SPADES CLASSIC | Online Card Game

About Spades Classic / Game Rules

The Spades Classic card game is a partnership card game for four players. The object of Spades is to be the first team to reach 500 points. Spades is a trick-based game with trumps. Trick-taking games have various goals, but the basic idea is that at the end of the hand, points are awarded based on the cards that are collected in the tricks they have won.

How to play Spades Classic Game online? / Spades Classic Rules

The player with the highest card is the dealer. Each player is then dealt 13 cards.

The player on the dealer's left makes the opening lead, and players must follow suit. If a player cannot follow suit, he may play a trump or discard.

The trick is won by the player who plays the highest trump or if no trump was played, the player who played the highest card in the suit led. The player who wins the trick leads next.

Play continues until none of the players have any cards left. Each hand is worth 13 tricks. Spades cannot be led unless played previously or player to lead has nothing but Spades in his hand.