate across the whole match, and every time a team's running bag total reaches 10, that team loses 100 points and the counter resets by ten.

Count your spades — each one is a likely trick, especially high ones. Add your aces and any guarded kings or queens in the other suits. A suit you are void in or hold only one card of is a future trick once your side runs it out. Bid the total, not a hopeful round number.

Only with a genuinely weak hand: no aces, no unguarded high cards, and just a couple of low spades at most. A single card in your hand capable of winning a trick is usually enough to sink a Nil bid, since the other three players will actively try to feed you a trick you cannot avoid.

Matches played and won, your current and longest win streak, your best winning score, and your Nil bid record are saved locally in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server and there is no account. A match in progress is not saved if you close the tab.

Yes. The table is built for touch: tap a bid button, tap a card to play it. Your hand and all three other seats fit on one portrait screen, and a new hand deals instantly with no page reload.