Spades is a partnership trick-taking card game, in which the object is for each pair or partnership to take at least the number of tricks they bid on before play began.Spades Rules Spades is a descendant of the Whist family of card games, which also includes Bridge, Hearts, and Oh, Hell. Its major difference as compared to other whist variants is that, instead of trump being decided by the highest bidder or at random, the spade suit is always trump, hence the name.Spades on HowStuffWorks.com
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History
Spades was invented in the United States in the late 1930s and became popular in the 1940s.Spades rules on Pagat.comMindzine - Spades History and Evolution It is unclear which game it is most directly descended from, but it is known that spades is a member of the Whist family and is a simplification of Contract Bridge such that a skilled spades player can learn Bridge relatively quickly.
The game's rise to popularity in the U.S. came during World War II, when it was introduced by soldiers from its birthplace in Cincinnati, Ohio to various military stations around the world. The game's popularity in the armed forces stems from its simplicity compared to Bridge and Euchre and the fact that it can be more easily interrupted than Poker, all of which were also popular military card games. After the war, veterans brought the game back home to the U.S., where due to the GI Bill it spread to and became popular among college students as well as in home games. It also remained mildly popular in countries in which U.S. troops were stationed, both in WWII and later deployments. As of 2000, Spades is considered the #1 partnership game in the United States, surpassing Bridge. However, Bridge, Hearts, Skat and other trick-taking games remain popular and eclipse Spades in various regions and demographics of the U.S. and in other countries, especially in Europe.
Glossary of terms
- Trick - A unit of play in which each player lays one card from their hand, and is "taken" or won by the player who laid down the highest-value card.
- Book - in Spades, this is synonymous with "trick"; however other trick-taking games have a different definition.
- Hand - A series of tricks in which all cards dealt to each player are played.
- Bid - The number of tricks each player will take during a hand, announced by each player in term before a hand begins. The Bid is the sum of each team members single bid and is used to determine the total "team bid." The Bid equals the total number of tricks the team must win, or risk being set (falling short of the bid) or taking sandbags, or bags (taking more tricks than were bid).
