How to Play Spades: A Beginner’s Guide to Learning the Spades Card Game, Rules, & Strategies to Win at Playing Spades

By Tim Ander

Did you know that Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 30’s? It’s a fun, friendly and versatile game that can be played as either a partnership or solo / “cutthroat” game!
So you want to start playing Spades with your friends and family! That’s good! But you don’t know the slightest thing regarding its rules, let alone its terminology or winning strategies.
No Worries, This Book Will Definitely Help You Out!
Whether you are a complete Spades beginner or you simply want to take your game to your next level, this guide is just for you!
If you are a complete noob, it will supply you with the basics you need to understand and start playing the game as quickly as possible. You may even be able to teach the game to your friends and family once you’re done reading the book!
If however, you already possess the basic skills, your game and strategies can still go a long way. There is a lot of room for improvement, from understanding different Spades strategies all the way to trying and mastering different Spades variations.
From “Having No Clue” To Becoming An “Ace Of Spades”!
Start reading and studying this book right now and by the time you get to the last page, you will:
• …know everything you need to get started playing the game
• …understand the basic and additional rules of the game
• …discover the best Spades strategies to crush your opponents
• …possess the information to play other Spades Variations and still have a bunch of fun
So What Are You Still Waiting For?
Make This Spades Guide Yours Today And Slowly Transform From A Beginner To A Master!

• Language: English
• Publisher: CRB Publishing
• Release date: Dec 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9788829576708

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Introduction

What is Spades?

Spades is a card game. It is a game which is played using a standard deck of cards. There are variations of the game, but it is generally played as a partnership or as solo players. Spades is a bidding game. The aim of the game is to take tricks. Players will begin by bidding and will then try to take at least the number of tricks which have been bid. With most trump-taking games, the trump is chosen at the beginning of the game either by the winning bidders or a card being turned face-up. With Spades (as the name would suggest), the trump suit is always spades. If players make there bid, then they are awarded points. There are also bonus points and penalties available. The players with the most points at the end of a match will be declared the winners.

History of Spades

Spades is a relatively new game. The game was invented in the 1930s and only began to grow in popularity during the 1940s. The United States is credited as the birthplace of the game and is a distant relative of both Whist and Contact Bridge. It is a trick-taking game, and any player who can play spades can learn other, and more complicated, trick-taking games (such as Bridge) relatively quickly.

It was during World War II that the soldiers from Cincinnati, Ohio (the birth city of Spades) brought the game to the masses. As Spades players were deployed to various military stations around the world, the game spread. Compared to other trick-taking games, Spades is simpler. This was in part, what led to the popularity of the game. As soldiers had leisure time, the ease of Spades made it a game which could be learned quickly and then played long into the night.

Trick-taking games were popular during the war, and a simple game like Spades was one which soldiers learned. It was also an easy game to interrupt and come back to (a valuable thing when you are a soldier). Other trick-taking games were not so easy to interrupt. Either was Poker (another game which was popular with soldiers. When the war was over, the game had been learned by a great many soldiers. When these soldiers returned home, they helped to spread the game across the world.

Spades is still popular in the United States. It is also popular in countries which had US soldiers deployed in them during the war. But, how do you play it?

How to Play Spades

Spades is a game which can be played with two players. It can also be played with more than four. For the purpose of this section of the book, we are going to concentrate on the rules for 4 players. This is the most common number of players for the game of Spades. These 4 players will be split into two partnerships of 2 players. So, to start a game of Spades, you need to have 4 players. Get on the phone and call up