Thirteen tricks
Thirteen cards each, spades always trump, and a contract to make before the tricks run out.
Bid, trump, and make your contract
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Spades is the partnership trick-taking game where every hand starts with a promise. Bid your tricks, make your contract, and keep an eye on the bags—all in your browser.
- 4-player partnerships
- Partnership or Cutthroat
- Nil & bags
- No download
A contract game with a little bite
Spades rewards a partnership that can read a hand, cover a partner, and resist the urge to take one trick too many. Cards4Play gives you the table, the bidding, and the scorekeeping.
Partnership Spades
Four players, two teams, and a partner across the table covering your bid.
Nil and bags
Choose the Nil & Bags rule set for Nil, Blind Nil, and the traditional bag penalty.
Cutthroat option
Want no partner and no rescue? Play the four-player Cutthroat Spades rule set instead.
From deal to contract in three steps
Create the table, pick your Spades rules, and start bidding.
Create a Spades game
Sign in with Google and choose Spades. Select partnership, Cutthroat, or Nil & Bags.
Invite your table
Add friends to the seats, or let bots fill the empty seats and start immediately.
Bid and play
Bid your tricks, follow suit, and use spades to take control. Make the contract to score.
Spades rules at a glance
Standard Spades is a four-player partnership game. The full 52-card deck is dealt thirteen cards to each player, and spades are always trump. Players bid the number of tricks they expect to take, and the partnership tries to make its combined contract.
The player to the dealer's left leads the first trick. Players must follow suit if they can; otherwise they may play any card, including a spade. The highest spade wins a trick containing trumps, and otherwise the highest card of the suit led wins. Partnerships score for making their contract, and overtricks become bags.
- Four players in two partnerships, or the Cutthroat variant for individual play.
- Thirteen cards each; spades are always trump.
- Bid the number of tricks you expect to take.
- Follow suit when you can.
- Choose Nil & Bags for Nil, Blind Nil, and bag penalties.
Spades questions, answered
The quick answers before you bid.
Is Spades free to play?
Yes. Spades is free to play in your browser. Sign in with Google to create a game and keep your results.
Can I play Spades with friends online?
Yes. Create a four-player game, add your friends to the seats, and play when everyone is ready. Empty seats can be filled with bots.
Does Cards4Play have Cutthroat Spades?
Yes. Choose the Cutthroat Spades rule set when you create a game to play a four-player, every-player-for-themselves variant.
Does Cards4Play support Nil and bags?
Yes. The Spades Nil & Bags rule set adds Nil, Blind Nil, and the traditional bag penalty.
Do I need to download an app?
No. Cards4Play runs in a modern web browser on desktop, tablet, and phone.
Call your contract.
Bring your partner, invite your friends, or play a practice hand against the bots.
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