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Spades

#592BGG ↗

1938 · 4-4 players · 60min · weight 2.03 · 2,732 ratings

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ID
592
Name
Spades
Year
1938
Rank
1478
Min players
4
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.0269
Num weights
186
Bayes avg
6.17831
Average
6.81065
Users rated
2732
Num owned
1660
Wanting
4
Wishing
55
Num comments
605
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:17:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Predictive BidTeam-Based GameTrick-taking
Categories (1)
Card Game
Description (960 chars)

This trick-taking game is a standard deck playing card game and takes on many different group-specific rules. Generally speaking, each player is given thirteen cards and a partner who sits across the table. Each player bids the number of tricks they'll take, and then the partners collectively attempt to take at least as many as they bid. The tricks are fairly standard with following suit if you can, and spades as the trump suit. If you make your bid you earn ten times the number of tricks you bid, otherwise you lose that many points. Plus there is usually a nil bid, which means you personally won't take any tricks but your partner still plays as normal. Call Break is a popular variation of Spades among card game players in South Asian countries. To win, players must score the maximum points in 5 rounds. Points equal the number of tricks bid in each hand. The player who wins that hand gains point, the loser loses the same amount of points.

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

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