Spades in a minute
Spades is a four-player partnership card game where spades are always trump. You and the player opposite bid how many tricks you'll take together, then try to make that bid without collecting too many extra tricks.
- Each player gets 13 cards and bids from 0 to 13 tricks. Your bid and your partner's add up to your team's contract.
- The 2 of clubs leads the first trick. Follow the suit that was led if you can; if you can't, play anything, including a spade.
- The highest spade wins the trick, or the highest card of the suit led if no spade was played. Spades can't be led until one has been played.
- Make your contract to score 10 points per trick bid, plus 1 for each extra trick. Miss it and you lose 10 per trick bid. The first team to 500 wins.
Extra tricks are called bags. Every 10 bags a team collects costs it 100 points, so overshooting your bid by a lot can hurt as much as missing it. A bid of 0 is nil: take no tricks at all and your team scores 100, take even one and it loses 100. The full Spades rules cover bidding, breaking spades and scoring step by step.
What's at the table
The room has what four players need, so nobody has to set up a separate call or keep score on paper.
Play the computer right away
Start a solo game and three computer players take the other seats, your partner included. No sign-up and no waiting for a table.
Invite in one tap
Share or copy the room link from the table. Friends join from their own browser with no account, and the computer fills any empty seat.
See each other while you play
Start a video call from the table and each camera sits beside its player. Cameras are optional.
Bids, tricks and bags kept for you
The scoreboard shows each team's bid, tricks taken, bags and running score, and every hand ends with a breakdown of the points.
Can I play Spades online against the computer?
Yes. Choose solo play and you're dealt in straight away, with computer players as your partner and both opponents.
Can I play Spades with friends online?
Yes. Create a private room and send the link. Up to four people can play, partners sitting opposite each other, and the computer takes any seat nobody fills.
Do we need accounts or downloads?
No. Everyone opens the game in a modern browser on a phone or computer, picks a name and plays.
Is it free?
Yes. Private rooms, public tables and games against the computer are all free to play.
